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within the so-called urban core of the Village area, and then there are additional areas further makai which might be appropriate. But I cannot say whether, you know, any of those ultimately will end up being appropriate for this use. GRAHAM:Okay. Thank you. FUJIKAWA:Any other questions? C. YUEN:I’ll just ask a question. Do you know whether Waikoloa Development took a stand on the General Plan changes back in the ‘80s that created Industrial designation here? L. YUEN:I don’t know. I can only conjecture that it may be that that particular industrial area that you’re marking is associated with what was then happening on the property, which was this particular quarry area when it was being used as a quarry. But that was just, only be a conjecture. I couldn’t tell you yes or no. C. YUEN:And just for the information of the Commission so you understand the total picture -. If you compare what has been given to you with the yellow area that was deeded to the Waikoloa Village Association and you look at the current General Plan map, the 1989 LUPAG map, all of that yellow area is shown as Open on the LUPAG map, except for a small area in the immediate vicinity of this application that’s shown as Industrial. And then between that small area and the Waikoloa Road, there’s a small area that’s shown for urban expansion. FUJIKAWA:Any questions, Commissioners, to the Director? Go ahead, John. SCHICK:If you would allow me a comment. Please look at the map that the Waikoloa representative has given you. You see this large yellow area, please look closely at that and see what it encompasses. It encompasses Waikoloa Land. It does not necessarily encompass the Village. It does not serve as a buffer for the Village. It serves as a buffer for Waikoloa Land Development on the mauka side of the Village, because they own all of that land. All that yellow land, we go up to the 10-mile marker there which is approximately 4 miles up the road. The road being crooked, so that’s maybe only about 3-1/2. But, you know, what do we need land up there for in order to protect the Village? That’s not what we need protection. That was given to the Waikoloa Village as a settlement in a lawsuit. I was not present, and I’ve only been in Waikoloa Village for three years. But looking back at what happened, and actually this is totally beside the point because you folks don’t deal with these things anyway. But just to set the record straight, these lands were given to Waikoloa Village as a settlement for things that the development company failed to do. And, basically, what they did is they gave us a bunch of land that we can’t do anything with except pay taxes on, and it protects Waikoloa Development’s land. So, if you go according to the General Plan, this area has been designated on the General Plan as industrial area. And I think that you folks have the authority to rezone or do whatever it is that you decide to do in conjunction with the application that has been brought in that which we fully support, and that any other 14