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this is in concept, you know, what the applicant would like to propose is an additional condition.
<br /> Aside from that, I mean, you know, we are prepared to answer any questions that you may have.
<br /> CARR SMITH: Thank you, Sid. Do you have anything to add to what else that maintenance
<br /> program would consist of besides contact information?
<br /> FUKE: Well, not specifically, but, you know, like the owner has heard about that, the issue of
<br /> like graffiti and people illegally, you know, tramping through the property, trashing it, and so it's
<br /> unsightly. And I think it's just really like just trying to be a better neighbor, and that's the whole
<br /> objective in coming up with a program like that that will be vetted with the Planning
<br /> Department.
<br /> CARR SMITH: Thank you. Commissioners, questions? Faye, go ahead.
<br /> YATES: Okay. Mr. Fuke, my first question I have for you is, do you live in Kona?
<br /> FUKE: No, I live in Hilo
<br /> YATES: —live in Kona?
<br /> FUKE: I live in Hilo.
<br /> YATES: Oh, in Hilo?
<br /> FUKE: Yes.
<br /> YATES: Okay,just wondering. It just seems like—and this is along Alii Drive, right?
<br /> FUKE: Correct, yes.
<br /> YATES: And, you know, it seems like in the last few months we've had quite a number of
<br /> people who have bought property along Alii Drive and had applied for permits, and they were
<br /> going to build, they were going to build, then they couldn't build, then they sold, then they sold,
<br /> then they, etcetera, and then we have this problem of, you know, congested Alii Drive and, you
<br /> know, having hurricanes, etcetera, etcetera. And here we want to build another one there, which
<br /> is right on the highway there, and we are talking in excess of—it said 119 parking stallsso I'm
<br /> assuming they'll have a hundred-plus cars there. So, again, we have the problem of traffic
<br /> congestion. And if these people, who had bought it in 2017, were so anxious about building
<br /> there, why didn't they start in good faith? I know you are saying there are a lot of things that
<br /> have to be done, but in good faith, would you not have thought that they would have started
<br /> something? And then, you know, then they can show us what, this is what we've done, you
<br /> know, we've cleaned up the place, we've done this, this, this. But it doesn't seem like that. And
<br /> every time, there is always somebody coming in, they want to extend another five year, extend
<br /> another five years. And then, I'm just wondering about the people who live in that area. You
<br /> know, it's like, it is very congested there. So I think that's a good reason, you know, for people
<br /> to be upset about that.
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