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HENKEL: Okay, we'll start with the right. Please state your name, and use the microphone.
<br />We'll limit your testimony to three minutes. I'll keep time up here I guess, and then, thank you.
<br />HALL: My name is Brenda Hall. I'm a nearby home owner. It is a surprise to see that there is a
<br />change of plan. I'm sure the rest of the community would like to see that as well before you
<br />make your final decision. I know that Mr. Torrison purchased the property as a residential lot,
<br />and was unable to sell it. That was, I think, a speculative move that hasn't paid off for him. I
<br />don't think that the commercial change is in the best interest of our community because I've
<br />pretty much gone on foot and talked to everyone about what they think is appropriate use for that
<br />space, and it's not a commercial building.
<br />When I did meet with the two of them one on one, I suggested that he put a modest home on it
<br />and perhaps a local family could, you know, start their life together, and he told me that he
<br />would build a really big house, and he could even rent the rooms out to college students which I
<br />thought was kind of a silly answer.
<br />My position hasn't changed. I'm even more firmly against this decision. I think it could be a
<br />residential lot if the lot was well priced, and the right home was put it, built on it. Thank you.
<br />HENKEL: Mr. Bernabe. You can go ahead.
<br />BERNABE: Like Brenda was saying, you know, this is like a last minute thing. I didn't even
<br />look at it because I still stand on what I said in my, in my letter that, you know, this is only a
<br />purpose for Mr. Torrison to run his business from that place, and have somebody rent it out to
<br />pay for his rent, `cause he's paying right, right now at the old Miko Meat building that he doesn't
<br />want to pay rent anymore. So, it's only just for one person and one person only, and doesn't
<br />benefit our community or the public, and so, I still stand on what I say, and that I'm opposed to
<br />the, the rezoning. Thank you.
<br />HENKEL: Thank you. Next? State your name, please.
<br />USAGAWA: I'm Ann Usagawa, and I'm a neighbor. I'm going to read my testimony if you
<br />don't mind really fast because I know we have a time limit. But, may I first make two comments
<br />or corrections to Mr. Kern's comments earlier? That when we met, when Mr. Torrison and Mr.
<br />Kern invited neighbors to attend a special meeting at the request of the Planning Commission the
<br />last time, I believe, there were just three of us neighbors there, not four. I know it's hard to
<br />remember, but it was three people, and at that time, there was no—we didn't have the proposal.
<br />We didn't have any proposed changes. We just, everyone just stated their mana`o, their ideas,
<br />including Mr. Torrison.
<br />So, I'll read my testimony now if that's okay. Hello, everyone, and thank you for the
<br />opportunity to speak on this zoning proposal. My name is Ann Usagawa, and I'm a neighbor of
<br />the proposed project. I respectfully share the following.
<br />I sympathize with the Applicant's wish for a new office space and to maximize the value in real
<br />property. My concern is with the appropriate use of the residential zoned land, and the location.
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