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WATANABE:The way I kind of looked at this is even the testifier, Ms. Hamakawa, felt that the proposed use is okay with her, she was hoping that she could possibly limit future uses. I realize it’s an entitlement but I’m at the same time fairly comfortable that the applicant is going to go ahead with the proposed use. So I think in that respect, Ms. Hamakawa won’t be opposed to this particular structure that will come up. She was more opposed to the zoning and whether, you know, 20 or 30 years from now something else would come up. That said, I think her other concern was the flooding, and I use flooding rather loosely because it in some respects maybe it’s more ponding or collecting of water. And according to her testimony it seems like it’s already affecting her. I’m not sure if this development would help in any way, but I’m thinking that by requiring a drainage study we would be doing the most we could as a Commission to try and insure that the water will indeed be contained on the subject property; and I don’t know how much else you could do other than that. ALAMEDA:Thank you, Commissioner Watanabe. Commissioner McCall? MCCALL:I’m generally in favor of this application. I have some serious concerns about the flooding issue. I know that there is a problem for a number of parcels in that area with water coming off of Lanikaula, I think. But I do feel that this development could very well actually improve the situation and take care of at least some of the local ponding of water by doing the drainage study and the probably, at least as I think the applicants are at least taking a half acre of area, controlling the runoff from that half acre of area with drywells. ALAMEDA:Thank you, Commissioner McCall. Commissioner Salavea, do you need any more Fellow Commissioners to share their perspective to help you get a sense of where you’re going to go? GRAHAM:Mr. Chairman? ALAMEDA:Okay, we’ve got another one. Commissioner Graham. GRAHAM:Well, overall I feel very much like Commissioner Salavea feels. And the only thing that’s sort of kind of inclining me to vote in favor of this application is that the Planning Director has put a lot of energy into dealing with this whole area in Hilo and when that Interim General Plan Amendment did come up before us a couple of months ago we could have at that time said, well, we’d like to have this side of the street stay in the Medium Density and not in the Industrial; and we didn’t do that.And probably the reason we didn’t do it is because there was so much going on we had to just deal with what we could. But still it was the opportunity and we didn’t. And so since this conforms to the General Plan, I’m more inclined to go along with it even though I certainly feel the same way he does. ALAMEDA:Okay, Commissioner Salavea, you’re satisfied? SALAVEA:If that’s the amount of testimony we can get from the Commission, I’m satisfied. Thank you. ALAMEDA:Was the motion made -? 12EXHIBIT C