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KERN: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yeah, I’d first like to start off by saying I do agree that <br />ideally this would move to a better zoned location. However, though, we’ve had a Hawaii Johns <br />in front of us in the past which is a similar circumstance. They’ve been there for almost 20 years <br />and we thought we should give them, you know, time to get their feet on the ground or not pull <br />the carpet out from underneath them, give them time to do what they need to do and eventually <br />get to a Light Industrial zoned location. <br />Now let’s just say that the agricultural business was thriving right now. That farm, that place <br />would probably have big trucks coming in and out of it every day, farm equipment and <br />everything else, just to field the agricultural activities there. We all know agriculture is not doing <br />very well these days, and neither is many businesses. So, to me, this does kind of fuse those two <br />together, and with hopefully not much more impact than there would be if we had good <br />agricultural times. <br />Secondly, the economic hardship that everyone is dealing right now is real; and I think we <br />should give, you know, business owners that are trying their best and property owners that are <br />trying their best to keep them in business and also promote the potential agricultural activity. <br />Because the plausible effect of not doing this is, well, Mr. Mizukami has every right to come in <br />for a rezone. And underneath that LUPAG Map, you know, he could be coming in for single <br />family homes. And we’d rather have somebody bringing in some equipment up there and storing <br />it in an existing place, which would be similar to an agricultural business, or coming in to do RS- <br />7.5, RS-10. In my opinion, it’d be better served as this right now and to give him a chance and <br />give him five years. But, again, I would not think to make this your end-all location. And that’s <br />all I have to say right now. Thank you. <br />WOODWARD: All right. Thank you, Commissioner Kern. Do we have anybody else who’d <br />like to comment? Okay, seeing none, Maija, let’s get a vote. <br />COTTEL: Okay, Commissioner Kern? <br />KERN: Yes. <br />COTTLE: Commissioner Ishibashi? <br />ISHIBASHI: Aye. <br />COTTLE: Commissioner Au <br />AU: No. <br />COTTLE: Commissioner Domingo? <br />DOMINGO: No. <br />COTTLE: Commissioner Iwashita? <br />15 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />