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AU: Thank you, Ms. Matsumoto. Commissioners do you have any more questions for staff, DPW or the applicant? If not, oh Commissioner Raffipiy question? RAFFIPIY: Not a question just.a comment. I kind of familiar with the area, I frequent that road will work sometimes and as you can see, if you go with curb, gutter going down kind of useless common sense. You go down this it's just going to be terminated at the end of the property or somewhere. I've seen one incident in Kona, where there was something like this that the cub, the sidewalk just go goes to a certain area and just abruptly stop. Because you cannot continue that sidewalk and it actually became an issue for the residents nearby with the sidewalk coming down and it just abruptly stopped. So, I understand DPW's requirement for commercial zoning you got to have all of that. But I think, in this case, you might have to use a little common sense. This is probably what they are proposing, it may be a good alternate for now,but I don't know what the plan is for that area in 45-50 years from now. So,but I just want to say that for now, I can see this as probably a sensible ultimate an option. Thank you. AU: Thank you Commissioner Raffipiy.. Anymorequestions if we can stick to questions and pY then we can go into discussion because we probably all have a few things to say. Commissioners, any questions to the applicant or staff? No, okay well I do see the applicant. Mr. Aguinaldo do you want to say a few words on behalf of your application? AGUINALDO: Yes, I do. Aloha fellow Commissioners and Mr. Chair. My name is Gilbert Aguinaldo. I born and raised in the Pahoa going for 50 years now. I was born in Pahoa town, grew up in my town during the sugar cane era where my dad retired from Puna Sugar. I've seen a lot, where the Lava Museum that is presently next to Kaleo's used to be my house. So, growing up as a farm boy in the sugar plantation era we acquired that piece of property, as indicated on my application. That teardrop property was basically more than that. The State took a portion of our property that's where I was left with that 1.5 acre. It's within my family from before I graduated from Pahoa High School and I did put up some structures there to benefit and better my community, as a member of my community and also in Pahoa. My facility currently, I've donated my time and effort to my community during the lava flows to help them utilize to bring comfort while the loss of their home or they cannot go back to their home in Kapoho and in Leilani. And I also currently through this pandemic allowed medical firms to do their COVID testing and vaccination. Where in my heart growing up in Pahoa is always to give aloha that means sharing a lot of the deep things pertaining to our property. But anyhow, thank you all. AU: Thank you, Mr. Aguinaldo. If we have no more questions for the applicant or staff. Oh, Mr. Fuke would you like to say a few words? FUKE: Yeah, if the Commission is willing, I think in Mr. Arai's letter to the department he had like a recommended language that would accomplish what we're requesting. I think the only added suggestion we would have is to incorporate I think what Ms. Matsumoto said about the ADA compliant portion and then that would be a very quick fix to the proposed amendment that was suggested in Mr. Arai's letter. 13 EXHIBIT C (DRAFT)