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Taniguchi: Good morning. Can you identify yourself and your relationship to the business? <br />Nguyen: I am Jennifer Nguyen. I am part Owner and Manager of Volcano Grill. Our business <br />just started about a month ago for breakfast and we started lunch and dinner about a week <br />ago. <br />Taniguchi: Have you seen your report? Any changes to your report? <br />Nguyen: No changes to the report. <br />Taniguchi: Can you briefly describe the business? I know you said you serve breakfast. <br />Nguyen: Yes, so we serve traditional American breakfast and for lunch and dinner we have <br />burgers and Vietnamese cuisine and we're shortly adding some seafood. <br />Taniguchi: Director, any record of protests? <br />Takase: Mr. Chairman, the applicant mailed 81 out of 82 notices within 100 feet, 450 out of <br />454 within 500 feet, and three notices to condominium or cooperative property managers. <br />There were 306 total properties entitled to protest and we received 30 protests to this <br />application from the Kona Ali`i condominium. <br />Taniguchi: Thank you. Is there any public testimony on this application? I think the protests <br />are in the (packets). <br />Takase: Yes, they're all in your (packets). For a little background, I did go to Kona yesterday <br />with Stacie (Waltjen). We met with the applicants and a representative from the Kona Alii. <br />Out of their protests, one of them attended. We talked about what their operation was going to <br />be; they're primarily a restaurant, they may have some outside entertainment but ending about <br />9:00 or 10:00 every evening. If they have longer events, they'll probably do it indoors, and the <br />condominium owner that did come, was satisfied with that result. He said he wasn't going to <br />come and he didn't think anybody else was going to appear. <br />Taniguchi: Okay. Commissioners, any questions? <br />Greenwell: Director? <br />Takase: Yes? <br />Greenwell: Was that person you spoke to a representative of all of these protestors or was he <br />just there on his own? <br />Takase: There were all these protestors; we were in contact with the Board President, and <br />they designated him to come. We treated him as the representative of the condo association. <br />I won't say that he withdrew their protests, but he understood and was satisfied with their <br />proposals. This is the third "go through" that we've had, so I think when they see the <br />application, they see live entertainment, it kind of raises their awareness. <br />6 <br />