September 28, 2016 FINAL SC Minutes

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foot straight down cliff so there is no beach access. We have a park in Hakalau and — I mean a park in Papa'aloa. We have a park in Lapa — Laupahoehoe Point. We have a park across the street over here at the school. /cannot see any reason for another park in this community. We ask the committee to please give us a mixed agriculture and open area. And we're not asking for anything out of the — you know — out of the rim of what we're already doing. If any of you would like to come down tomorrow to Laupahoehoe and drive down our driveway and see 6.2 acres of Macadamia Nut trees, a hundred and fifty different species of Palm trees, a garden and two chickens, please come. Thank you. 7. Beverly Molfino, representing herself, speaking on the agenda item Private Property Rights: Thank you so very much. I'm Beverly Molfino and my issue is really property rights. I don't understand the need for rezoning. I am involved in Hakalau Point and I was involved in Hakalau Plantation Village. We're very proud actually of Hakalau Plantation Village and the way it developed. I think that — I'm very nervous. I think that this picture over here that represents part of a dream would be very appropriate there in Hakalau, along with Guo's idea of a processing plant, and the other people that spoke to the farming issues so I'd just like to say that I'm in favor of Steve's dream of Hakalau Point. And it isn't just Steve, it's for —for the community and I think it'd be a very great use of the property. Thank you. 8. Geoffrey Molfino, representing himself, speaking on Private Property Rights: Well, it's quite appropriate that I should follow my wife. I'm not here to hackle — or raise hackles or whatever, but I'm — I'm very strong in my beliefs on private property rights and I feel like, and maybe I'm misinformed because I'm on and off the island a lot and I haven't been up to speed on some of this but what I've been hearing is — is that there is a concerted effort to look at those of us that have invested our efforts into purchasing oceanfront properties and developing them into our homes and — and whatnot and I'm concerned that — that it seems for some reason — I was born in — I grew up in the 50's and the 60's. Everybody respected everybody else. There was — there was very little lookin' over the fence at somebody else's stuff and things have changed and — and this is gonna sound very (inaudible) but we discovered lawyers and things have changed and it's become contentious and this whole process is — is creating contention in the community and some of us haven't committed the time to go to all the meetings because we're — we're busy. For whatever reason, there seems to be a faction that thinks that they come up with an idea, we can use somebody else's stuff to do it. So, I'm curious as to why all of a sudden Hakalau Point is — it's a necessary target to do something else with other than what the guy who bought it, has paid taxes for 10 years — has been waiting for 10 years to do this whole process to be able to proceed with the idea he had, that he paid for. The County of Hawaii had 860+ parcels that they own on the Big Island. If you want to use land that you don't own for some idea you have, go look at the 860 parcels that belong to the public. Don't come after those of us that have, you know, toiled. I've worked 7 -days a week my whole life because I have goals and 1 have desires. /don't look to other people for my needs and it really —it really aggravates me when people look at what I've built and decide, 'Gee, I want— I want a piece of that. I don't wanna work for it but I wanna piece of that.' That's — that's what I feel likes happening with Steve. I've known Steve for a long time. If I were Steve, I would've blown my head off a long time ago with the — with the constant fight he's had over the years of trying to make use of property he owned. And a lot of the people that are trying to facilitate this change, Page 15