September 28, 2016 DRAFT SC Minutes

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this little map — on the gulches and stuff. So anyway, then when cars were developed and they paved a few roads, those became the roads people used so half the roads there on this map, you can't drive a car on so our PATH committee has a plan to you know, have walking paths. We'd like to have loops. We would respectfully request the Steering Committee to consider instructing the County or somebody to develop some kind of standards for pedestrian suspension bridges. There — they've been around for thousands of years. I looked them up on the internet. In South America, they make them out of grass and vines, and India, they're made out of Banyan trees, and Japan, they have them made out of Wisteria vines. So, we could make them out of stainless steel cables, they'd probably be pretty cheap and they would let us have loops in these roads. Right now the little dash lines on the map are gulches so you're walking along a nice road not used by cars, there's no chance to get run over. So, it'd be a good place for our residents to walk. So anyway, I'd like you to consider or instruct the relevant agency to consider these for the Big Island. We should seemor of them around here. Thank you very much. 22. Seth Wills, representing himself, providing testimony on Hakalau Point: Hi everybody. So you guys listened to my mom earlier and I've been living in Hawaii about 5 years now and I'm a young farmer and so I wake up every day and you know, we have crops that we grow, that we're trying to sell and I find that the hardest thing is not growing our crops, it is finding people to sell them to because I find if I get up early in the morning and I work all day, I don't have time to go anywhere and meet people or make contact, make connections, things like that. And, hearing Steve and Dylan's dream — their idea of like a — o agricultural mecca for people — or a place where people can meet you know, and they can get tog�tffier. They can eat after work. I think it's a great idea. This would be a great outlet to meet contacts and make connections with people and make friendships and relationships, which is how you grow a community in my opinion. And, I do think it would bring more local jobs, I think it'd be great to have a processing plants and things like that. I mean there is not a actual butcher shop on the island that I'm aware of. That's just one thing that sticks out to that I'd love to see. Yeah, 1-1 think it's a great idea. Thank you. qML 23. Bebo Nadell, representing the Ahualoa Committee, speaking on section 5 of the agenda: Aloha, I'm Bebo Nadell. Yeah, I'm with the Ahualoa committee. And, first off, I'd like to thank everybody for the new fire hydra that you fast -tracked. That was awesome. It went through really good. And one of the concerns that we have are sidewalks, public bathrooms and high- speed inVrnet, obviously and really needed in the downtown Honoka'a area. And, I'm really impressed with the people coming out for — looking for work and concerned about young people and sustainability. That's something that's always been kind of dear— near and dear to me. About three years ago, I lost my mom to diabetes and related problems and 1 just recently heard of these dogs that are being trained that can smell low blood pressure and high blood pressure and particularly with children that have diabetes, but they have no use for their pancreas. They have to test themselves like 20- 24 times a day, their blood sugar. And, these dogs save lives. They're not therapy dogs. They're not companion animals. They actually save lives. With PTSD that's going on right now, these dogs are also being used in homes. These are something there's no regulation — no certification regard — in regards to training these animals and they really desperately need it. The diabetes alert dogs are going for $20,000 a dog. That's what Page 112