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24 hours a month more to go three days a week to a gym that far away. That’s time and money that
<br />most of the members don’t have, which may be a good thing because if we all did do that, we would
<br />be putting 5,000 gallons of gas into fumes into the air, polluting Hawai‘i’s air. Now, if it does
<br />close, there are a few things that we have to gain; we can gain back everything we lost when we
<br />became members of the gym; we can get back all the weight that we lost, we can get back all the
<br />high blood pressure that we lost, we can get back all the aches and pains and stiffness in our joints
<br />that we had before we were working out, and these are the things that we have to look forward to, if
<br />the Special Permit isn’t granted to Five Mountain Fitness. Oh, and on the side, we do need those
<br />honeybees that they are out there. I do self-sustain gardening in my yard, and the trees just do not
<br />have nearly enough bees to make the fruit. It’s just, they need to be there as well. Thank you.
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<br />TEIXEIRA: Good morning, committee. I’m Robert Teixeira. I’m at 64-707 Aoakua Place. And I
<br />am a member of the Five Mountain also. I like the smell of the bread in the morning because they
<br />work at 4:00 a.m. And I smell their lovely bread and, you know, there is a positive flow going
<br />through the gym, and they open it up, and it’s like a, very rewarding for me to start early in the
<br />morning, get up, and there is a, again, there is a positive flow of the members, about five to ten
<br />people show up, you know, within the 4:00 to 4:30. And then throughout the day, Bill and Susan
<br />have been very good as far as accommodating everybody and opening the long hours. And I go like
<br />six days a week, and it’s a real benefit for me, because I just went to the doctor, and the doctor said,
<br />“Do you still work out?” I said, “Yes, I do.” So it’s a steady thing that I do six days a week, and
<br />I’m proud of it. And all the members there, we have a good time in the morning where we talk
<br />story a little bit, but we work out most of the time. But anyway, thank you, committee, and I hope
<br />you guys permit us to stay. Aloha.
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<br />BEAUDET: Thank you, everyone. I’d like to call now Juliana Kasberg, Tracy Cassinelli, Chris
<br />Robb, Tadyana Kawai, Ellen Pavitt and Jessica Muskat.
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<br />KASBERG: Hi, aloha, Members of the Commission --.
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<br />BEAUDET: -- One, one second.
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<br />KASBERG: Sorry (inaudible).
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<br />BEAUDET: If you could all please raise your right hands. Do you swear and affirm to tell the truth
<br />now and before the Leeward Planning Commission?
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<br />TESTIFIERS: Yes.
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<br />BEAUDET: Thank you. You may now proceed.
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<br />KASBERG: Sorry, I’m a little nervous. Aloha, my name is Juliana Kasberg. I live at 62-1152
<br />Puahia Street in Kamuela. I’ve been a member of Five Mountain Fitness for over nine years and
<br />also a Parker School parent. I would not go anywhere else. I started going to Tropical Dreams Ice
<br />Cream, and then I learned about Five Mountain Fitness. And I used to tease them that with every
<br />five gallons of ice cream I will have one fitness class, or vice versa. And then, but I feel well
<br />prepared at any wellness challenge because of the support we see by Bill and Susan. Bill is well
<br />trained and committed. He’s doing what he loves. And we are very fortunate for having a place
<br />like Five Mountain Fitness in our community. We can supply you with a list of their
<br />accomplishments from taking a small school, Parker students, and opening up their worlds to fitness
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