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BOWMAN: Okay. I know in the past there were like motorbike, motocross events that, I know on <br />Sundays that seemed to be very popular and also were family events. Do you know if those types <br />of events are included in a rodeo type of arena array? <br />FUKE: I really, I have to defer that to Nahua. <br />GUILLOZ: I don’t think so. It’s a -. <br />GIFFIN: Maybe I should swear her in. Nahua, could -. Your other hand. <br />GUILLOZ: Oh, other hand. <br />GIFFIN: Thank you. I have to find the wording – hang on. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth <br />on this matter now before the Hawai‘i County Leeward Planning Commission? <br />GUILLOZ: Yes. <br />GIFFIN: Please state your name and your address. <br />GUILLOZ: My name is Nahua Guilloz. My address is 73-1105 Ahulani Street, Kailua-Kona, <br />Hawai‘i 96740. <br />GIFFIN: Thank you. Did you hear Commissioner Bowman’s question? <br />GUILLOZ: Yes. <br />GIFFIN: Okay. Why don’t you go ahead and provide the answer? <br />GUILLOZ: The motocross is no longer being done, and I don’t think it is an agriculturally <br />permitted use. <br />GIFFIN: Madam Director. <br />LEITHEAD TODD: Agriculturally zoned land is allowed to do open-area recreational activities. <br />And so without knowing more about what specifically was held there, I couldn’t really give you an <br />opinion on whether that is a permitted or not permitted use because it would depend on the extent of <br />the activity, the frequency of the activity, how often they had held it in the past. Generally, we’ve <br />taken a position that rodeo events in rodeo arenas, which have been in existence for many, many <br />years and have been kind of part and parcel of the ranching and cattle industry, that we’ve viewed <br />those as either open-area recreational activities or somewhat of the type of activity that you expect <br />in conjunction with the cattle. And also in many cases these activities predate us doing any zoning <br />laws or defining what occurs in agriculture – asyou know, rodeo in Waimea probably goes back <br />well over 100 years and predates many of our zoning ordinances – which doesn’t mean that <br />somebody holding them shouldn’t consider it and take precautions to make sure that they are not <br />impacting the neighbors. <br />GIFFIN: Negatively. <br />7 <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />