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HATA-FINLEY: Microphone, please. <br />REIS, C.: Oh, I'm sorry. <br />HENKEL: Okay, well first let's get you signed in, so what is your name? <br />REIS, C.: My name is Cheryl Reis. <br />HENKEL: Oh, and so you're here for you and Ms. Andrade. <br />REIS, C.: And also for Mrs. Gushiken. <br />HENKEL: Okay. We'll allow you a little more time because you're representing three. <br />Everybody else, three minutes, please, and you'll be timed. Maija over here will keep track of <br />the time. So, will you raise your right hands? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this <br />matter now before the Planning Commission? <br />REIS C. & V.: Yes. <br />WOO: I do. <br />HENKEL: Okay, then as you testify, please state your name and where you reside, and keep it <br />to three minutes and speak into the microphone, please. We'll start with you, sir. <br />WOO: Thank you. My name is A. Stephen Woo, Jr., and I've lived on Hala`i Hill for 40 years. <br />I offer three points for your consideration and thank you for letting me speak my viewpoints in <br />opposition to the zoning change. <br />Number 1. Residential remains the best use of this parcel. Punahele Street is a narrow street <br />with marginal borders and no sidewalks and is suitable only for residential traffic. Moreover, it's <br />used by many students who walk down the road toward the neighboring Hilo Intermediate <br />School. <br />Number 2. Residential loss, loss of Residential zoning will profoundly affect the neighborhood. <br />Single -Family Residential zoning provides homeowners a certain degree of safety and security <br />for their families. Stripping this protection from the area would [inaudible] activities and <br />enterprises of uncertain nature and present new and complex problems for those living there. <br />Even so, Residential zoning is not always protective. For example, one of our neighbors lives <br />next to the lot in question. She and her husband, now deceased, built their home 45 years ago <br />when the area was semi -rural and tranquil. But, a few years ago, the lot was put into use as a <br />parking lot for the benefit of personnel working nearby. This was in clear violation of the <br />residential Zoning Code. For years, the poor woman suffered from exhaust fumes and noise of <br />vehicles as drivers reversed parked their vehicles just a few feet from her bedroom window. <br />Only after a complaint was filed in 2011 did the activity stop. Sadly to say, the noise and <br />16 <br />EXHIBIT C <br />