September 28, 2016 DRAFT SC Minutes

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dreams and visions for Hakalau Point and we've been really hearing one side, which is this sort of park concept. And as you can see tonight, there — there's another vision, another dream. I wanna also start by asking you to focus on the issue of fairness. This is my private property. It's not public property and I've spent 10 years investing in my dream. I've spent time, energy, money, capital. We've also been very active in this process. By doing so, I've forgotten how many meetings we've been to — lots and lots of meetings for 6 years, just like many of you have in this room. There's a — there's a segment of this community that says we want a park or nothing. I wanna remind you that over a year ago when I was approached by Susan Forbes, I agreed to enter into negotiations to sell our property to the Public Natural Open Space — Public Access Open Space Natural Resources Commission known as PONC. At that time, I laid out specific terms and conditions which included my price and also a timeline. Recently, a few months ago, since the timeline had passed, there was no activity. There was no — there was nothing presented to me by the County. I said, looAftintent ecision by October P of this year. I want at least, if not a check, I want a letterthat tells me you are serious about it. I want a — want a proof of funds. I want an appraisal th 's accepted by the County of Hawai'i by October P that's 5 days from now. So, I — I'm willing to negotiate, willing to work with the community. We have a vision. You heard about the vision tonight. The vision's supported by the community and I disagree with John Kaye's comments earlier. You know, the reason we haven't accomplished these dreams is because retired people like John have nothing else better to do than to attend these meetings and fight me every step of the way. So, we're gonna be here — we're gonna go forward on an — on an industrial project that doesn't require a change of zone. But the — but this action tonight will disallow me from being able to do a SMA Major. You guys know that. Everybody knows that. Yes, it does. Yes, it does. You go and ask the County of Hawaii. It does. There's a policy issue that does not allow a change of zone to an SMA Major — or not a change of zone but a SMA Major Permit Application — Change of zoning — No, not a change of zone. Pardon me, an SMA Major Application will not be approved unless there's concurrency with the General Plan, the LUPAG and the community — that's fact. Thank you. Ms. Gomes: As a reminde everyone in — in the audience, our Aloha Etiquette even though not on the projector is off to the side so we please ask everyone to please honor the time that the individual providing testimony is given in the process. And, we are looking for just one speaker at a time. So, th k you for your understanding. We will proceed— we will continue with testimony. 16. Alicia Wills, representing Hakalau Point, speaking on the Hakalau issue: Hi, good evening. What a great group of people that I — I am witnessing here tonight. I wish I had an opportunity to know you but I spend all of our day — we get up early and we work to maintain our properties and we — we grow crops and you know the amount of money we spend investing in our farm, it doesn't come back to us. I'd love to see Hakalau Point remain Industrial but Open to people like myself and the rest of the farmers here who are representing all of us in the area. I would love to have a — a reason to come down and — and socialize with everybody, to bring my goods and create value out of products there. And, it's not a selfish development that he's trying to put forward. He's trying to do something to better the community. He's been very —his family's been very generous to the people in Hawaii. I — I just hope that you will help us to bring some Page 19