2016-06-02 Hearing Transcript - Mile Marker 12 SPP 16-189

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CAPPOS: Aloha. My name is Connie Cappos. I've been living on the Big Island for the last 15 years. I run community yoga programs in Puna. We have a lot of people that need and want yoga, but we don't have is a space to do it that doesn't require me to be shelling out a lot of money. There's not a lot of money in wellness, if you're not a doctor, but just as a yoga teacher or anything like that, there's not a lot of money there, and we are not a very rich community. So; I'd like to make yoga available to everybody regardless of their ability to pay, just so people can show up for their own wellness. As Graham was saying, we don't have spaces like that. The one space we did have, we had, we lost because the lava was coming, so I have a community of people that are waiting to do yoga. We meet when we can so a space like this is really needed in the Puna area. Thank you. I completely support Mile Marker 12. Thank you. HEAUKULANL Thank you all. Commissioners, anyone with questions for any of these four testifiers? Thank you. We've got two more that have signed up, and if there's anyone else that wants to be heard on this matter, we'd ask that you please sign up. You can see Sarah. The last two that we do have signed up is Dana Keawe and Le`a Leslie Colter, I believe. Good morning. If you could remain standing just for a second. Raise your right hand, and do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: I do/yes. HEAUKULANL Good morning. Thank you for being here. You heard the ground rules. Please speak into the microphone if you would. When you start your presentation, if you could give us your name and the area you reside you, and please try to limit your testimony to three minutes each. Good morning. COLTER: Aloha. HEAUKULANL Aloha. COLTER: I go by Le`a. My name is Leslie Colter. I have lived in Kalapana for 19 years. I'm a marriage and family therapist licensed here and in California and until about four years ago, I worked for TIFFE, The Institute for Family Enrichment as a therapist and then as their clinical director and now I'm in private practice all over East Hawaii. So, I've been in the wellness field, and now I'm private practice in the wellness field. I generally see families and individuals, but I do like to do groups, lead groups, create workshops and happenings in the wellness vein. I like to do them professionally. I have taken part in all of these Puna centers and done activities there for all of these years—at SPACE, at Kalani, at Coco's, at all of `em, Uncle Robert's, everywhere. All these community centers, and everybody has issues with getting their permits, keeping their permits. 10 EXHIBIT A