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community clubhouse which our community association owns and so that's where we hold our <br />community gatherings, we have our Shininkai which is like a New Years party where we honor <br />our elders. We do have a community picnic and our cookout event which is like after <br />Thanksgiving. But it is a place where we have our own community facilities to keep our <br />people intact and to have things contained so that they don't have to drive into downtown Hilo <br />and to be out of the traffic. So you know, if you need that opportunity to come and visit, the <br />invitation is open to come and we'd be more than happy to show you around. Any questions? <br />CHR. SIRACUSA: I have one, and it's just to understand clearly the boundaries. When you <br />head mauka does it end anywhere? Are you a cul -de -sac or is there a connection elsewhere <br />that goes out to somewhere else. <br />MR. HOKAMA: As you go up Waianuenue Avenue, and it transitions into Pi`ihonua Road, <br />they will come to a dead end. Beyond, at Camp 5 it transitions into the former cane field lands. <br />Lot of the lands now is Hawaiian Home Lands. There is no exit beyond that so we all have to <br />come down Pi`ihonua Road, down Waianuenue Avenue and from there we can either go to <br />Akolea Road to go onto Kaumana or come down Lahi Street and onto Ainakou Avenue to <br />come down to the Mohouli Extension. Or we can head down Waianuenue go past the hospital <br />to come into town. But basically it's Puna side of Wailuku River as far as our access getting to <br />and exiting from the community. <br />CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you for clarifying that for us because road connectivity is one of the <br />issues that we're supposed to look at. Thank you very much. <br />MR. KAHUI: Thank you again Conrad for being here. I think that anytime the community <br />can come out and assist us in figuring out what's in their best interest, obviously you've taken <br />the time to be here today and I think what I have a question about is what is the demographics <br />of your community. There is obviously a, it's a small community. First question, how many <br />homes are up there between all the camps? <br />MR. HOKAMA: Close to, it's under a hundred families up in the camps, Camp 3, Camp 4 and <br />Camp 5. But we have a lot of history in the area. Now as far as the demographics we have a <br />lot of elders and residents of the area because that's where we all grew up. I mean I'm born <br />and raised there so we have a lot of families there. But we're also a community in transition. <br />Like other communities throughout our island is that as people you know pass on or you know <br />young ones are away, so there is a transition of people moving in but we still maintaining as far <br />as the quantity of families, that part is pretty stable. We don't really have much room for <br />growth because the lands around us are not fee simple, where people can come and buy. So <br />that part limits our growth capacity. But we are a community working at maintaining the <br />community we have now, as far as the flavor and the families. And as new people come in <br />we're trying blend them into our community so that we can evolve like any other community <br />throughout the island and move forward. <br />MR. KAHUI: Is it fair to say that, because I've been up that camp road and been up Pi` ihonua <br />and I do know the surrounding lands surrounding the all the camps are Hawaiian Homesteads. <br />12 <br />