HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0325.017 2016-2018 P/PW RG
Murashige, Laura
From: Art Roberts <hipster.roberts6@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday,June 21, 2017 11:47 AM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Bill 47
I ask that the County Council adopt Bill 47 to amend the County code as it relates to farmers' markets being
allowed to operate at the parks designated by the bill.
I am a member of the musical group that plays most Tuesdays at what was the farmers' market in front of the
baseball field in Wailea. The market was a place for local farmers and crafts makers to sell their produce. We
were also offered food prepared on the premises by permitted food preparers. Customers included local
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residents from near and as far away as Hilo, along with tourists and guests of local residents. I would stand in
front of my microphone watching everyone talking, laughing, and eating; children playing; and people
seemingly enjoying our music. It was Valerie Poindexter who arranged to have portable toilets set up at the
location, and I have seen her numerous times at the market.
I am sure that there are others who would benefit from farmers'markets at the parks designated in Bill 47, as the
Hakalau Farmers' market did for us until someone filed a complaint. The amendment proposed in Bill 47
wouild open the door to others to benefit from the bounty that we enjoy on the Big Island. By opening more
parks to farmers' market activity,the County will be going a long way toward ensuring that more people enjoy
the fresh and healthy foods produced by our hard-working farmers.
Thank you,
Arthur Roberts, Hakalau, hawaii
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