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STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC <br />CHR. SIRACUSA: Our first testifier is Claudia Ziroli, representing Fern Acres Community <br />Association Board of Directors. <br />CLAUDIA ZIROLI <br />(At this time Claudia Ziroli came forward to address members of the Commission.) <br />MS. ZIROLI: Good afternoon, Commissioners. I want to say much mahalo for your work on <br />this. My name is Claudia Ziroli, and I serve as the Secretary on the Fern Acres Community <br />Association Board of Directors. I am here for a very quick, short and wholehearted support, a <br />unanimous vote this morning at our board meeting to support the revised Plan _40 by Margaret <br />Wille and revised recently by Scott Stoddard, who will be testifying a little bit later. But the <br />bottom line here is Fern Acres Community Association wholeheartedly supports the revised <br />Plan-40, thank you. <br />CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you. Our next testifier is Richard Bidleman, representing himself. <br />RICHARD BIDLEMAN <br />(At this time Richard Bidleman came forward to address members of the Commission.) <br />MR. BIDLEMAN: Some of you saw me at the Pahoa meeting, and I just want to re- emphasize <br />the fact that Puna is really made up of three towns: Pahoa, Kea` au and Volcano. I hope that we <br />keep that in mind as you go forward. Thank you. <br />CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you, Richard. Next is June Conant, representing Hawaiian Paradise <br />Park. <br />JUNE CONANT <br />(At this time June Conant came forward to address members of the Commission.) <br />MS. CONANT: I did testify Tuesday night, but afterwards I had a chance to talk to Jeff and he <br />was trying to convince me that if we got split up, how it wasn't going to be so bad. I would have <br />two representatives on the County Council. But, we are talking apples and oranges. Downtown <br />is an infrastructure type situation. Hawaiian Paradise Park has basically no infrastructure. As you <br />well know, fifty years ago, the County Council at that time, or the Board of Supervisors, didn't <br />hold developers feet to the fire, and we are still stuck with some of that legacy today. In the last <br />year and a half, we have had a couple of issues come up that have created some real problems for <br />our association and for HPP. Two of which are not going to go away tomorrow; one of which <br />could totally shut us down. We are working with the AG's office, the Department of Health and <br />the Department of Transportation to come to solutions. I have been at some of the Council <br />meetings; I've read things in the paper. You are going to have council person A over here, <br />council person B over here, if we are split. If they have differing opinions to help us, that is not <br />going to help us. We need a united front on the County Council that will support us going <br />forward. I am totally in favor of the new map that Ms. Wille has pointed out. I hope that <br />whatever you do, keep HPP together. <br />3 <br />