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morning on the way to work. There is no great meals, no dinners, lunch and dinners in that area <br />as well. So we do have a kitchen there to do that. So I guess our main thing is to provide <br />value-added products from mine and other local farmers that we purchase from. And we are <br />currently working directly with over 50 local farmers. During the season we buy from probably <br />over 150, 200 local farmers. So it’s an outlet for our products. To continue to promote 100- <br />percent Kona coffee in the region where it’s grown, known as the Kona Coffee Belt, and to <br />exercise the historic buildings and the historic mill and bring those up for tourist interest, again, <br />creating more local jobs. We currently employ 25 fulltime employees that reside in the Captain <br />Cook area. And, again, just to continue to create more local jobs. So it seems like our 8:00 a.m. <br />hours we are missing the huge surge of local traffic that’s coming from the HOV, you know, <br />Ka‘ū area that works out in town and again on the way back. Opening at five o’clock will allow <br />us to catch those guys on their way, their commutes to work. Our challenge is, we don’t have <br />any foot traffic, and we are limited, there is no, not a lot of sidewalk area, so we are limited to <br />just automobile traffic where we do have parking limitations, and we are currently working with <br />DOT to better that for safer parking — businesses recently closed, more outstanding items — <br />yeah, the Department of Water, working with those guys as well. We have a huge community <br />support; I think you have all these documents that we’ve turned in, hundreds of signatures on <br />sheets of locals and tourists as well that enjoy visiting the coffee shop. Yeah, our positions, <br />okay, that’s mainly what I have, Mr. Unger. <br /> <br />UNGER: Great. Thank you. Commissioners, any questions for the applicant? <br /> <br />SHIMAOKA: Yeah, I’ve got one. With extended hours, I mean, that’s a lot, I mean you’re <br />almost doubling, yeah, are you planning to hire more employees? <br /> <br />SHEEN: Yes, sir. <br /> <br />SHIMAOKA: Give me amount how many you are going to — <br /> <br />SHEEN: Management thought we could probably use about four more fulltime employees. <br /> <br />SHIMAOKA: And you are going to hire within the area there. <br /> <br />SHEEN: Correct. Yes, sir. <br /> <br />SHIMAOKA: Thank you. <br /> <br />UNGER: That’s it. Thank you — <br /> <br />CARR SMITH: Chairman Unger? <br /> <br />UNGER: Oh, one more, one more question? <br /> <br />CARR SMITH: Sorry. I was curious what you sell in your general store; I’m trying to <br />understand why you’d want to stay up until ten o’clock. <br /> <br />4 <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />