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i I i I REPLOGLE: Thank you. Ms. Wight. WIGHT: Aloha, I'd like to comment, and these comments will be only for me. I personally wouldn't want to see anything large developed on that particular lot because of the forest. I understand that nearby lots are already developed commercial, and Kilauea Lodge is right there and there's a few stores and elsewhere. And I know that in the Volcano Long Range Plan this area of the village was described as a potential commercial development, and we do need all those things Aubrey mentioned. So, I'm not opposed to those kinds of things, personally, I feel i like as a State, frankly, let alone as an island, our small community, we need much better management of every piece of land for our natural resources, not for the development of human profit-making machines, whatever they might be whether it's a vacation rental or even a store and so that's my personal opinion. i I think Volcano Village in the Volcano Long Range Plan there's a proposal for a biosphere I think this whole region needs to be reexamined as a place that should be preserved as habitat. As I understand the current zoning laws and excuse me not zoning laws building codes and set back rules that have been changed recently. Those require clear cutting essentially now because of the amount of setback required and the amount of land required for water tanks and septic systems. I am completely for septic systems,by the way, so I hate cesspools they should all be banned everywhere right now yesterday. But in our tiny little village`in this place, the one of the few places remaining in the whole state that has relatively intact native forest_that is home to '• endangered birds, endangered species found nowhere else on the planet. We should have separate building codes that allow for the preservation of this forest, and I get that there's this whole thing about standardization and it's very difficult for a small group of people to have to review applications for a specific area just like other kinds of laws. But I'm personally very concerned about that, and I know this is a little bit_off the subject that you asked Mr. Clarkson. So, I apologize, but for diverting,but this is what I'm personally passionate about and anyway, I 3 just wanted to share that, and I do think we as a community here in the Village and across Puna need to implement something. Not just have a plan, the Puna Development Plan or the Volcano Long Range Plan that sits on a shelf but implement it and put it into law. So that we don't have this kind of thing, and so I mean it's got to be disappointing for the Daggula/Kapoor group to have thought oh, I have this opportunity I'm going to do it and then have this pushback,but they didn't know and the consultants they hired didn't understand and don't have the values that I have clearly, or they wouldn't have approved this idea of changing the zoning. So, I feel like that's an important next step, although again I apologize for going off subject a little bit, I'm passionate about this and I'm really concerned about that. So, I guess that's all I'll say right now. Thank you very much for letting me share. REPLOGLE: Thank you. Any other questions from the Commissioners? AU: Chair? Chair Replogle? REPLOGLE: Yes, Mr. Au. AU: Can you guys hear me, okay? 5 EXHIBIT A (DRAFT)