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of one of the recommendations but a very significant section that was one of the most contentious <br /> issues when we did our CDP, and that was the number of special permits and special use permits. <br /> And I went through in some detail all of those that were at that time on the books. Two of them I <br /> actually represented in the sales, one of them to a landowner who is a neighbor who submitted <br /> testimony to all of you. And so we know that those ones aren't going to happen, and the current <br /> community sentiment is very strongly if we are going to have overnight accommodations in <br /> Kohala, we need some level of that, they would rather those be at the existing operations. And I <br /> think we'll be hearing a lot more from the community with respect to the transient accommodation <br /> rentals proposals that are up because the community is way more concerned about that right now <br /> than they are about the expansion of existing facilities. <br /> KNOWLES: Thank you. Any questions from the Commission? Paishon-Duarte. <br /> PAISHON-DUARTE: Good morning. <br /> THOMA ROBINSON: Aloha. <br /> PAISHON-DUARTE: Aloha. How many Kohala residents make up the committee that's putting <br /> together the Kohala Community Plan? <br /> THOMA ROBINSON: Oh, it's a really good question. So there are about a dozen people <br /> working right now on the Kohala Community Plan. So the advisory group side has nine, and there <br /> are probably 50 people working on the different subcommittees, which feed not only into the <br /> current CDP advisory group, but as we get the feedback from our talk story sessions that we are <br /> doing right now, and our goal is to meet or exceed the 700 interviews that we did in 2006, so all of <br /> that is coming to a group of about a dozen people,which include the people who are heading up <br /> each of the other subcommittees so that we have coordination between the two. <br /> PAISHON-DUARTE: Thank you. And my next question is, when do you anticipate completing <br /> a, well,your next version,most updated version, of a Kohala Community Plan? <br /> THOMA ROBINSON: We are hoping to do it this year, I mean, that's our goal. Unlike the <br /> process where you have to start with a consultant and you do the input, you know, the first time of <br /> CDP took about a three-year process, but because we already have these committees and each of <br /> committees is currently looking at their section of the CDP and just designating, is it something <br /> we've already accomplished, is it something in progress, is it something that we still support and <br /> need to be done, or do we simply have different ideas and we should throw it out. We are going to <br /> be putting it all on a website. We have funding from two foundations right now, and we are going <br /> to create a website so that we can update as we go as a resource for you all and for anybody else <br /> who needs a sense of the community opinion. <br /> PAISHON-DUARTE: Mahalo. <br /> KNOWLES: Any other questions? Commissioner Vitousek. <br /> 6 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br />