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counting this Industrial part we’re talking about today, but how the Medium Density Urban part should be developed and to give some guidance for the Planning Commission, the Council and private applicants in the future. And the amendment says that the commercial uses should be directed along the main streets, which it identifies as Lanikaula Street, which is as you see already a street that has a lot of Commerical and Industrial activity on it now, Kekuanaoa Street, which is a main street going from the airport into town, Piilani Street which is already a street that’s largely Commercial (it’s across from the Civic auditorium parking lot) and Manono Street, which is another street, where there has been a fair amount of commercial activity and development over the years. And then it says that the development on the other streets should be primarily Residential. And the concept here is that the main streets that I identified you would encourage businesses more to go to those streets which already carry a high load of traffic, whereas a side street like Laukapu Street or Hinano Street you would encourage to be more Residential. That’s the idea behind the text. Because the Medium Density you can have Commercial, you can have Multi-Family, you can have a wide range of possible zonings. So that was the picture that this, or the direction that this amendment is intended to give. GRAHAM:Thank you. I remember better now. ALAMEDA:Thank you, Commissioner Graham. Any questions for the applicant, or -? Seeing no further questions, you may be seated. IWASHITA:Just a clarification. ALAMEDA:Okay. IWASHITA:So my understanding of the net result of your comments is that this MCX is like the lowest possible Industrial use, I don’t know if lowest but can only consider Industrial -. YUEN:Well, it’s the most commercial. Of the three, it has more Commercial- type elements, in the MCX compared to ML or MG. IWASHITA:And the CN or RCX are not allowed, period? YUEN:Right, they would not be consistent with the General Plan. IWASHITA:Well, but can we not do it anyway? YUEN:No, the zoning has to be consistent with the General Plan. IWASHITA:Well, can’t we like do it conditioned upon changing the General Plan? ALAMEDA:Mr. Director? YUEN:When this came up before, we had the situation come up where there was a pending General Plan Amendment and we did process the, and I’m talking about the Big Island Candies rezone, we did process the rezone slightly ahead of the GP Amendment, but there was a 9EXHIBIT C