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change the zone, the zoning to this there's some kind of restriction, some kind of conditions that the Planning Department is imposing, and the property owner say that they agreed to in these conditions. So, with that understanding right now I'm going to vote in favor just so that there's some kind of conditions there. The other option is he bulldozed the whole area; I don't want that so I'm going to vote in favor of the rezoning just so that there's some kind of conditions to the activities happening on the property. Thank you. AU: Mr. Chair? REPLOGLE: Excuse me, Mr. Arai you had a comment earlier? ARAI: Yes, sorry, thank you. Just for the sake of complete transparency and clarity I wanted to clarify that the Change of Zone as presented was representing3 short-term vacation rental units. If the zoning does not go forward than the existing single-family residential zoning could allow up to 2 single-family residential units. So again, the rezoning the difference between the two comes down to basically one additional unit that could be used as a short-term vacation rental. I just wanted to make that clear so everyone really understood the scope. REPLOGLE: Okay, thank you. AU: Mr. Chair? REPLOGLE: Mr. An. AU: So, for further discussion, I would just like to add a few comments to Commissioner Galimba's concerns about the community as well as Commissioner Raffipiy's concerns about the community. Us commissioners, all of the commissioners here we do really care about you and the community. There are safeguards in place in the conditions that the applicant had approved upon. They are more and over and beyond of what they can actually do right now, so, the developer does have the community's best interest in mind. But as a landowner, the developer has rights as well. So, he's expressing his rights, as well as the community is expressing their rights to oppose or support a development or a rezone. But I think that the developer is going out and beyond, and doing what they can to address, but at the same time to do what they want to do, and to move forward their vision that they have of the property. So, I just want to make that comment to Commissioner Galimba, you know all of our input, all Commissioners input are very fortunate because we do represent the community, so thank you, Commissioner Galimba. REPLOGLE: Thank you,Mr. Au. Mr. Clarkson? CLARKSON: Just one last, very quick response. REPLOGLE: No, take your time. CLARKSON: To Commissioner Galimba that I agree with her about the impact of tourism on Hawai`i Island and in a way. How wonderful it was to go to the beach in the middle of the pandemic and find nobody but myself and my spouse there. But the benefit of the rezone is that 15 EXHIBIT B (DRAFT)