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There was no public testimony. <br />Okabe: Is there any discussion or questions from the Commissioners? <br />Nakashima: Mr. Tepper? <br />Tepper: Yes. <br />Nakashima: You have here you're being 100% stock shareholder, you just said you <br />were a third. <br />Tepper: No, that's not correct, so I own a third, and then a third is owned by Winston <br />Gamble, and then a third is owned by Bryan Tepper. So, I was here two months ago, <br />and same thing, nothing has changed since then. <br />Nakashima: Okay, well this report is not accurate then on your application on the <br />Personal History and Affidavit. <br />Waltjen: Are you looking at his Personal History and Affidavit? <br />Nakashima: Yes. <br />Waltjen: I think he's talking about Kona Winds Coffee Company LLC. <br />Nakashima: Okay. <br />Tepper: Oh I see, okay so that entity I own 100%, that's correct, yes sir. Sorry, <br />apologies for the confusion there. <br />Takase: The licensee is South Kona Stills, you're a third owner of that. <br />Tepper: Correct, yes sir. <br />Okabe: Commissioner Greenwell? <br />Greenwell: Was it your father that told us about some agricultural derivative that they <br />were going to try and produce, is that still in the works? <br />Tepper: It is still in the works, yes. Our hope is, is that we'll be able to use the sprays <br />for coffee leaf rust, and then for vehicles that we use, and it's still in the works, yes. <br />Greenwell: Well, that's still going to be a product? <br />Tepper: A product, absolutely yes, and it's a bi-product of the distillation process, so <br />we feel that that's going to definitely help a lot of the farms in the community. Well, I'm <br />actually quite excited about that because we are a coffee farm. <br />MINUTES - LIQUOR COMMISSION MEETING - THURSDAY, JULY 31 2025 - HILO PAGE 18 OF 39 <br />