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community to come and learn, and then there, we helped our community to create sustainable,
<br />sustainability—what we call sustainability.
<br />And, so, there's so much I can say, but there's this little time, but I just want to humbly just ask
<br />all of you to please support this Special Permit. It's just, it's such an important asset to our
<br />community. And, our Kanaka community fully supports this, and so, mahalo no for listening to
<br />me today.
<br />HEAUKULANL Mahalo. Commissioners, any questions for either of these—
<br />KEAWE: —And the last thing I wanted to say
<br />HEAUKULANL Oh! E kala mai
<br />KEAWE: —Thank you, Steve and Terra for bringing this beautiful thing to our community. It's
<br />so important, and I've lived here all my life, and I've never seen people like you two, and I so
<br />aloha you for, like all these people said, opening the space for all of us, yeah? Like Aunty
<br />Mahealani said, yeah? It is a place of healing for our people and well-being. And, it's so
<br />important, and so mahalo, Steve and Terra.
<br />HEAUKULANL Mahalo. Commissioners, any questions? We had one additional sign up. Mr.
<br />Petricci, you're on, sir. And, again, if there's anyone else that would like to be heard on this
<br />matter, now's the time. Good morning, sir. Could you please raise your right hand, and do you
<br />swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Planning Commission?
<br />PETRICCL Yes.
<br />HEAUKULANL Good morning. You know the drill better than most in the room. Please speak
<br />into the microphone. We appreciate that. Give us your name, where you reside, and limit your
<br />testimony to three minutes if you could.
<br />PETRICCL Thank you.
<br />HEAUKULANL Mahalo.
<br />PETRICCL Good morning, Commissioners. My name is Robert Petricci. I lived in Pohoiki in
<br />Puna since 1981, and I'm gonna support Hawaiian Sanctuary. It's a, it's an awesome place, and
<br />Puna is a model right now already for sustainability. The County and the State talk about
<br />sustainability goals and food security, energy, and if you go out to Puna now, we have huge
<br />communities that live off grid. We have permaculture everywhere, and it's a different model
<br />than you see in Kona, Maui, Kauai, Oahu, where we have Walmarts and 7-11's and McDonald's
<br />and gas stations, shopping centers popping up everywhere. And, I think, yeah, I hope you'll
<br />support this because these are the kind of things that offer alternatives to that, to saving Hawaii
<br />in some ways. I mean, I left Oahu, Kauai, and Maui because of those types of developments,
<br />and I moved to Puna because that's how I want to live. I don't want to live with Walmart and
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