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assurances to the Pahoa and Keaau business communities that commercial development would <br />not be allowed on the Highway 130.‚ I€m just wondering if you can verify this or give me some <br />idea of what kind of assurances he€s referring to. <br />HAYASH:Well, I don€t know if there were any kind of written assurance, but there <br />may have been discussions back in the past when the bypass road was being proposed. The <br />intent of a bypass road at that time was to -. Well, we do have the commercialcore in the <br />village, so I think the intent was to, you know, because of the congestion in this area and the <br />narrowness of the road, the intent was to create this bypass road. And normally what you don€t <br />want to do is create commercial, from a planning standpoint, commercial activities along a road <br />that you created so you can alleviate some of the problems within the existing commercial core. <br />I think that€s the simplest stated. <br />GRAHAM:Right. And the only kind of fine point to that that strikes me is always that <br />thispropertyisnotonthebypassroad,right?It€sonthemainroadgoingto-? <br />HAYASHI:Yeah.Butwe€rebasicallylookingatthe,Iguess,thewholeKeaau/Pahoa <br />corridor. <br />GRAHAM:Okay. Thank you. <br />ALAMEDA:Thank you, Commissioner Graham, for pointing that out. Commissioner <br />Siracusa. <br />SIRACUSA:Well, I just wanted to mention to Mr. Graham that I remember when those <br />assurances were made to the Pahoa community; and it came from the previous Planning <br />Director. <br />ALAMEDA:So noted. Other questions, Commissioners? Will the applicant, thank <br />you, Norman. Will the applicant please come forward, or its representative. Aloha. <br />NISHIMURA:Good morning. <br />ALAMEDA:Could you please raise your right hand. Do you affirm or swear to tell the <br />truth now before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? <br />NISHIMURA:I do. <br />ALAMEDA:Could you please state your name and address for the record, and you may <br />proceed. <br />NISHIMURA:Brian Nishimura, 1174 Awiki Place in Hilo. <br />ALAMEDA:Okay, did you get a chance to look at the Department€s recommendation <br />and the feedback? <br />NISHIMURA:Yes, I did. <br />5EXHIBIT B <br /> <br />