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CLARKSON: I'm going to swear you both in again.
<br />KERN: Sure. Just raise your right hand. [Talking to Ms. Freeman.]
<br />CLARKSON: Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Planning
<br />Commission?
<br />KERN: Yes.
<br />FREEMAN: Yes.
<br />CLARKSON: Thank you. Please
<br />KERN: —Good morning, again, Mr. Chair, Members of the Planning Commission. I have Katy
<br />Joy Freeman here, one of the co -applicants here.
<br />So, we had the beginning conversation of this on the last meeting and it was asked that we, you
<br />know, talk story with the community as things were coming through, and so we did that. We sat
<br />down. I did mail out, as Christian had mentioned, I had mailed out notification to every lot
<br />owner on Luna Ikena Road. So even those outside of the required area to give notice. So,
<br />basically, I took everybody on that, found their address, tmks, and mailed everybody a
<br />notification saying we're going to have a meeting—time, date, location, as well as I sent out an
<br />email for everybody we had on the list as well as any other property owners that were on the
<br />notice to surrounding property owner list that were maybe outside of Luna Ikena Road. So,
<br />everybody and then some got that. And, we had a meeting, and as Christian had mentioned, two
<br />of the lot owners were able to participate. We had—the Awong's were present, Mr. and Mrs.
<br />Freitas were present, Ms. Pa was present, and Ms. Tanaka was present. The meeting was, had its
<br />challenging moments partly due to arguments about just the existing road and that arena outside
<br />of what we were talking about.
<br />Through the meeting, discussions were brought up as Christian had mentioned, about the
<br />concerns that were there and what not, and after a little while, it felt like we had gotten to a good
<br />place. Mr. and Mrs. Freitas decided to leave. They got there was a bit of a, kind of a heated
<br />argument—not to do with the application, but to do with one of the other property owners
<br />present there and the actual current road situation. Just the road situation that they have. They
<br />have a road association, and there's some tension within that. So, they left, and Mr. Freitas did
<br />mention before he left that he said he didn't want anything to happen, period. So, I wanted to
<br />make sure that we're representing everybody fairly.
<br />Part way through, there was conflict, conflict if you will, and one of the other property owners
<br />that was there decided to leave, too, and then after that, we got into more discussion and
<br />clarification was made. For example, Ms. Pa was there, and she was concerned about the
<br />commercial kitchen and that it being a restaurant. So, we made sure that it wasn't a restaurant,
<br />that it would just be used to serve the guests that were there. Wouldn't be open to the public, and
<br />that nothing would be open to the outside public except for what, you know, having the guests
<br />come in. So, she was okay with that.
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