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also designated three areas in Paradise Park, three of these 20-acre parcels; and this was simply following what had been proposed by the Paradise Park Community Master Plan. We just took their Master Plan which said these should be the commercial areas. In the course of, and the Council considering the General Plan in mostly 2004, Councilman Safarik and I had discussions about additional commercial areas. The Council Member is in favor of three nodes. At this point, Im in favor of one additional area; and that would be along Ainaloa Boulevard, actually on the Orchidland side of Ainaloa Boulevard. My reason for that is that the commercial areas ideally should not simply be, should be convenient areas for the various subdivisions. Ainaloa as a subdivision has 3600 lots. To get to the Orchidland commercial area, you have to get back out on the highway; and its not really convenient for the Ainaloa people to go to Orchidland. So this provides an area that would be directed more at Ainaloa and be a community area for Ainaloa shopping. As I said, as Council Member said, hes in favor of three nodes. At the moment Im preparing a series of interim General Plan AmendmentsthatwouldincludeanareaalongAinaloa. Nowtheresaprocesstothisaswell.Wegotoaworkshop,itgoestothePlanningCommission, and it goes to the County Council. This gentleman is probably walking out here to go buy some land along Ainaloa Boulevard, but -. And thats part of the game of this whole process, is that if you go by this special permit, of course, you buy the land first, then you come in and apply for the special permit. But, at any rate, theres a process to that. And, you know, the Council can also initiate General Plan Amendments. The landowner can initiate a General Plan Amendment. But this is where Im at with this, and this is my view of the big picture here, and what Im planning to do at the present time. SPRINGER:Commissioner Salavea. SALAVEA: Director Yuen, so just to clarify, the nodes would be from a traffic perspective in the Planning Departments view of providing more convenient access to shopping for the residents in the Orchidland and Ainaloa Subdivisions and, I guess, alleviate the traffic or the ingress of traffic to130 to go to either Pahoa or Keaau? YUEN:Thats the reason for generally being in support of having commercial areas that are closer to these subdivisions, is that for, not that they would replace the regional scale of super -. You wouldnt have the Sears, you know, that level or the shopping center level of development, but the grocery store, the convenience store, that level of development closer to the subdivisions. Yes, we would support that. SALAVEA:Thank you. SPRINGER: Commissioners, any other questions of the Director? Commissioner Watanabe. WATANABE:I guess this would be directed to Mr. Yuen. How many lots are there in Orchidland? 21 EXHIBIT A