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ALLEN: Hi, my name is Gerry Allen. I live just past the 19 mile marker in Nīnole and have <br />since the late eighties. Before that, from Kāne‛ohe. First of all, I would like to start by saying <br />that my family and I were witness to the, the erosion and the fall of the slide, about ten years ago. <br />My sons were outside and heard it and saw it, and I heard it from inside. But, then, from my <br />statement, Mr. Shropshire says he wants to build this subdivision to make affordable housing for <br />the locals, but it is the locals in the upper low income and/or the lower-middle income that need <br />the lots and/or housing that is affordable. Right now, the only place one of these locals can get <br />affordable real estate is in the Puna area. Locals like my sons who were raised in Hawai‛i cannot <br />afford to buy in Hāmākua because it is not affordable for people in their income brackets. They <br />are stuck in Puna because of people like Steven Shropshire who come from the mainland and <br />buy up all the land to make money, not to help the locals. If this subdivision is allowed to <br />proceed, then we all want it to be truly affordable for the locals that need it and not for the people <br />that can choose wherever they want to buy real estate. <br /> <br />Also, if it goes forward, all of our property taxes will go up. Mahalo. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Commissioners, any questions? Thank you. The four of you may have a seat. <br />Okay, I’ll call a close to the public testimony. Do I have a motion to close public testimony? <br /> <br />HENKEL: What are you looking for Myles? <br /> <br />MIYASATO: A motion to close public testimony. <br /> <br />HENKEL: So moved. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Do I have a second? <br /> <br />IKEDA: I’ll second. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: All in favor? <br /> <br />COMMISSIONERS: Aye. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Any opposed? Okay, call a close to the public hearing. Commissioners, staff, do <br />you have any further comments? <br /> <br />DARROW: No comments, just bring to your attention the additional information that’s been <br />submitted to the Commission this morning. It has been handed out. We have a letter from the <br />Applicants dated January 6, 2015, in response to Calvin Motoda’s testimony. We have a picture. <br />This was submitted by Bob Nishimoto this morning. We have testimony from Marina Trommer, <br />from Sharon Blank, Beverly Molfino, Michael Brown, and Dr. Richard Robbins which were all <br />attached to one correspondence, and I believe since our last hearing, we also received another <br />th <br />letter from the Applicants dated December 30 responding to the previous hearing and testimony <br />th <br />given at that hearing, our December 4 hearing. We received a testimony from Calvin Motoda, <br />nd <br />and this was dated, emailed January 2. And then lastly, a—a letter from Albert Nakaji. So just <br />10 <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br /> <br />