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consideration and make sure that we don’t inadvertently add anything that would be adverse. But we appreciate the opportunity to look further at the location of these ten spots. Thank you. WATANABE: Thank you. Do we have any further questions for the applicant? RHO: I just wanted to make sure that you’re just talking, when you say looking for the appropriate place to place the parking, you’re only talking about those specific 10 spots that are in addition to the thirty? MAPES: That’s correct, yes. RHO: The 30 spots will actually stay where the blue marks are? MAPES: Yes. They are intended to be where they are placed now. WATANABE: Any further questions? Mr. Domingo. DOMINGO: Just a comment. I just hope that the hotel will clean up their act with regards to the passes and availability of parking stalls and communication between those at the parking lot and those at the entry to the hotel. You know, I think there is some mix up or non- communication here. I think the effort should be increased. ING: If I may respond, Commissioner Domingo. The hotel does take that responsibility very seriously. I think as has been pointed out previously, the people that service the entry station are independent contractors, not employees of the hotel. So it’s a little more difficult for the hotel to directly manage those employees. However, the hotel is aware of these complaints and is in the process of looking at a different system to control the parking. Now one of the difficulties with the parking passes is that these white passes that are put in the windshield identify those members of the public. So if we don’t have a way of identifying those members of the public, then residents from the area could park in the beach access parking stalls and we wouldn’t know the difference between that car and say a car from the public. So in order to make sure that the cars occupying the beach stalls are members of the public, that’s what the pass system helps to do. In addition, the hotel guest themselves also have to have a pass in a car to identify that they are hotel guests. They are also not allowed to park in the beach access parking stalls because they have a different color kind of a windshield pass, if you will. It’s not a perfect system. The hotel is aware of it. The hotel is looking at moving the control point as has been suggested by one of the public witnesses to a point closer to where it is and that is being done in the process of this whole renovation. So we are working on it. Thank you very much. WATANABE: Thank you. Any further questions? Well, seeing none, you may be seated. Thank you. Do we need further discussion or is anyone prepared to make a motion? WOODWARD: Mr. Chairman? WATANABE: Mr. Woodward. WOODWARD: I would move that in the matter of Special Management Area Use Permit SMA 07-000023 and Use Permit 07-000010 that we approve these permits. EXHIBIT B 13