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REPLOGLE: Yes. RAFFIPIY: You're going to swear them in first? They've been raising their— REPLOGLE: That's what I was doing. Okay. I'll do it again. KEKAI: Chair, point of order. You don't need to swear them in. Can you guys just for the record, acknowledge that you're swearing? With an I do or a yes. ARAI: I do. KEKAI: Okay, thank you. RAFFIPIY: Okay, Mr. Chair all three of them affirmed. REPLOGLE: Okay, thank you. I'm not sure what's happening here but Mr. Aguinaldo might need to step in I don't know. Okay, so please begin your presentation. ARAI: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My name is Daryn Arai, I'm a Land Use Planning Consultant. Joining me today online is Sidney Fuke, Planning Consultant, and the both of us are assisting the applicant Raja Daggula and Shalini_Kapoor. Unfortunately, Mrs. Kapoor is not available this morning, so online with us is Mr. Daggula. We have received the Director's background and recommendation reports, and we do appreciate the favorable recommendation, as well as agree to the recommendation and the proposed conditions of approval. We note that we are also acknowledging the findings of the Planning Director, that the proposed rezoning is in compliance with both the General Plan, the Puna Community Development Plan, and the just Volcano Long Range Plan. We do appreciate the staff s presentation that also found consistency of the project with the short-term vacation rental law at least the intent behind the rezoning request. Throughout this process,the applicant clearly acknowledges the concerns expressed by the Volcano Community Association, as well as some members of the community and which prompted them to meet with the Association on September the 23rd. We found the meeting to be very productive and there was a lot of dialogue going back and forth, and we truly appreciated the concerns being expressed by the Association members. And with that it prompted further discussion between the applicant, Sidney, and me to explore opportunities where we could try to address the concerns of the community, while continuing to promote the wishes and vision that Mr. Daggula had for this particular property. When we discovered that the association no longer felt that it would be a fruitful dialogue as long as the short-term vacation rental component of the project remained in place. While it was unfortunate that the applicant did continue to pursue opportunities and addressing those concerns which were realized in letters that we provided to the Director dated September 14th and October the 11tH We do understand that you just received a copy of the October 11th letter just this morning and we apologize for the delay, and the oversight. But it really does summarize the position of the applicant given all of the concerns and in some ways the mischaracterization of the applicant's 9 EXHIBIT B(DRAFT)