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BEAUDET: Okay, so it’s a completely new bill then -. <br /> <br />ARAI: Yes. That is why -. <br /> <br />BEAUDET: Once the changes are accepted. <br /> <br />ARAI: Correct. <br /> <br />BOWMAN: Any other questions, Commissioners? I have a quick one. Farmers’ market limited to <br />homegrown and homemade – does that include woodwork art? <br /> <br />ARAI: I believe it would – let me see – yeah, I believe it would. So homemade wood implements <br />like bowls and -. <br /> <br />BOWMAN: Or jewelry or art or -. I mean that’s -. <br /> <br />ARAI: Jewelry, as long as it’s manufactured by the person selling it, yes; they cannot simply be a <br />reseller of products. <br /> <br />BOWMAN: Right. Okay. Any other questions? No? Okay, will the applicant or their <br />representative please come forward, and then I can swear you in. Please raise your right hand. Do <br />you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Leeward Hawai‘i Planning <br />Commission? <br /> <br />VAN DYKE: Yes, I do. <br /> <br />BOWMAN: Could you please state your name? <br /> <br />VAN DYKE: My name is Peter Van Dyke. I’m the manager of Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical <br />Garden and an employee of Bishop Museum who is the owner of the property. <br /> <br />BOWMAN: Good morning. <br /> <br />VAN DYKE: Good morning. <br /> <br />BOWMAN: Do you have anything to add? <br /> <br />VAN DYKE: Well, I came basically to testify that I support the recommendation of the Planning <br />Commission. I hadn’t seen this Condition F. And I quite certainly understand all about it. We are <br />an ethnobotanical garden; our mission is supporting traditional Hawaiian cultural uses of plants <br />through conservation and education. I think we are a real asset to our community and to our <br />neighborhood. There would be a lot of -. I think people from the farmers’ market will tell you why <br />the farmers’ market itself is going to be important to the farmers and to the community. But it’s <br />also important to us as a botanical garden and a museum in the Captain Cook community. And the <br />main thing the farmers’ market does for us is raise our visibility in the community, which brings <br />people from local residents and non-resident visitors to our site. And they may be coming there for <br />the purpose of the market, but they have a chance to look around, and hopefully, they like what they <br />see and they’ll come back and take part in our programs or recommend that people, their friends <br />5 <br />EXHIBIT B <br /> <br />