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<br />MOSES: Any other questions, Commissioners? Will the Applicant or their representative <br />please come forward and be seated at the table in front of the Commissioners? Please raise your <br />right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawai‛i <br />County Planning Commission? <br /> <br />TYDLACKA/IACUZZO: Yes. <br /> <br />MOSES: Thank you. You may begin your presentation or testimony by first stating your name <br />and place of residence and speaking directly into the microphone. <br /> <br />TYDLACKA: My name is Kathryn Tydlacka, and I live in Nā‛ālehu down on the south side of <br />the Big Island, and we are seeking to—last year, we put in an application with the Charter <br />Commission for a charter school. There were several applicants last year, and we were the only <br />one that was approved. It was a long, hard process, but we got there. We had a facility that has <br />been gifted to us for three years so that we can get started there because the State gives no <br />facility funding or you’re zero funding, so you have to come up with that on your own, so it’s <br />been a real blessing to us to have that. <br /> <br />So, we are here today seeking a Use Permit for that building so that we can have our school <br />there. And this Joe Iacuzzo. He’s the managing director. <br /> <br />IACUZZO: I’m Joe Iacuzzo, the managing director of Ka‛u Learning Academy, and as Kathryn <br />said, you know, we were exceptionally fortunate to have the South Point Investment Group. <br /> <br />MOSES: Place of residence, please? <br /> <br />IACUZZO: Oh, I’m sorry, I live in Nā‛ālehu as well. And, we’re exceptionally fortunate to <br />have the South Point Investment Group allow us to use their facility and to clarify, it is the <br />residents of Discovery Harbour who do maintain the golf course. They don’t, it’s not potable, <br />but if you do want to come down and play, it’s a tremendous course. And, so, when the <br />commission gave us a charter for opening the only school this year, it was under several <br />conditions that we met, which were rigorous academics, and the fact that we do have a facility <br />available to us which almost none of the other schools do. And, so, as Kathryn said, this is a <br />tremendous opportunity for the children and families of Ka‛u to have an alternative to the school <br />down there. <br /> <br />TYDLACKA: That’s all I have. <br /> <br />MOSES: Question, Kathryn. Did you receive the Planning Department’s Background Report <br />and Recommendation? <br /> <br />TYDLACKA: Yes, I did. <br /> <br />MOSES: Do you agree with the Report and Recommendation? <br /> <br /> <br />4 <br />EXHIBIT B <br /> <br /> <br />