HomeMy WebLinkAboutSPP-21-000227 03.22.23 C. OKUMURA TESTIMONYDeVera, Ashley
From: Cortney Okumura <cortneyokumura@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:45 AM
To: DeVera, Ashley
Cc: Roth, Mitch D; dbock@westhawaiitoday.com; konaaerials@aol.com; Lee and Natalie
Reynolds; ehenson27@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Special Permit No. 21-000227
Attachments: Letter RE Special Permit No 21-000227.pdf
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Thank you,
Cortney
On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 9:41 AM DeVera, Ashley <Ashley.DeVera@hawaiicounty.gov> wrote:
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From: Cortney Okumura <cortneyokumura@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:33 AM
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Subject: RE: Special Permit No. 21-000227
Aloha Members of the Leeward Planning Commission,
Please find attached a letter in support of Kona Aerials Gymnastics' Special Permit application No. 21-000227.
Thank you,
Cortney & David Okumura
808-756-4443
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County of Hawai'i
Leeward Planning Commission
101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3
Hilo, HI 96720
RE: Special Permit No. 21-000227
Dear Commissioners,
My name is David Okumura; my wife Cortney and I are residents of West Hawaii and our six-
year-old child participates in Kona Aerials Gymnastics. We have been informed that the facility
in which the program is conducted, located at 75-438 Hualalai Rd., Kailua-Kona, HI 96740,
requires a special use permit to continue operations.
We are writing in support of Kona Aerials Gymnastics and Coach Nanette, and by extension to
support our keild and community. We recommend that the special use permit be prioritized and
granted based on their positive contribution to the community and the support they have
provided to our daughter and her friends. Furthermore, I see no detriment to the community by
the program's continued operation at this location. Our daughter has participated in Kona
Aerials Gymnastics for over a year. In this time our daughter has learned many positive lessons
that will support her in becoming a healthy, contributing member of the community.
Through her participation, our daughter has learned to persevere, focus, and to overcome
insecurities about her abilities. She initially believed that she was not capable of performing many
gymnastics tasks which she now has cultivated the confidence and ability to perform Her
burgeoning ability to overcome apprehensions and insecurities has been supported through this
program and Coach Nanette's direction. Our daughter's accomplishments in Kona Aerials
Gymnastics have been touchstones that our ohana has been able to reference outside of the
program when our daughter approaches a challenge with a negative mindset. The positive
experiences and the broader applicability that overcoming challenges provides children is critical
to our community's ability to support the next generation.
The Kona Aerials Gymnastics program also fosters health and wellbeing amongst our
community's children through fun, challenging physical exercise, the promotion of healthy
eating, and comradery.
Mahalo for your consideration and support in this matter.
Kind regards,
Mk,.
Davi Co -- mura
73-4156 Ka'ao Place
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
(808) 896-1260