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WATANABE: Okay. <br />WOODWARD: Mr. Chairman? <br />WATANABE: Yes. <br />WOODWARD: If I might ask why would street lights be required because I’m sure an <br />insurance office is not going to be opened after dark. So why would the street lights be required? <br />WATANABE: They might be looking into the future and saying that we may have some <br />other facility or some other business there, after all it is General Commercial, yeah, zoning. So, <br />but, again, you know, I guess I kind of was concerned about that mostly because of the scale of <br />the development and wondering, you know, why they would actually want traffic lights. <br />However, street lights I believe can be supported by that type of development in spite of its small <br />scale. So I don’t particularly have any issue with that condition. Do we have any other <br />questions of the applicant? Ms. Bowman. <br />BOWMAN: Not of the applicant. <br />WATANABE: Oh, yes, well -. <br />BOWMAN: Just, the Hilo, is this included like in the Hilo Downtown Plan? <br />YUEN: No. <br />BOWMAN: No, it’s out. So there’s no other plan that covers this area beside the <br />General Plan? <br />YUEN: There’s a very old City of Hilo Plan. Is it referenced in the Background? <br />HAYASHI: Yes, it’s Item 4, 6, Hilo Community Development Plan; and that particular <br />Plan which was adopted in 1975 I believe designated that area for Multiple Residential 4,000 <br />square foot zoning. But that’s, you know, almost over 30 years ago. <br />BOWMAN: So we are basically setting a precedent for Commercial in that area? <br />HAYASHI: Well, maybe in the immediate vicinity going towards Puna; but there are <br />other Commercial areas that were rezoned further towards the South. If you look at the bottom <br />of the map you see some pink shaded areas, and those areas were rezoned for Commercial uses. <br />This particular area is already General Planned for High Density Urban development and has <br />been for quite some time. So the Plan, the overall General Plan shows an expansion of <br />commercial activities along this area. <br />BOWMAN: So it is High Density Urban? <br />HAYASHI: That’s correct. <br />BOWMAN: Okay, thank you. <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />9 <br /> <br />