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tapped it. And I think once the momentum gets going, like you were saying, human <br />nature, people would want to get on board. <br />GRAHAM: All right, thank you both. We have one public testifier still, so we <br />thank you for presentation. You all can be seated. <br />ALEXANDRA: Thank you. <br />GRAHAM: And Larry Black, could you come forward now. Could I swear <br />you in first. <br />BLACK: Yes. <br />GRAHAM: Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter before the <br />Planning Commission today? <br />BLACK: I do. <br />GRAHAM: Thanks. So start your testimony with your name and your <br />residence address, and then go right ahead and speak to the Commission. <br />BLACK: Okay, well, thank you. My name is Larry Black and I live in Hilo <br />at 104 Kapaa Street. And is that adequate? <br />GRAHAM: Yes. <br />BLACK: And what I’d like to suggest in terms of the Downtown area is that <br />the State, I believe it’s a State property, at the Tree Nursery on Kinoole Street be <br />considered as a possible arboretum. Right now it’s a very attractive park-like area, <br />turfed, with probably several hundred trees in it that are for the most part labeled for <br />anyone who’s interested to be able to walk through and just, you know, admire them or <br />identify trees that you see periodically. But I think it might become a very attractive, I’ll <br />call it an arboretum with perhaps more plantings. I think that most people who visited, <br />unless you’re like I am especially interested in plants, might not find too much going on <br />there or too much of interest, but I think that could be changed. And I know being a State <br />property that presents some issues that would have to be resolved to maybe make it <br />changed from a tree nursery to something that might have, oh, a small restaurant perhaps, <br />handouts that would explain the plant material and maybe tips on gardening, that sort of <br />things. But I think it really could be quite an attractive addition to Hilo’s, the things that <br />visitors and the locals like to come and see. So essentially that’s my suggestion; and I’ll <br />do everything I can. I’m working now with, I believe I’m a member of DIA. It’s, the <br />enrollment process for me was kind of informal; but I believe I am a member and I did <br />help with the painting of trash cans, cleaning up of planters, that sort of thing. And I, you <br />know, will continue to do that. But, anyway, thank you very much for taking my <br />testimony this morning. <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />10 <br /> <br />