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WEINERT: Aloha, my name is Jennifer Weinert, and I'm speaking from my heart in asking that
<br />you please accept the CDP as written. It is a reflection of the community, of the community's
<br />well over nine years it took to compile it. Many, many meetings. Many, many, much input from
<br />the community. I feel that as you do accept it as written that you will be enacting harmony as
<br />opposed to division. I feel that if you listen to one person, one developer that wants to do
<br />something that none of the community wants, very few of the community wants, that you're
<br />going to cause huge division within our community. I do live in Papa`ikou between Papa`ikou
<br />and Pepe`ekeo, and I feel very strongly that I'd like to keep Hamakua as its intended by the
<br />people that live there now. People that live there. When people that say that live in Papa`ikou
<br />but really don't live in Papa`ikou? Mm -mm, no. So, thank you for voting and enacting the will
<br />of our community. Thank you.
<br />CLARKSON: Thank you, all. Commissioners, any questions for these testifiers? If not, thank
<br />you for your testimony. Please be seated, and we'll call up four more. Joe Guo, Elizabeth
<br />Hansen, Akiko Masuda, Dan Kelly? Okay, Pam Elders? Please raise your right hands. Do you
<br />all swear or affirm that you will tell the truth on this matter before the Planning Commission
<br />today?
<br />GUO/HANSEN/ELDERS: Yes.
<br />MASUDA: Yes, I do.
<br />CLARKSON: Please, sir, if you would begin.
<br />GUO: Good morning, yes. My name is Joe Guo. I live in Hakalau about 20 years. I'm a
<br />farmer, actually sweet potato farmer. I know recent 10 years potato farmers in the Hakalau area,
<br />got it good, developing. As in total for Hamakua side, we got about a yearly, about a thousand
<br />acres, potatoes growing. [Inaudible] most market is mainland we ship, mainland is about 80
<br />percent. Even now, we're shipping to the mainland market about each week about eight, 40 -foot
<br />containers now, some for locals. So, I really support the Hakalau, this business for keep for
<br />industry processing plant—no, now our potatoes will be shipped to mainland all for fresh market.
<br />We need and looking for different market, too, not only for fresh market. Sometime, if get same
<br />time, get a lot farmers harvest, yeah? We wait for the flat market. So, we looking for processing
<br />plant to different food for shipping out, so I'm really support business, industry on the
<br />processing. Anything for processing plant. Thank you so much.
<br />MASUDA: I remember you hard worker. Aloha, my name is Akiko Masuda. I am the owner
<br />of Akiko's Buddhist Bed and Breakfast in Wailea, and I would like and request that you accept
<br />the CDP as presented. Just a few very simple stories. I don't have any degrees or anything
<br />fancy like that, but I've lived in Wailea now for 27 years so I've had a chance to meet our
<br />kupuna, our elders, and be with them when they crossed over to the pure land.
<br />When I first came to Wailea and lived there, I was encouraged to go to the kumiai picnic, and we
<br />still have a kumiai by the way. And, when I went to the kumiai picnic in 1991, it was down at
<br />Kolekole Park. There must have been three tables like this loaded with food, and there was
<br />namasu and nishime and sushi and pancit and laulau and potato salad, and you go on and on, and
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