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WOODWARD:Okay, all right, if you can pick up, one at a time, and give us your name and address, and begin your testimony. STOCKSDALE:My name is Kaniu Kinimaka Stocksdale, a resident of Hawaiian Paradise th Park, Makuu, 20 Avenue. I am the present general manager of Hawaiian Paradise Park Owners Association. And I’m here to support Mr. Lum’s wonderful gift to Paradise Park. Though there’s a denial in process, I’m here in behalf of our board members to support Mr. Lum’s gift that he brings to our Association. As the Commission may not know, we have several children, more than we’d like to be a, -. Well, our children in the Park appreciate this activity. We ask the Commission to please reconsider the Director’s decision. The Board Members wish to support Mr. Lum’s activity because it brings to our Association a needed service to keep our youth involved and off the streets and away from being kolohe, getting into everybody’s hair, and thievery, and vandalism. There’s not much more I can say except that at our Board Meeting, the majority of our Directors, the Board of Directors voted in favor even though it went against our General Plan. There’s many activities going on in the Park; and some of them not licensed yet. Mr. Lum, wanting to do the right thing, came forth and is doing his best to accommodate the legalities of his hobby shop. So, ladies and gentlemen, please, if you will, take serious consideration to reconsider this denial. We need this in our Park. We have Charter School use now, using the activity. We have our own private sectors using the activity. And with the furloughs coming into action and Fridays being a free day, Mr. Lum has put together a curriculum to invite more youth that will be furloughed as well from school. So this is a valuable, valuable function for Paradise Park; and we kindly ask you to seriously reconsider this denial. Thank you for your kind attention. WOODWARD:All right, thank you. Questions? Did you have a question, Madam Director or -? LEITHEAD TODD:No. WOODWARD:No, okay. All right, sir, if you’d give us your name and address and then you may begin. TOM:Aloha, My name is Keevan Hanaloa Tom. I’m also a resident at Hawaiian Paradise Park. I definitely support the organization. Anything to do with keikis is very important, especially in the Puna area. You know how many kids we have there? And with the Friday school closing, I mean, we’ve got a challenge, people. Yeah? I’m kind of a , I guess, young kupuna, I guess, yeah. I have a little background in music. I like to teach the kids things like that. And that’s my kind of pot with Johnson Lum. Yeah, we’re good friends. But if we shut this down, I know there are some minor kind permits that’s, you know, that got to be. But at this time I think it’s being addressed, at this time. 4 EXHIBIT B