2013-07-11 Windward Transcript Hirakami

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lawn, that shared lawn, is really a nice visual effect in Pāhoa; and they’ve always liked the openness of the front lot. Now the back lawn when we got it was like incredible, like a war scene. There was a lot of left- over construction rubbish. There were household rubbish, bags of household rubbish that fell apart when I tried to remove them, so I had to rebag all of that. And basically it was a tangle of a mess that I’ve totally cleared by hand, and testing out my old body, but -. So, anyway, they enjoy the front yard, the openness. And also too they’ve been there, and one of the points is they always look out for neighbors. And we’re not going to be there in the evening, and for a visual screen -. Like a funny story was the other night my friend called me and he says, wow, did you leave your water on? And I said, no. And he says, well, your water was on outside; and he said we went and shut it off. Evidently a pig came by and brushed against the wall, rubbing itself against the wall, and turning the faucet on. And, so that’s the only explanation. So, anyway, it’s kind of like that. They’re used to -. On the other boundary, Paul Ogasawara, you know, if you look at the map like a straight line you would think, yeah, it makes more sense to landscape between the properties. But if you look at the visual pictures that I’ve put on page 1, if I were to landscape it and build a 20-foot wall, that’d be the wall I’d have to build, right there - because basically it’s a bluff. And in the top, on the first page, on the top, second picture to the right, that’s actually looking directly at the housing. If you look real, real closely, you can see that right behind the coconut trees, so the visual effect. And then on page 2 there’s a view of the parking lot looking down, and it’s basically the back side of the Pāhoa businesses. So the businesses, it’s actually the back side of Akebono parking lot. It’s not the primary parking lot. But on a Saturday they have a farmers market back there. So visually we’re not impacting anything. And like I said it’s a natural bluff. And there’s existing landscaping on the hill, there’s exoras (phonetic), and there’s, there’s some t-leaves, red t-leaves, and palms and stuff. So I’ve been hand clearing it and bringing it back. I kind of feel, Mr. Oishi built the house in 1981 and I heard he recently died about five years ago. But I feel his vise;and any plant that I can save I’m saving. So if you see in the current pictures there, in the frontal view, you’ll see the landscaping in the front of the house, on the side of the house, between the Enriques, on Paul Ogasawara’s side. I’m bringing back to life, all the landscaping that was there for many years. And I just wanted to see if I, the Commission would not require us to put in additional landscape but work with what we have. So those are my basic things. The rest of them all are doable. And actually they’re all doable. But because of the existing conditions we’re asking for a waiver on that. Thank you. ISHIBASHI: Okay. You need to say anything? GUENETTE: Good morning. My name is Roger Guenette. I live a 15-203 Puni Lapa in Pāhoa, actually connects Hawaiian Shores which we just finished hearing that discussion about. I’m here to generally support the project. I think the Commissioners are all probably aware that there is a substantial shortage of health care providers throughout the State, and in particular on the Big Island. I think the last article I read in the Tribune Herald couple of months ago, the shortage is identified at 196 primary care providers. Currently in Pāhoa and Puna, I believe there’s one health care clinic and one urgent care center. And as has been alluded to Puna being the fastest growing district, I think, in the State and continues, projected to continue to have substantial growth, health care being an essential service when a new resident moves into Puna, 5 EXHIBIT B