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MELROSE: We understand not. I mean there’s nothing in the County records that show that they had applied for such a use. So I think that was, but it was part of what I think attracted them to the purchase of the property. Apparently the owner of that property passed away and the Trust sold, was then they purchased the property understanding its history, seeing its use, and kind of that’s where I think the genesis of the opportunity was. And then the, so then they went about trying to get, do the right thing, and I think didn’t get the use permit parts of the requirement. So -. DOMINGO: So that retail use was terminated when you actually bought the property? T. ROBESON: Correct. DOMINGO: I see. Jeff, you mentioned that there are a number of uses along the highway which is different from a residential use and agricultural use. Are those uses, when you look at those uses, are they all permitted uses? MELROSE: All the ones that I referred to were permits; and I did that by going through the County’s record to identify other uses that were permitted. So all of those are permitted by a special permit. And I would imagine there are also some additional ones that may not be permitted, but I only referred to the ones that were permitted by a special permit. DOMINGO: Are those uses that were permitted, are there any glaring differences between them and what the applicants are proposing? MELROSE: Glaring, I think the only one that would be of that, that would may be of a different class would be Akatsuka, which really does attract the visitor population in a large bus activity. Whereas a lot of the others are small neighborhood opportunities like Hirano Store, like, you know Dan De Luz’s Wood and the little restaurant he has got, or I think, you know, the coffee company may be by scale bigger. But generally this is very consistent with those and more neighborhood based, I think. DOMINGO: As far as I can recall the Hirano Store was there for many, many years. MELROSE: Oh yeah, but they do have a special permit on it. DOMINGO: What does the other, other businesses have been, have they been there for a long time? MELROSE: Let me, I would say, just look at my list again to see which ones have gotten permits. I think the most recent of those permits is the roasting, the coffee roasting operation at Hilo Coffee Mill. That’s the last one through and, they’re most recently through that process. I think the Antique Store has probably been there a while. Dan De Luz when he got his operation I’m thinking maybe in the last decade, maybe not much more than that. There’s a glass blowing operation across the street from Akatsuka which is maybe three or four years old. And there was a fruit stand right by Kukui Camp Road below the water tank that may be a decade old or so, but they seem to be quieter now than they were initially, but they kind of quieted down. So I think that there are -. They are I don’t think beyond -. The most recent one I believe was the Hilo Coffee Company. DOMINGO: When was that? KERN: Staff? COTTLE: Mr. Chair? 7 EXHIBIT A