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residential area in the mid-Pahoa to Keaau district. Looking at it though, my conclusion of what has happened, first of all, is that although we’ve had these conditions that say the road is supposed to paved, the road didn’t get paved.We have the first person who’s coming up after five years and the road is not being paved. We’ve had a very spotty compliance as far as the landscaping condition. And it’s not, and having this as a transitional area with this continued philosophy of a transitional area is very difficult. The people who come in there, they make an investment, they put up a building, they’re never going to want to go. Mr. Sumida is not going to want to go after he goes in there. So in a way we’re doing something that’s really difficult; and so we should make a decision either, actually make it a Light Industrial area. And so if you own a lot in there you have to, if that’s not your idea then you’re going to have to tolerate having, you know, take this business here. And it’s true that the lot owner next door has not objected. We don’t know what they want or what they think. But in its current allowable use the person could have a house there. But now you’re going to have a trucking company with 15 trucks that go back and forth, not really a good mix of uses. So there’s a law and, you know -. And it was a difficult issue when we started with this. It’s a difficult issue right now. But as far as how we got to this point, that’s the sequence of reasoning. So the idea of it being, while if we were going to, you know, if the Commission is inclined to grant it, I would say grant it with the same, you know, timeframe. We would continue on this path. And if it turns out that it looks like a good area for it to be changed into a Light Industrial area rather than an area that the business is established and then they’re supposed to move out after a few years, then let’s go down that path. WATANABE: Mr. Domingo. DOMINGO: Mr. Chairman, you know, it’s clear that in the past the Hawaiian Paradise Park Owner Association, they themselves have indicated to the Association that this particular area should be designated for Light Industrial use. And I believe because of that designation, other applications were approved, and others perhaps may have entertained an idea to locate at that area, you know. And I would also assume that the Planning Department at that time concurred with that designation, the Planning Commission therefore approved those applications. And now I don’t think we should have any reservations whatsoever with not even granting this permit. It’s something that has been declared appropriate in the area. And all this while that use has been going on, there have been no complaints that I know of whatsoever from the neighborhood that it was a detriment to the environment or whatever. So I think my motion is appropriate, that we approve the permit application. WATANABE: Okay, let me throw in my two cents here. I believe that this area was designated by the Association, Hawaiian Paradise Park, as a Light Industrial area. It was a revision to apparently a former plan that recognized, I believe it’s close to 40 acres down below that’s also recognized in the Puna Community Development Plan as an area for future Industrial development and Commercial development. What I’m also hearing is that that site is roughly three miles from the highway and has no infrastructure whatsoever, and none of it has ever come about probably because of the cost to develop all that at that great a distance from the highway. Where I’m struggling right now is, again, as just before we took a break for lunch, we have an established Industrial area in Shipman that were required, like the Director indicated, 40-foot roads, 12- inch pipes so that they could have fire suppression there, etc. And yet we’re not driving people there. So the question to me is have we even decided where the right place is for EXHIBIT C 22