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AWONG B.: Yes.
<br />AWONG D.: We do, I do.
<br />HENKEL: Thank you. Proceed, you've got three minutes. Three minutes each.
<br />AWONG D.: Okay, thank you. Good morning, everybody. Just for the record, we are opposed
<br />to the development of the lodge, and we've spoken to two other lot owners. So are they. Our
<br />reasons for opposition are based on our quality of life, health, and safety.
<br />On the health issue, I'm concerned, and in your County Background environmental report, it
<br />says that the desired use shall not adversely affect the surrounding properties. Personally, we
<br />feel this lodge would definitely have an adverse effect on our properties because
<br />topographicallytopographically, they are sitting at the top of the hill, and with this increase of
<br />all their buildings, structures, commercial kitchen, I'm not really sure how all that run-off is
<br />going to affect us. But, we just feel that there's gonna be adverse effect, so my questions are:
<br />Will these guys have to include multiple septic systems? Will the leach field runoff pose any
<br />threat to us? Because of the topography, everybody down the hill from these people have
<br />livestock, reservoirs for their cattle. How is that gonna affect everybody? I can't see it being in
<br />a positive manner.
<br />On the safety issue, I saw that the DOT approached it. I heard a little bit about them addressing
<br />the entrance at Highway 11. I submitted photos on the very end of the entrance, and a little bit of
<br />notes about blind spots. How much earlier—maybe some of you saw me measuring this
<br />building. My truck and trailer encompasses about two-thirds of this building. So, in order for
<br />me to get off that highway, it takes quite a while, and typically, my wife is following with her
<br />SUV and her trailer. So, again, for the potential for accidents, because of that blind spot at the
<br />top of Hirano Store, that's a main concern for us.
<br />The next picture shows my actual tractor. So, you can see that it takes up the whole road. So, on
<br />the safety side of it, we already had one of these guests, `cause these people are already in
<br />operation, come hauling down the road. We're occupying the road, and they come straight at us
<br />and just swerve right around on the neighbor's property. That's the type of behavior that we, we
<br />see coming in the future, and being 21 guests all year long, staff of ten, just, it doesn't sit well
<br />with us.
<br />So, I'm going to let my wife do the quality of life portion of this, but I do want to, for all of you,
<br />my grandson right here, our concerns for our quality of life is not for them. It's actually for him
<br />when he's sitting in my position as a papa. We're trying to keepwe, these folks said they
<br />found a pristine piece of land. Why would you want to develop it? We found it. We wanted to
<br />keep it as such. Same way as a couple of our neighbors who have got their grandchildren also.
<br />So, I'll let my wife speak.
<br />AWONG, B.: Good morning, I'm Brenda. Okay, we've lived in Volcano since 1978; raised our
<br />ohana. Our children, and our grandchildren are continuing to be raised there. We bought this
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