MIN RDC 2011-11-03.tif - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Kona one. Our church functions, when we get together, it is in that community as well. You have heard it from a lot of people, and I'm throwing in my two cents as well. We would like to stay with South Kohala. Thank you. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you; Jennifer Lienhart Tsuji. JENNIFER LIENHART TSUJI (At this time Jennifer Lienhart Tsuji came forward to address members of the Commission.) MS. LIENHART TSUJI: Aloha, and thank you for your service and dedication, and you are being open to the people's opinions and concerns. My name is Jennifer Leinhart Tsuji, I am here as an individual and a resident of Waik6loa Village. I am also the District 7 Democratic Party Chair. I am a proud graduate of the Ulu Mau Leadership Program and I am also a substitute teacher. But most of all I am a mother. I have been a resident of Waik6loa for thirteen years. I have to sit here and I have to ask the basic question that I am sure you have asked yourself a million times; what is community? For me, community is where you live, work, and interact with other individuals. My family, and every other family that I know in Waik6loa Village, we live Waimea. We don't live in Waimea, but we live Waimea. Our common interests include cultural, our resources for cultural knowledge and education are Waimea. For me, and 50% of Anunciation Catholic Church live in Waik6loa; but we live Waimea. A good number of my young family and young mothers with young children have had their children Waimea, North Community Hospital. A good many of us do our financial obligations, as well as our financial transactions happen Waimea, our children's social activities, educational activities; Waimea. Just recently we finished with the ASYO Soccer League; that is Waimea, Honoka`a, Waik6loa, Puak6, up to Kawaihae, North Kohala area. It is the North Region. I ask you to please consider our keiki when making your choice. Waik6loa is no longer the village it was twenty years ago. We are a community of young families, hard workers, from many different ethnic groups, income levels, religious beliefs, political beliefs, and age groups. With this said, I would like to request your vote to be for Plan _40, dated October 26, 2011, and that Plan _A be removed from consideration based on today's overwhelming support for Plan-40. Thank you for this opportunity to testify. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you for your testimony. Our next testifier in Hilo is Stephanie Stearns, representing Waik6loa Senior Center. STEPHANIE STEARNS (At this time Stephanie Stearns came forward to address members of the Commission.) MS. STEARNS: Good morning, I am Stephanie Stearns, and I am the President of the Waik6loa Senior Center. I am also on the Leadership Council in Waik6loa and that is chaired by Mike Fisher and Ashan Schultz, who is heavily involved with the South Kohala Community Development Plan. We are linked part and parcel with Waik6loa and Waimea. We have common roads, common interests. We have a whole plan that has been worked on for years together, and I really ask you not to separate us in our representation. On the IN