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SAGUCEO: Hi, my name is Jonathan Saguceo. I live on Kynnersley Road in Kohala. Driving
<br />from Kohala to Waimea to go to the gym, there’s all these guys come in from Kona, from Hilo, so
<br />it’s hitting all over the island. There’s people that come there to train, to make a better lifestyle. A
<br />lot of people there come from the mainland, you know, vacations, they hear about the gym and they
<br />want to come there, you know, I mean, that says something; coming on vacation and they have a
<br />choice to go to gym at the hotels, but they choose not to, they go to come Five Mountain Fitness. A
<br />lot of, like, it’s hit a lot of people, it’s hit people from the young ages to the old, trying to make a
<br />name for Waimea. We have a lot of people who are trying to go to the world, powerlifting
<br />competition, to make a name for Hawai‘i, you know. There’s a lot of people who just want to make
<br />a better lifestyle for themselves. And I’ve seen such a positive influence that Five Mountain Fitness
<br />has done for Waimea and all over. We need your help, please.
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<br />CABRERA: My name is Kevin Cabrera. I live at 68-1804 Laie Street in Waikoloa. I’m the owner
<br />of Sandwich Isle Bread Company. I just wanted to say, maybe clear up what I am or what the
<br />bakery is and is not. As far as foot traffic, we really bake a couple days a week or maybe a few
<br />days a week all in all, and we take it to the farmers market where we sell it at the Parker School
<br />farmers market in Waimea. And I believe that this has been a value added to the community as well
<br />as, you know, enhancing the products that other vendors have to sell at the farmers market. We got
<br />involved here on this property in 2008. Before that I was a chef down at the hotels; I was a baker
<br />chef for Mauna Kea and other hotels. One of the reasons that I got out of the hotels was, being a
<br />baker for that long, you know, I felt like I lived on the island but, you know, you just constantly
<br />running and doing the job and you don’t really get, you know, connected in. When I left there, I
<br />was inspired by the oven that’s being, doing the bread down at the Greenwell’s farm in Kona, they
<br />bake Hawaiian sweetbread outside in the wood-fired oven there, they also do it, the Portuguese
<br />Cultural Center has various baking spots throughout the island, that inspired me to, you know, put
<br />my ovens outside, put one on a trailer to take to the farmers market to also, you know, kind of
<br />explain about how it is and sustainable baking and give them a value-added product. We use a lot
<br />of local products, a lot of local ingredients. And we are not big enough to do restaurants and hotels,
<br />but we do a lot of work for private chefs and caterers. And I think we add to the community that
<br />way as well. Thank you.
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<br />BEAUDET: Thank you all for your testimony. I just want to thank everyone for being mindful of
<br />their time. We really appreciate that. We are moving along pretty well this morning, so thank you.
<br />Next six: Weston Yamada, Uvonne Lindsey, Jenna Nakao, Pristeen Perreira, David Bahr and
<br />Robert Teixeira. If you all could please raise your right hand. Do you swear and affirm to tell the
<br />truth now and before the Leeward Planning Commission?
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<br />TESTIFIERS: I do.
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<br />BEAUDET: Thank you. If we could start with you.
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<br />YAMADA: Hi, my name is Weston K. Yamada. Address: 23 Waiākea Place, Hilo, Hawai‘i
<br />96720. I come here today on behalf of Five Mountain Fitness to please approve the Special Permit
<br />they need to stay open. Give you a brief quick background of me, I used to be a 300-pound
<br />epileptic. All right? Because of Bill, Susan, everyone here today I managed to lose 165 pounds. I
<br />represent Hawai‘i through obstacle course racing, Spartan Race, around the world. You know, it’s
<br />hard to let go family. Everyone you see here today, it’s not just individuals coming to the gym to
<br />work out, to stay healthy, to get on their fitness quest; but it’s a family coming together in one area.
<br />And how, how would you feel if we close down the gym and family can no longer see each other,
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