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from a single neighbor on Kaiulani Street on Reed’s Island. We’ve had nothing but praise and good relationships with our neighbors. So I just want to say to any neighbors that might be here today, I believe, I’ve known Melanie now for about six months, I think she’s going to do a great job, and you won’t even know she’s there. FUJIKAWA:Okay, Commissioners, any questions with Barbara Leonard? If not, go ahead, Tamar. ELIAS:Well, unfortunately, a number of speakers had to leave because of the change in time. These are some comments from Bill Gilmartin, who was actually representing Michael Sherwood and Jackie Gilham, and they have the house, I guess Michael Sherwood has the property across from the proposed bed and breakfast and adjacent lot, and then Jackie is adjacent to that. And a lot of the concerns do have to do with things that you’ve mentioned, having to do with traffic and the fact that it is a one- lane road and it’s a dead-end.It’s not like being in Hilo. It’s a little lane and there are no turn-arounds. And some of the impacts of these other bed and breakfasts that you see are that people on those streets have had to gate their driveways because they don’t want people turning around in their driveways. They don’t want water trucks to try and turn around. There actually is no place to turn around on that road. So that is a concern for the residents on the road. There are, now, I’m a little bit confused about the difference between a bed and breakfast and a vacation rental. I was under the assumption that a bed and breakfast, because they’re serving breakfast, had to have County water available. Is that true? No, you can be on water catchment? FUJIKAWA:Mr. Director, can you address that question? YUEN:They can be on catchment but they have to provide bottled water. ELIAS:Okay. So it’s bottled water, okay. YUEN:Yes, they can. ELIAS:Okay. YUEN:We’ve permitted other bed and breakfasts on catchment but they have to provide bottled water. ELIAS:Okay. So, I know a lot of single-family homes in Volcano also have 10,000-gallon water tanks. So for some, I guess, I’ve lived and worked in Voclano th for the past 19 years. I’m also a lot owner on 10 Street, above Pearl. So a lot of these concerns of these other neighbors and Bill Gilmartin are also concerns of mine. Bill th Gilmartin does live on 6 Street which, as has been stated, does have a pre-existing bed 8