2018-09-20 Leeward Exh B (Bill 108 re Short-term Vacation Rentals)

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you, a lot of people don’t like this term but I don’t mean it negatively – we all have to put down our swords, and be like that person we called Bill, of Kohanaiki, and see what can be worked out. Because I don’t care what is at the end, we still live here, and this is still our home, and I’m sure every single one of you want to have a good relationship with each other. I asked and demanded that whatever proposal they came up with, it be fair. You don’t know how many time I’ve asked them: What the hell is a status of this? After another month passed, another month passed, and here it is over a year and a half. Thank you for listening to an old man rumble. \[Applaud from the audience.\] UNGER: Thank you, Mayor Kim. At this time we would like to open it up to general public testimony. I have a list of 30 people, so I’ll go down it. We have six chairs up here, so I’ll call people up six at a time. The list is pretty extensive. I would request your kōkua here that we limit testimony to three or four minutes. This is not necessarily for the Commissioners’ behalf or County staff’s behalf; this is for your neighbor next to you that also gave up their day that they also may testify. So please, if you could hit the highlights of your testimony and summarize in three minutes, we would appreciate that. I’m going to ask everybody that is going to testify to swear in at one time. After we swear in, when you come up, if you could state your name and address, and then speak directly into the mic, that’s how we get our minutes, speak directly into the mic \[inaudible brief dialogue with Ms. Hall\] yeah, and you don’t need to state your address, just your area of residence, Waimea, Kohala, Kona, and then proceed with your testimony. Thank you. For all members of the public that would like to testify, please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth before the Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: Yes. UNGER: Thank you. The first six people: Walter Welton – and excuse me if I mispronounce, some of the signatures here are difficult to read – Stephanie Donoho, Richard Henderson, Tanya Power, Natalie, and Ted Fraser. Oh, okay, we are missing two people, so I will continue: Kale Gumapac and Pamela Sokach. Larry Jose, Margaret Jose – okay, and we have one more seat – Rick Thomas. THOMPSON: Is that Thomas or Thompson? UNGER: Thompson, sorry. Thank you. Let’s go ahead and start on this side of the room. If you can please state your name and area of residence. Thank you. WELTON: Susan Welton, Kailua-Kona. Chair Unger, Commission, Mayor Harry Kim, I, like Mayor Kim, was born on O‘ahu. I’ve lived here my whole life. I moved to the Big Island in 1980. I’ve seen many, many changes. Some good and some not so good, but the fact is changes happen and they are going to continue to happen. And it’s up to us to determine how we want them to happen and how we are going to deal with them. 22 EXHIBIT B