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WOODWARD: Okay, thank you. Any further questions? All right, seeing none, you all may be seated. Thank you very much. Would anybody care to make a motion on this regard? IWASHITA: I have a question. WOODWARD: Yes. IWASHITA: I guess this is of the Director.If the Commission is going to consider approving this special permit application, what conditions would the Director suggest? LEITHEAD TODD: If the Commission is considering approving this I would want to limit the number of people that could be accommodated on a particular date. I would want to limit any of the overnight accommodations because, you know, they’re asking for in addition to, what they’re asking for is health-related seminars, offices for health and wellness consultations, overnight accommodations for health retreats and education, and educational agricultural tours. I don’t have a problem with the educational agricultural tours. I have some concern about the overnight accommodations for health retreats, cause I’m not hearing that that was what has been already occurring. I’m hearing that there is some consultations but this sounds like an expansion of what’s going on. And if this has already been going on then I have some concern because of, you know, what numbers of people would that be involving and what impact that would have if this is above and beyond. The community seems to be saying, oh, there is never any traffic, you know, there’s no impact. But when I see overnight accommodations for health retreats that sounds like that’s more than just a couple of people coming to the house. IWASHITA: And so in the background report what is proposed is small gatherings of 10 to 12 people, I guess, sounds like a little seminar. I guess that would be just -.This says no more than twice a month in one of the rooms in the facility and on weekends, mainly on weekends. So is that specific enough to limit that particular use? LEITHEAD TODD: I think if you had some numbers like that that followed their application that, you know, small gatherings up to 10 to 12 no more than twice a month and that maximum guests on site for services would be five people at any given time, which is what’s in their application, then I would feel more comfortable. IWASHITA: And as far as the overnight accommodations? LEITHEAD TODD: Four people IWASHITA: Right, it’s limited to four. Is that an amount acceptable? LEITHEAD TODD: That’s consistent with what we’ve done with bed and breakfasts. IWASHITA: Okay. LEITHEAD TODD: So, you know, that would be acceptable. My biggest concern about this was expansion of, you know, commercial and urban types of uses outside of Honokaa town. 14 EXHIBIT A