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WATANABE: Thank you. All right, I believe we’ve all -. Yes, Mr. Woodward. WOODWARD: Just one very brief comment. I think, you know, to speak to Mr. Iwashita’s comments about zoning, I look at our role as being proactive, that is providing guidance for the future, not going back on decisions made in the past. And I think that calls into questions, fairness and a number of other issues. But certainly I don’t think you’re going to find anybody zoning in North Kohala or South Kohala, or getting rezoning for anything at this point. But to disallow somebody who previously had a zoning change and then to try and downzone that, I think, violates the fundamental principles of fairness. I think we’ve got to be proactive, not retroactive. And this just doesn’t smell right; it doesn’t pass the smell test to me. WATANABE: Mr. Iwashita. IWASHITA: I know my olfactory sense is a challenge, but I don’t need to challenge that much. I want to be fair to the people of this island. I want to be fair to the land. And fairness is not any personal, individual or entity’s right; it’s a balance. We are balancing here. And that’s why we have discretion to make this decision. And I agree with Commissioner Woodward about being proactive.I think we are being proactive. We are taking all the relevant matters into consideration. And in fact, what we are doing is enforcing the decision that was made in the past; that decision said if you don’t do it in this time, it’s over. It’s over. WATANABE: Okay. All right, I think we’ve made our positions abundantly clear. And it’s clear from these discussions that nobody has had a change of heart from previous meetings. So I don’t know that we’re going to gain anymore by discussing this any further, unless someone has something really pressing that they’d like to express. For myself, I think I’ve been clear on my position, and I think my only regret really through this entire process is that we weren’t able to arrive at some kind of compromise, and that I sense that this decision really ultimately is going to be decided in the courts. But with that, if no one else has any further comments, Mr. Darrow. DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The motion before us is to send a favorable recommendation to the Hawaii County Council, adopting the applicant’s proposed amended conditions, which are listed within the March 18, 2008, submittal submitted by the applicant. With that, I’ll take the roll call. Commissioner Woodward? WOODWARD: Aye. DARROW: Commissioner Domingo? DOMINGO: Aye. DARROW: Commissioner Alameda? ALAMEDA: No. DARROW: Commissioner Bowman? EXHIBIT A 20