2015-03-19 Leeward Exh B (Amend SPP 378)

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for their mind. They support regular folks like us. I found a family in Five Mountain Fitness. I build my schedule around Five Mountain Fitness, and my best friends are with Five Mountain Fitness. Waimea needs more places like this to call home. Fitness, healthy eating, buying local, it all goes hand in hand. This is what our community needs. And in this day and age where many of us are struggling, we should join and work together to reach a common goal. This is in Waimea; if another organization is struggling, we all want to step in and help out. So we just ask for your support. And thank you for any consideration. CASSINELLI: Aloha. My name is Tracy Cassinelli. I live at 68-3744 Ua Noe Place in Waikoloa. I’m a school teacher at Waikoloa Elementary and Middle School, and I’ve been a member of the gym for about three and half years because there are no gym facilities in Waikoloa Village. I was introduced to the CrossFit program by my friend, Nicole Vedelli. She is a teacher at Parker School. I’ve suffered from rheumatoid arthritis for 20 years, and the gym is actually what helps me control my pain. Bill and Susan have created an atmosphere of family at the gym and that’s the true reason I continue my membership. I have many friends of the gym and I continue to recruit my friends to join the gym. Bill and Susan are flexible with their hours whereas other gyms are strict with their hours of operation. And for these reasons I support Five Mountain Fitness remaining in their current location, and I request approval of the Special Permit. Thank you. KAWAI: Good morning. Thank you for this time. My name is Tadyana Kawai. I live on Kalake Street in Kamuela. I come to you with over 14 years of experience in the medical field, with special training in chronic illness and disease and comorbidities. That being said, the majority of the origin of I would say at least 85 percent of diabetes, hypertension, anything that you can think of, comes from a lack of nutrition, and that comes from also a lack of education. That being said, every member there at Five Mountain Fitness – if you can’t tell, I’m in support of the, this approval of special permit use – every member there represents a spouse, a child, a parent, an aunt and an uncle who isn’t there, that they can learn from, because you don’t always know how to take the step forward in your health. It would be hard-pressed to find anybody, and I haven’t yet, especially in this state, who hasn’t been touched either themselves or with a family member or friend, that doesn’t suffer from high blood pressure or diabetes or any of these other things here. A real world example is just through my time at Five Mountain Fitness myself I’ve overcome addiction, I’ve overcome eating disorder, I’ve touched my family in a way that my husband has learned to, who has already suffered at 35 years old a heart attack, he has dropped 60 pounds in weight, he’s still got more to go because he is still at 280 pounds, he is learning a good way to live. My parents are learning a good way to live. My brother has gone on to UH Hilo and is majoring in Kinesiology, because now he wants to be a personal trainer and touch others. My 14-year old son has reached out to his advisors at school at Kanu o ka ‘Āina, who have no experience in this; he wants to bring the powerlifting team there because he’s seen what Bill can do with the kids at Parker School. You’ve got generations here. One person, one person is a ripple in the time and longevity of their generations. So I ask you, please, every wave begins with a ripple and we know that, we are asking you to please not drain our resources, our precious limited resources. Mahalo. MUSKAT: Aloha, I’m Jessica. I live at 62-1319 Haleola that is close to Kawaihae. Five Mountain Fitness has been a positive influence on not only me but also our community, Parker School. Most of us go there to relieve stress after a long day or we have goals. I’m a powerlifter myself. Bill and Susan have – sorry – they’ve created a new dream for most of us – sorry – a dream to become something and do well. They are a small local business, and I think that they are a benefit to our local economy. Like they were saying earlier, we are family there. A lot of people come from all over just to train with us. And I think that if you take that away, you are not only taking away a 14 EXHIBIT B