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VITOUSEK: Yeah. NEWBERG: In regards to Suffolk Investment LLC, I move that an unfavorable recommendation be forwarded to the County Council on the applicant's proposed amendments for Change of Zone Ordinance No. 05-113, based on the Planning Director's recommendation, which shall be adopted. And, regarding Puaa Development LLC, I move to make an unfavorable recommendation be forwarded to the County Council on the applicant's proposed amendments to Change of Zone Ordinance No. 05-115, based on the Planning Director's recommendation, which shall be adopted. And again, I look forward to giving my reasons. VAN PERNIS: I second those motions on which I'll comment.,, CARR SMITH: Hold on, hold on, hold on. NEWBERG: First and foremost, the reason why" = -. -;.come - - - conclusion at this point is that ultimately, we are talking about precedent, and ,that precedent being that this is five years old already on a property that hasn't been begun. The amount"of exemptions, the reluctance to creating any sort of real conversation and even now that it's five years old, just shows me we- are -in a bad place with this. That's my reasoning. On a side note, the prospective buyer who has-been a part,of these conversations and I believe deserves to be recognized, Spring Capiial',s fast _projqct in Kona in the new industrial area; the storage facility that was shut down by this County -'because they proceeded with a mainland contractor that was not licensed. =-And I think"that just shows -all in' all, a lack of disregard for how to follow County mandates. "And while I'm retuctant "to,come- to this conclusion, I think it's the only way we can proceed.+ ` . CARR SMITH: ---Mark, go` ahead.- VAN head._VAN PERNIS: I'm seconding those .motions. CARR SMITH.:_ Right— VAN ightVAN PERNIS: "-And I want to that. it's not five years delinquent; it's 15 years delinquent. And with no excuse for delinquency and they are asking for another ten years, of no one structure contributions of significance., "Now, that saves millions of dollars for whoever is selling to Spring Capital. Now, I also want to point out that in the time period that's gone by while these plans, or while these applicants abandoned this project, electric cars have become prominent. It's anticipated that they will go up ten percent a year - - - ten years - - - 50 percent electric vehicles. That's - - - trucks as well as cars. And it's a lot less expensive to put in electric charging stations now than the retrofit. Other places have, in Kona, have done that. I would think the developer would want to do that, too, as a service to the community, increasing the value of its property. We are so far behind the curve in this application that it hasn't been discussed yet. I'd like to have Ms. Yates, the other Kona person here, or rather Kailua-Kona person here, maybe North Kona, her being South Kona, comment on the situation. This is the worst traffic jam in Kona— W DRAFT