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GRAHAM:Thank you, Norman. Do we have any questions from the Commissioners? We dont seem to have any. Will the applicant or the applicants representative please come forward. FUKE:Good morning again. GRAHAM:Hello, Mr. Fuke. FUKE:Hi, good morning. GRAHAM:I believe we swore you in before -. FUKE:Right. GRAHAM:Sodontneedtodothat.Butcouldyougiveyournameandaddressfor the record before you give us your testimony today. FUKE:Sure. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. My name is Sidney Fuke. Im a planning consultant. Im assisting the applicants who happen to be in the audience today, Mr. and Mrs. Hirayama. My business address is 100 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii. GRAHAM:Thank you. Go ahead. FUKE:Sure. The applicants have had a chance to review the staffs background report and the proposed conditions and found them to be acceptable. Your staffs written as well as verbal reports have been comprehensive. The only thing I would kind of like to add to that is that, you know, just to provide some measure of historical perspective, you know, relative to the Houselots area, cause I know that this has been an area of concern for the Commissioners and, you know, other members of the community. Its kind of my understanding doing some preliminary research that, you know, I learned that the area was subdivided in the early 1900s by the then Territory of Hawaii for Residential purposes. Over time we noticed that they were Commercial and Industrial uses fronting the major streets, you know, particularly along Kanoelehua Avenue, and also like on Piilani Street and portions of Manono Street. In 1967 when the first City of Hilo Zone Map was adopted then pretty much the zoning map kind of confirmed or legitimized a lot of these existing Commercial areas. And, you know, at that time, portions of Piilani Street and Kanoelehua Avenue were then designated for different phases of Commercial and also Multiple Family Residential uses. Subsequent to that, of course, the County adopted its first General Plan, that was back in 1971. And in the General Plan on the LUPAG Map, the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map, that accompanied the 1971 General Plan, it did reflect Industrial uses fronting Kanoelehua up to Kalanikoa Street between Kawili and Piilani Streets; and there was also, the Resort designation, you know, ironically a Resort designation along the Waiakea Village Mililani Street area. The Medium Density designation was for the balance of Houselots. In 1989 in the General Plan update process the LUPAG Map was then amended. The only changes that affected the Houselots area was the change from Resort to High Density in the area of the Waiakea Village area along Mililani Street, which currently exists today. In 1992 the Council had initiated and subsequently there was an amendment to the General Plan LUPGA Map basically designating the central area within the 3EXHIBIT B