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ISHIBASHI: Thank you, Mr. Arai. Any questions for staff, Commissioners? <br /> <br />GONZALES: Mr. Chairman, I have a question. <br /> <br />ISHIBASHI: Commissioner Gonzales. <br /> <br />GONZALES: Daryn, do these have to be taken one at a time, or can a motion be made to accept <br />them all? <br /> <br />ARAI: We would recommend that you take them one at a time. <br /> <br />GONZALES: Thank you. <br /> <br />ISHIBASHI: Ok, thank you. Well, for the record, our geothermal development here on the <br />island has come a long, long way. I was the founding member of the Big Island Labor Alliance <br />and Hawai‘i Island Geothermal Alliance, it’s the HIGA, we used to call that. That was back in <br />the eighties, early eighties. We created this fund as a relocation fund to help those who believed <br />that they were affected by the effects of geothermal development in their neighborhood. This <br />fund has morphed into a bigger and probably better solution to help the community in any way <br />we can to help alleviate the health problems, claimed by our residents and our community here <br />on the Big Island. So, I just wanted to make that clear that being part of the geothermal <br />development here on the Island, you know, I support this. This fund, and the way it’s being <br />spent. So, I just wanted to put that on the record and open up the Commission for questions and <br />comments on their own. <br /> <br />Ok, moving on, we have some public testimony here. So, we’d like to call up Thomas Travis, <br />Katarina Culina, Laura Travis, Christopher—aw, I’m going massacre this—Christopher— <br /> <br />BILTOFT: Biltoft. <br /> <br />ISHIBASHI: Thank you. And Pua ema, ‘ena, you can come up. Raise your right hands, please? <br />Do you swear to affirm to tell the truth before the Windward Planning Commission over this <br />matter? <br /> <br />THOMAS TRAVIS, LAURA TRAVIS, BILTOFT, AHN: I do. <br /> <br />CULINA: Yes. <br /> <br />ISHIBASHI: Ok, thank you so much. We can start with Thomas. State your name and address <br />for the record please. <br /> <br />TRAVIS: My name is Thomas Travis. I live in lower Puna. I am—Commissioner, <br />Commissioner’s chairman, I thank you for the opportunity to testify. I would like to speak in <br />support of this expenditure with one reservation. The reservation is that the report from which <br />the Mayor is taking actions considered a comprehensive health study as the number one priority <br />and that action has not been yet taken and presented to the claims adjuster. We’ll all hoping that <br />3 <br />EXHIBIT F <br /> <br /> <br />