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areas for viewplanes and open space, and more recently, for historic sites and traditional purposes. The other reasoning is that it complies with the natural beauty element of the General Plan and, lastly, that it’s the position of the community to be able to preserve the coastline in this particular area of North Kohala. Additionally, the Planning Director is initiating revocation of Special Management Area Use Permit 379 which originally was approved to allow a 50-lor subdivision and related uses. So the Planning Director is asking that that be revoked. If the Planning Director’s initiative passes and this particular property is rezoned to RA-5a then in the future when an applicant does come forward to be able to subdivide this property, at that time they will be required to come before the Planning Commission for a Special Management Area Use Permit, and therefore place further controls on the property regarding public access and special management area guidelines. The Planning Director is recommending that the time extension for both the Change of Zone Ordinance and the Special Management Area Use Permit be denied, and that he is requesting that his initiatives for the Change of Zone and the revocation for the Special Management Area Use Permit be approved and receive a favorable recommendation. ALAMEDA: Thank you, Mr. Darrow. DARROW: Just one, one quick note. ALAMEDA: Sure, go ahead. DARROW: Because we’re dealing with a change of zone request as well as a special management area, we have two, the change of zone obviously will receive a recommendation from the Commission and then go to the Council. The Special Management Area Use Permit will be final with the Commission. So that’s something to keep in mind. Thank you. ALAMEDA: Thank you. Commissioner Siracusa, questions for Mr. Darrow? SIRACUSA: Yes, I have two procedural questions. ALAMEDA: Go ahead. SIRACUSA: I just want to clarify that if, well, first of all, are we going to take these matters up in the order, and accept the motions in the order in which they’re presented on the agenda, which starts out with the Planning Director initiated ones? That’s No. 1. And No. 2 is if we pass the Planning Director’s proposals then we don’t have to go on and do any motions on the applicant’s proposals because they will be automatically moot? Is that, or do we have to go through the process anyway? ALAMEDA: Let’s ask Mr. Torigoe. No. 1, do we have to take it up in this order; and No. 2 if we take up the first one do we have to take up the second? TORIGOE: Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’ve actually talked with Mr. Lim who represents the applicant and the Planning Director; and because as Mr. Darrow noted these two agenda items are basically two opposing sides of the same factual coin, it makes sense to consolidate EXHIBIT A 3