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That being said, I think the overwhelming consideration of the community process was to the <br />extent possible preservation of natural resources and agriculture. There was little support for <br />more development which would exacerbate existing use conflicts, and you've heard those <br />throughout this process. <br />I ask that you give due consideration and weight to the results of this process that you've heard <br />today and to uphold the plan as it is. The arguments about viewsheds, additional setbacks, and <br />development at Hakalau Point have been repeatedly vetted, discussed, argued about, and <br />ultimately not thank you ultimately not affirmed by this process and the goals and visions <br />that the community set out in the beginning. <br />I hope that you will not heed sour grapes, threats, or promises when you consider this plan and <br />vote to pass it along for approval. Thank you. <br />CLARKSON: Thank you, all. Are there any questions for these testifiers? Thank you. You <br />may be seated. And, we'll call up our last group of people for public testimony. John Kaye, <br />June Kaye, Susan Forbes, and Ken Forbes. This will be our last group unless there are people <br />that still wish to sign up to testify. If so, please do so near the front door. Please raise your right <br />hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter before the Planning Commission <br />today? <br />TESTIFIERS: I do/yes. <br />CLARKSON: All agreed. If you would start, ma'am, please. <br />JUNE KAYE: I'm June Kaye. I live in Hakalau right across from the subject property, and I am <br />here to thank all of the participants over these eight or nine years for working hard to produce <br />this document, and I encourage you to pass it the way it is. There's been many, many, many <br />opportunities to discuss every side of every issue, and that's my position. That I just wanted to <br />encourage you to pass that. Thank you. <br />JOHN KAYE: My name is John Kaye, and I also live in the same house as June Kaye, across <br />the street. We've been working on the CDP for about six years, and we came from the mainland, <br />and I was shocked that there was this whole process going on. I've never seen this on the <br />mainland. I was really impressed. I still am. That people listen to the people who live there <br />when it comes to major planning. I hadn't seen this before. Usually you leave it in the hands of <br />experts, the planners, but to give the actual people who live there a say was an amazing idea to <br />me. <br />So, we went to all these CDP meetings, and we put our input in, and we listened to others and so <br />on. It's been going on a long time, and one of the things, of course, that's come up is this <br />particular parcel of land at Hakalau Point. The Hamakua CDP makes it very clear, the General <br />Plan makes it very clear that what the community wanted was the idea to preserve the coastline. <br />The Hamakua Coast is one of the most beautiful places on the face of the Earth and everybody <br />knows it. And, tourists, when they drive down, they've never seen anything that looks like that <br />with the ocean views and the beauty and so on. So, it made sense to preserve it. It made sense, <br />EXHIBIT D <br />20 <br />