2014-03-06HEARINGTRANSCRIPT-HACA SPP 845

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TITA: I think it’s less than a mile. HEAUKULANI: Thank you. GONZALES: Any other questions? Thank you. Mr. Cutting. CUTTING: Good morning, my name’s Ken Cutting. I’m a resident of Hawaiian Acres since 1990. I’m here today to voice my support for the Hawaiian Acres Special Use Permit. Our current permit does not allow the building to be used for many things that the community wants. We’ve had to have, we have had requests to hold art classes, photography workshops, yoga and Zumba exercise classes. Granting the special use permit would allow us to provide these services to our community. As for the request to allow a small scale farmers’ market, I feel that this is a very much needed. Not only would the market would provide an outlet for neighbors to sell unwanted goods or agricultural products but would serve as a meeting place bringing neighbors together and creating a sense of community. There have been some concerns raised regarding parking, and I feel that these issues have been addressed. Also, the Hawai‘i County Police Department has expressed a concern that could, that could increase calls for service. I would like to point out that the Police Department has already had an increase in calls for service. The overwhelming majority of these calls were from the same person and found to be groundless. The Hawaiian Acres community members, the Hawaiian Acres community watch members voted to fully support this request. You should have all received a copy of this letter from the community association, from our community watch program. It was submitted last time we had that. May I read this letter then? GONZALES: Got about a minute and a half. CUTTING: Ok, at a recent meeting of the Hawaiian Acres Community Watch Program, the members voted unanimously to support the request for the special use permit. We have carefully reviewed the proposal to create a small scale market, and agree that our concerns about traffic, parking, and the safety and security of our residents have been addressed to our satisfaction. One of the best ways to prevent crimes is to know your neighbors. In an area the size of Hawaiian Acres, with over 74 miles of unimproved roads, that is sometimes hard to do. The creation of a farmers’ market would bring neighbors together and create a sense of community. An added benefit is that it creates an outlet for neighbors to barter or sell agricultural products or unwanted household items. This eliminates the need for our residents to hold garage/yard sales, therefore, placing themselves and their neighbors at the risk of crimes from unknown people entering their property. Creating this outlet would greatly reduce the amount of useable items entering our landfills, and put them in the hands of people that could use them. Again, the members of the Hawaiian Acres Community Watch Program support this request, and if granted, we will assist in any way possible to assure that the safety of our residents is met. That letter was approved by the Hawaiian Acres Community Watch Program. Like I said, the Hawaiian Acres Community watch voted to approve this. Hawaiian Acres volunteer Fire Department is also in favor of this request. In fact, many from our community five, Company Five Bravo, have offered to assist in 4 EXHIBIT E