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So, yeah, I humbly ask for your guys' strong consideration in approving this project, and I thank
<br />you. Thank you very much.
<br />HARWIN: Good morning. My name is Doreen Harwin. I am not a member of the church. In
<br />2013, I lost my job, and I heard that there was a food distribution at the church, and I went an
<br />availed myself and I saw a poster saying there was free meals being offered. I had recently
<br />graduated from HCC culinary program, and I said well, I have time on my hands, and I have a
<br />skill, and maybe they could use it. I've been volunteering since 2013. I always feel like I get
<br />moreI get more than I give. It's a great feeling, and I've met a lot of people in the community,
<br />and I've seen the need. When Pastor Shrinski explained that this property was available, it really
<br />harked back because my original food training was done on Oahu in 2004 at a facility that was
<br />very similarly purposed at the Waialua Sugar Mill which had been closed down, and they were
<br />offering an economic development plan for displaced workers from the Sugar Mill and for
<br />people from the community. So, I was able to take a small business course and a food safety
<br />certification course and a course on certified kitchen use, and all of these things have
<br />accumulated. Now, I am self-employed, and I have a food wagon. I've seen the good that a
<br />center like this can do, and I'm not a very religious person to begin with, but when it was put
<br />forth to me, the give a man a fish, I said, absolutely, we need this. So, that's my testimony.
<br />That's what I have to offer. I think you really—you guys, we need it. Thank you.
<br />CLARKSON: Thank you.
<br />NOMURA: Good morning, Chair and Planning Commissioners. My name is Sharon Nomura,
<br />and I am a surrounding property owner of the Kurtistown Assembly of God Church. I was not
<br />aware of some of the problems currently associated with the existing uses, as I do not live on our
<br />property, until I read a surrounding property owner's letterby the way, I hope to have my
<br />family eventually move onto the property. At any rate, I share the surrounding property owner's
<br />concern. The proposed use would exacerbate the current situation. Who are these 80 individuals
<br />as my speaker, as the speaker next to me has said. They have serious problems, issues, having
<br />been drug addicts, mental health issues, probably sex offenders. The Applicant noted that the
<br />surrounding properties are vacant. Many people who do not have homes either sleep under
<br />covered areas in business establishments or put their tents up where there is heavy vegetation
<br />which is what the property is next door. Would not this create problems there in lowering real
<br />property values in the surrounding area? I'd like to point out that the Hawaii Tribune Herald
<br />has recently published various articles associated with trespassing, etc., and that scared me.
<br />Regarding the facility's services, I was wondering if it was by appointments or walls -ins. How
<br />many showers and laundry machines are planned, and I understand now it's going to be designed
<br />for 80 specific people. I was kind of concerned that after 80 people use it, another 80 would
<br />come in, so that would just add, but apparently, they said that would not happen.
<br />I think the application should be more specific as far as the days and times, showers, laundry
<br />room, etc. would be available because you could possibly extend the hours and days—not extend
<br />the days because it is seven days—but extend the hours of usage, and it may create problems.
<br />Currently, their services are pretty much like two hours a day and with leaving it open-ended, it
<br />could go way more than that.
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