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communication, and my husband and I have learned over the years that we seek first to
<br />understand before we try and be understood. And, my husband is quieter in nature when he's
<br />trying to understand what's going on. His feedback to me was that he felt a bit attacked, and he
<br />was trying to be quiet to really soak in what was happening, and unfortunately through the letter,
<br />I see that that was misinterpreted as a stoic, hardnosed man who doesn't care. My husband has
<br />the biggest heart in the world. We are not out for a business venture. We are here for the aloha
<br />spirit, to live out the rest of our life on the island to bring well-being to anyone that we meet. We
<br />only have intentions to enhance our environment, and we're working as best as we can with the
<br />help of Zendo—thank you, Zendo—to open up communication to compromise. You know,
<br />again, everyone's got different styles of how we do things. We really want to promote a sense of
<br />peace and harmony on our hill, and in the community. So, to say that we have not been, we're
<br />not interested in the Hawaiian culture and the community, I, you know, I can't convince anyone
<br />of anything. I just know my intentions in my heart and my actions will speak, you know, for
<br />themselves. But, we are grateful to be here, and we are humbled to be on this island. I have the
<br />deepest respect for what happens here and for all of the neighbors.
<br />So, thank you for letting me speak. I wish you the best year ever and, again, thank you to Zendo
<br />for helping us open things up.
<br />KERN: Sure. Thank you, Katy. Yeah, so, thank you very much for that. On that note, just kind
<br />of took a list of the property owners that were there and so far, out of so there's 12 lots on Luna
<br />Ikena Road. We tried to contact, we did contact everybody. We had one -two -three-four
<br />confirmed people that were in support of it, and we have two that are not. One is Mr. Freitas that
<br />decided to leave the meeting. During the meeting in the discussion with Mrs. Awong and Derek
<br />Awong, Jr., we thought we had come to an agreeable compromise with the reduction and guests
<br />as well as the reduction in development. So, that was where we were standing; thus, the
<br />representation and the letter that I had stated. But, clearly, through the testimony, there's still
<br />some concerns there, so, you know, they can address those when it's their time to speak. But, in
<br />the meantime, if there's any questions, I'd be happy to answer them.
<br />CLARKSON: Any questions from the Commission for the Applicants?
<br />IKEDA: Zendo, I noticed one of the complaints was that the—how, shall I say—the guests goes
<br />to the wrong homes.
<br />KERN: Yeah.
<br />IKEDA: Are you guys going to make some kind of correction or identification to let the people
<br />know where they are supposed to go?
<br />KERN: Yeah, we had offered two different options. Maybe one or both. One is, you know,
<br />detailed instructions to the guests when they're coming. You know, this would be emailed or
<br />mailed to them saying specifically where, you know, where it is and really saying don't bother
<br />the neighbors at all, as well as a sign. When it was brought up to potentially have some signage,
<br />you know along the road, there was—it wasn't necessarily, that wasn't necessarily taken the best
<br />just because people didn't want to see additional signs. So, yeah, the Applicant was more than
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