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timeframe for the CDP that you would be looking at any relocation of that given the investment that's going into that facility. On No. 7, Parks and Recreation, I also support the amendment as initiated by the County Council. And for additional information which not available to me at the time, I would note that the County is going ahead and looking at whether it's feasible to convert the old Pahoa fire station to be consistent with the CDP and provide both a senior center as well as some other facilities available for the community. And those meetings were just recently held by the Mayor with the various departments. No. 8, I support the Action Committee's recommendation to include the word "roundabout" in a list of traffic calming features but delete the addition of "highway widening ". And I felt that the addition of the word "roundabout" was not a substantive amendment so that it could be included, because it's just one of a range of traffic calming devices. And it is very consistent with what has been advocated by a number of people active with both the Steering Committee, the Action Committee, and various community organizations, that they do want roundabouts to be considered in future planning for roads in the Puna region. On No. 9, which is the proposed amendment to Zoning Designations in Sections 5.2.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.2 and Section 5.2.3, I support the original amendments as initiated by the County Council, and note that these were originally proposed by Planning Director Yuen in 2008. Also, regarding Table 5.1, the Village /Town Center Formation, I support the changes to Table 5.1 as initiated by the County Council and originally proposed by Planning Director Chris Yuen in 2008. The one difference here is that the County Council had a recommendation to remove the word "preliminary" in the description of the Village Center Boundaries. I agree with the Action Committee's recommendation to retain the word "preliminary" in the description of the village center boundaries, cause I thought it was a much more reasonable position and allowed for greater flexibility. On No. 10 on the addition of new Section 5.2.4 regarding industrial zoning as initiated by the County Council, and it was originally proposed by Planning Director Chris Yuen, I support that amendment as initiated by the County Council. And No. 11 on the list from the Action Committee was all other amendments; and I support all other amendments as proposed in Bill 194 as initiated by the County Council. On the other items since it did come in the letter from the Action Committee, I would support the additional non - substantive and formatting amendments that they had in Exhibit A because they are non - substantive and they made sense. I do not support the proposal for the new action item for the creation of Village /Town Center Steering Committees -- One, because I consider it a substantive amendment and cannot be incorporated in Bill 194; and, two, because we do not have the personnel or resources to support that. If the community on their own wants to fonn committees that provide input to the Action Committee, that's entirely acceptable because then that is not a Sunshine Law Committee or a committee that we have to provide support or staff to. And other communities have done similar things where they've formed their own committees to 3