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is that it’s, we’re not saying that this is not a good place for the business. We think it actually is. I mean it has operated that way for a long period of time. But as far as the permit is concerned we never perceived this to be, you know, there you have it, go forever. A lot of your permits have timeframes on them, and that times change and things change. And if there is, you know, alternatives created, then that makes sense to come back. So I wouldn’t say that this is a temporary solution because this actually has been in place for quite some time. What I’d say is that the term for this permit is something that I think is very reasonable to set a term. And to do so, you know, we’re suggesting 5 or more years, but I think the, partly because I know those are terms you use in other permits. And I think from our perspective the CDP would have been done and maybe that conversation would get more clarified. And so that’s the way I would say, that’s not so much as a temporary use -. OGATA: Okay, okay. I understand. Thank you. WOODWARD: Commissioner Ishibashi. ISHIBASHI: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Cummings, thank you. You do a great service to the community and it’s a necessary business you run for our community. Yeah, and you do a good job, too. My question I had was, you know, the pumping of these portable toilets, how often is that done and how often, how many loads or whatever you do for -? CUMMINGS: Some of the toilets is like twice a week, some three times. But we’re dumping, there’s a dump site in Hilo and there’s a dump site in Kona, nothing comes back to the yard, nothing at all. And then when we pick up the toilets, the toilets are cleaned out on the site, loaded on the truck and then brought in. Yes, we bring home no waste. Maybe sometimes get like three or four toilets in the truck, but that’s it. ISHIBASHI: So when you wash your portables it’s at the dump site? CUMMINGS: At the job site. Like the truck loads, the truck is equipped with clean water and, you know, half/half, clean and, well, waste water. So as they deliver they clean them down right there and then they move on. So once in a while we wash them down in the yard, that’s rarely. But most time it’s clean on the site. ISHIBASHI: So the greater service to the community is the jobs that you provide to the community. The residual effects of their jobs are greater than half a cow so I appreciate the business. And I understand the problem that the County is facing with your business, but I commend you for a job well done. CUMMINGS: Thank you. You guys gotta forgive for the beginning part, you know. I can walk in a construction trailer with eight construction guys inside that, walk right up to them and talk the shit, excuse me, just talk crazy to them. But when I’m in this kind of situation, I cannot handle. So I apologize for that. WOODWARD: No apologies necessary. Thank you. Any further questions? All right, 7 EXHIBIT A