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<br />DARROW: Correct, thank you. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Commissioners, any further questions for staff? If not can we have the Applicant <br />or representative please come forward? Good morning. Could you please raise your right hand? <br />Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawai‛i County Planning <br />Commission? <br /> <br />SHROPSHIRE/MIKKELSON: I do. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Do you have a presentation that you’d like to, or a comment? <br /> <br />SHROPSHIRE: Yes, Lori? <br /> <br />MIKKELSON: We— <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Please state your name and— <br /> <br />MIKKELSON: I’m sorry—we have been working on this for quite a while and there’s been ups <br />and downs in trying to get things straightened out and prepared the way it needed to be because <br />of complications— <br /> <br />MIYASATO: --Could you please state your name and residence-- <br /> <br />MIKKELSON: Oh, I’m sorry— <br /> <br />MIYASATO: --before you start yeah? <br /> <br />MIKKELSON: I’m sorry. My name’s Lori Mikkelson. I live in Pāpa‛aloa, Hawai‛i. Anyway, <br />as far as the, as far as the application goes, Mr. Shropshire purchased this property, having done <br />the due diligence of finding out the zoning, and the possibilities of subdividing it into half acre <br />parcels, and it’s a rare area. There’s hardly any properties that are that size in our area, so it’s an <br />opportunity for people to have smaller parcels that are more manageable than the larger parcels. <br />Some of us have bigger parcels. We live up there. And, as we’re getting older, it’s getting <br />harder and harder to manage what we have, so I can see that this is an advantage for older people <br />obviously. But, also, for younger families, who want to stay in their community, I also have <br />family that lives there, and they’re involved with Laupāhoehoe School, and it was very difficult <br />to find a home to buy even in the area, which they finally did. But, that, so this is an opportunity <br />for young families as well to have a piece of property and build a little house and you know get <br />on with their lives. And be able to communicate—commute back and forth to Hilo. Anyway, so <br />that’s, that’s the idea to me about this property, and it’s beautiful. The quarry is fabulous, but <br />that’s just my take on it, and that’s my, that’s what I see. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Could you please state your name and residence? <br /> <br />6 <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br /> <br />