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neighbors have been told that its going to be a warehouse, food and vegetable warehouse. So,
<br />again, were talking about the truck backup noises 4 oclock in the morning.
<br />Now, Jeff, you dont live in town, youre not hearing it. Okay? Four a.m. you come to my
<br />house, you hear the Pepsi truck. This property right here on a beautiful Sunday morning in the
<br />Subway at 5 a.m. I heard a leaf blower. I got out in by PJs, I walked over there. I said, Excuse
<br />me what are you doing? You cant do it, you cant have a leaf blower at 5 a.m. He said, Sure
<br />I can. The property owner told me that this is a commercial zone, this building was zoned
<br />commercial, we can come in here. I said, Yeah, but think about it, youre surrounded by
<br />residents, everybody in here is asleep. Come on, turn it off. And he did, and he went back
<br />home, and he came back at 9:30. It was very civilized of him. But if were letting the proposed
<br />developer set the tone of whats acceptable in our neighborhood, its a slippery slope.
<br />ALAMEDA:Thank you. All right, were going, to, this is a public hearing so are there
<br />anyothertestifiersintheaudiencewhowouldliketocomeforward?NowImgoingtothank
<br />Ms. Black for your testimony.
<br />BLACK:Id like to just say one thing and that is, for the record, as I came here this
<br />morning I came here with the full support of my entire neighborhood. That would be Kats
<br />Kojiro, Fusae Miyamoto, Marion and Henry Aguiar, Eric and Anita Ishihara, myself, my nephew
<br />Michael Black, and my mom, my dad. Everybody knew I was coming here. Nobody wanted to
<br />come. Nobody wanted to go through, again, what we went through the last time. But I just want
<br />you to know that you see my body, I represent an entity of people that are deeply concerned.
<br />And I thank you very much.
<br />ALAMEDA:Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Black. Okay, were going to close testimony
<br />at this time. Id like to, Commissioner Salavea?
<br />SALAVEA:Actually I have a question for Mr. Fuke if -.
<br />ALAMEDA:Sure, hes going to come back up.
<br />SALAVEA:Okay.
<br />ALAMEDA:Yeah, Mr. Fuke, please. Would you like to entertain your question now?
<br />Or, Mr. Fuke you have any comments to say prior to Commissioner Salaveas question?
<br />FUKE:Oh, okay. Well, I can say that, you know, like were all human beings and
<br />we do understand when things come around us that, you know, whether we appreciate the
<br />change or dont appreciate the change. And in, you know, kind of like my profession I always
<br />try to put myself in, as if I were in a neighbor. And so to that extent I can understand the
<br />concerns that Ms. Black had raised.
<br />At the same time, I share a lot with what the Planning Director had mentioned about in terms of
<br />the growth of the City, the General Plan, this property fronting a major thoroughfare, you know,
<br />like within the City of Hilo. And yet, you know, youre just trying to kind of balance it off. And
<br />I cannot help but feel that a lot of the so-called, the negativism relating to this project is kind of
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