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into a commercial space and opened up. So, you know, I wouldn't say I'm 50/50. I like when
<br /> they came back with what they had in the presented plan just because it does give an option for a
<br /> local vendor to be able to sustain themselves on that small property. Food, food sustainability is
<br /> huge for us in our community. I'm very, very, you know, I'm active in that. We have a lot of
<br /> family and friends that are right above Miloli`i, and you know them as well, that are farming. As
<br /> of right now they are doing a lot to sustain our community. Hualalai, you know is, he's been very
<br /> vocal and he's `ohana and he's a brother of mine, so.
<br /> I wouldn't, you know, I know talking with the community members and reaching out and, I
<br /> don't know how much these guys can actually keep reaching out. It sounds like they have tried. I
<br /> would give the opportunity, you know, like I said, a favorable recommendation is coming from
<br /> me just to see, I like seeing locals succeed. And that, that's something that that I've always been,
<br /> you know, a part of and want to move forward. And this small piece of property, you know, I
<br /> think with some stipulations on there, especially if they can have it and do something good for
<br /> the community. But like you said, I think opening it up the conversation to the local members
<br /> and just having a kukakuka,just having a conversation with everybody is greatly needed for, for
<br /> you know, this project. Like I said, it's a small community and small town, so everybody's
<br /> gonna want to know what's going on.
<br /> You know, and moving forward, I like, like I said the food option is always good. You know,
<br /> growing up in Kohala and being born, I was born and raised up there in Miloli`i. You know,
<br /> we've had our property for that came from my great, great, great, great grandfather that's been
<br /> in Miloli`i. So, its nice, nice to see other options and nice to see locals going there and also not
<br /> trying to build a condo or build a house or build some sort of rental attraction. But where I stand
<br /> is, you know, I give that favorable approval just on those contexts, I guess you could say.
<br /> Just seeing how small that piece of property is that, you know, if it was a big piece of property
<br /> and was Ag land and vital Ag land, I could see why we would use it and save it for food
<br /> production. But it's on the corner of the highway, so that, that's my only concern, is that I'm not
<br /> sure how viable it would be. And even creating something with that food truck to be a farmer's
<br /> market. You know, maybe allowing locals to be a part of that, to create something. And that's
<br /> maybe the conversation and dialogue that Mr. Cravalho needs to take up with the community as
<br /> moving forward with this food truck adventure. And those are just my thoughts.
<br /> VITOUSEK: Mahalo, Commissioner Kanuha. Yeah, for me, I look at this as a Change of Zone
<br /> application, not just the site plans for a food truck. Because once the zoning is changed, that
<br /> opens it up to, you know, other possible uses. And, the question is to me, what's the most
<br /> appropriate zoning for this parcel. And I don't think that's Ag-20 for a 7,500 square foot piece of
<br /> property that cannot ever be 20 acres and cannot do agriculture at that level.
<br /> You look at the surrounding zoning and the surrounding zoning is comparable to what's being
<br /> proposed here. Basically, on the map it looks like this is the corner of a rectangle that was
<br /> somehow excluded from the other parcel and excluded from that zoning for, really, an unknown
<br /> reason. We don't know how this strange little 7,500 square foot parcel came to be, and why it's
<br /> zoned Ag-20 when its neighbor has commercial zoning.
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