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you know? It’s, it can’t happen. So please, I ask of you, please approve the Special Permit so
<br />family can see each other every day, push one another every day, and also inspire others to do what
<br />they want to do. Thank you.
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<br />LINDSEY: Aloha and good morning. My name is Uvonne Lindsey. I’m a resident of Waimea.
<br />Growing up in Waimea, the latitude has always been small business. However, as time changes, so
<br />does prices. It’s expensive now. The T. of Waimea offers more rent, more percentage rent and
<br />more common area fees. This agricultural business needs to diversify itself to become sustainable.
<br />Five Mountain Fitness found its home right there. There are so many that partake of this Fitness
<br />Center, like Mr. Mills has been there for nine years. And it provides much more than fitness; it
<br />provides wellness to our community. Some of the senior community to students of all of the local
<br />high schools and middle schools, they are all there. Many travel from afar. And without this
<br />Fitness Center I think we have no venue, because without this location there is no venue for this
<br />Fitness Center. So we ask you to please support the current location for Five Mountain Fitness.
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<br />NAKAO: Good morning. My name is Jenna Nakao. I’m at 67-1227 Māmalahoa Highway. I have
<br />been a member of this gym for about six and half years now. And it’s actually one of my incentives
<br />at the end of the work day. As an educator I look forward to going maybe five to six days a week, if
<br />I can, and it’s just, like they mentioned, it’s a sense of family, it’s a sense of community. We go
<br />there with the goal of not only achieving our health but also our mental and physical wellness to
<br />help the community really. It’s about supporting the small businesses that support the community
<br />and helping them succeed. And as an educator I feel that you need to be adaptable to be successful,
<br />as well as collaborate and communicate, be open, if we need to educate everybody as to the purpose
<br />of why things are happening, and when you have people that are educated, you are going to have
<br />more successes in the community.
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<br />PERREIRA: Good morning, Commissioners and staff. Thank you for being here. My name is
<br />Pristeen Perreira. I live at 64-163 Makaloa Loop in Kamuela. I have been a member at Five
<br />Mountain Fitness for about three and half years. And like Wes and Jenna have said that they are
<br />like family. Bill and Susan are not only wonderful people but they are awesome trainers and
<br />supporters and motivators. I decided to go to the gym, one day, heard about CrossFit, they were
<br />offering a free trial, went to the class, fell in love with it, signed up, took a break, had my son, I
<br />came back, eagerly returned. And one day Bill and Susan said, “You should do this competition,”
<br />had no idea what it was, World Association of Benchers and Deadlifters League. There was a
<br />competition last year February in Hilo. I competed, I enjoyed it, went to State’s in O‘ahu, and I
<br />traveled to World’s in Las Vegas last November, I took World Champion for my age and weight
<br />class for the deadlift; I did a 358-pound deadlift. And it’s all thanks to Bill and Susan and Five
<br />Mountain. The gym only provides positive things for the community, for people in Waimea and
<br />other places who travel there to come and work out. It’s, you know, for me and others, it’s your
<br />time, it’s a me-time. Being a mom, being a wife, being an employee, I look forward to going there
<br />and just, you know, having a great workout and seeing other family members. And I plead and ask
<br />for a special use permit to keep Five Mountain open. Thank you.
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<br />BAHR: Hi, my name is David Bahr. I live at 12, 67-1266 Puaena Street in Luala‘i Subdivision.
<br />And I’d like to thank you for the opportunity to speak today. I am here on behalf of Five Mountain
<br />Fitness. I’ve been a member for the last three years. And I checked to see what the alternatives
<br />were, if Five Mountain Fitness were to close its doors. And that involves either driving a round trip
<br />50 miles to one of the hotels or to Kona, which is about a 100-mile roundtrip. And the real cost of
<br />an alternative is about 150 dollars or more to drive all that way. It also involves a lot of time about
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