2023-10-05 Windward Exh B (Item #2 Hana U'I LLC)

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LIN: Okay, before speaking please state your name, the area you reside in and, yep, okay, so then, we'll start with Diane Marshall. So,just press the button right there and the light will turn red. MARSHALL: Okay. LIN: So, go ahead. MARSHALL: Diane Marshall and I live in Laupahoehoe. LIN: Okay and you have three (3) minutes for your testimony. MARSHALL: Okay. LIN: Go ahead. MARSHALL: First, a little bit about me. Why I feel qualified to support Martha Edwards and John Kocol's SMA application. In order to live more sustainably. In 1999 my husband and I bought land and built one of the first certified green homes in Florida complete with edible and native landscaping. Twenty-four(24)years ago, there was limited information on how to build and live sustainably. So, when we finished our home, we started a non-profit organization to teach others. The organization Green Living and Energy Expo which became Green Living and Energy Education partnered with the County Extension Service electric and water utilities and other non-profit organizations to bring in speakers from the around the country to lead workshops and an annual sustainability fair. For that work the Council for Sustainable Florida gave us a sustainability award. We also opened our home for annual American Solar Energy Society Public tours and tours by students from Florida International University and the University of Miami. In addition, I've been a master gardener in three (3) counties including Hawaii County. We met John and Martha who were very like-minded. They opened a sustainable pet hospital for which they received a Green Building award and soon after built a sustainable home whose design and usage helped preserve the character of their coastal community. It featured native and edible landscaping, food waste composting, solar power, and catchment. These efforts were not just for themselves by building a sustainable and storm resilient pet hospital. They provided the community with a safe place for their animals before, during, and after tropical cyclones. In building their green and storm resilient residence, John and Martha worked with County and State agencies to protect the near shoreline from runoff and degradation and to restore and maintain native habitat for endangered and threatened shore birds, marine life, and plants. Their close collaboration with the local utilities to create and expand the sustainable use of water and electricity in their business and residence significantly will reduce the demand on utilities which has proven especially important during hurricanes and climate change related heat temperatures, higher heat temperatures. John and Martha's strong belief in stewardship, sustainability, and protecting the local ecosystem led them to share their knowledge. They became speakers at green events, opened their homes to the public, and to professors and students studying sustainability and the environment. For decades both 2 EXHIBIT B