2015-07-16 Leeward Exh D (REZ 15-187)

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respect of time and the opportunity for everyone to speak along with any comments from the applicant or from staff, I would like to limit the testimony to three minutes, if that’s okay. Okay, so if you could all please raise your right hand. Do you now swear or affirm to tell the truth now and before the Leeward Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: Yes, I do. BEAUDET: I’d like to just start with introduction of each of you, starting with you, ma’am, and then we’ll go back with the testimony and start. ZWICK: Vera Zwick, 75-5388 Māmalahoa Highway, Hōlualoa. FRIEDMAN: Barry Friedman. I’m on the same easement road. I have the property just south of the Lipps. TRUBELL: Robert Trubell. I’m on Hiona Street. I am Lipps’ mauka neighbor, adjacent neighbor. PHILLIPS: Randall Phillips, 75-5382 Māmalahoa Highway. I’m two houses above the Lipps on Māmalahoa, and I also, my property fronts on Hiona Street. BEAUDET: Thank you. We’ll start testimony with you, ma’am. If you can speak in the mike. ZWICK: I just want to say in 1994 when I bought my property, those two properties were not supposed to be rezoned or subdivided. That’s it. FRIEDMAN: Again, Barry Friedman. Thank you for letting me witness this today. I came early, talked to the staff, I got much more information than when I walked through the door. I found your book in the back, very informative; it got me up to date. In fact, I found that interesting enough that I’m not sure why this isn’t part of Hawai‘i Revealed. So – that’s the book they sell in Costco – I have had the opportunity to meet the Lipps; they are great neighbors. And basically, while I would rather look out on 1,000 coffee trees, I’ve got 700 on my property, I understand what they are doing and what they are trying to do. And I look forward to all the information the Commission has, and I think you’ll come to the right decision. There is kind of a rile-up with the culture and the way property uses in the agricultural belt, but I understand what they are trying to do with their family. And it will be interesting to see how it all comes out. Good luck. TRUBELL: Good morning. Again, I’m Robert Trubell, and I just want to say that I support what the Lipps are trying to do. My lot happens to be the same size, three acres, and it’s really not practical to do agriculture; I had coffee on my lot, I tore it all out because it was too hard for me to do on my own. So I just, again, just want to say I support the Lipps. PHILLIPS: Good morning. Again, Randy Phillips, two lots above the Lipps. I am a coffee farmer. I have 2,000 trees. I support the Lipps’ rezoning of their property. I certainly don’t have any issue with it. Coffee farming is hard. But I think the tenor of the neighborhood is not going to be changed by having another house on the property, and it certainly would offer, I can see no 4 EXHIBIT D