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that’s a separate issue in my mind. So to the extent that the application, as I understand the application it’s limited to legitimizing the delivery business and the operations of the delivery business. It would seem to me that that would be, voting for that would be consistent with the Waimea operation. ALAMEDA:Okay. Mr. McCall? MCCALL:Yeah, maybe to go on my thoughts on Commissioner Iwashita’s idea in the Waimea operation, I see a couple of differences. One is that the trucking business for DeLuz -. IWASHITA:For Miranda Trucking. MCCALL:Miranda, yeah. Anyway, to me there are two things. His operation was, his clients were primarily ranchers, he did a lot of agricultural things, so a big part of it was to have himself be located in an area where his business was. I don’t see that really fitting here. Number two is that he did not have, as I saw it, any reasonable options as far as finding a site that was zoned that he could, it wasn’t just a matter of whether he could afford it. There were no Industrial-zoned areas there that he could set up his baseyard. I think the nearest areas that were available were down in Kawaihae, which, you know, that is not the case here. I mean, price is another matter but there certainly are enough Industrial areas, Industrial-zoned areas where a baseyard could be located here. My tendency is to hesitate, you know, I mean, there are good reasons to allow Special Permits for baseyards, etcetera, in Ag areas. I just don’t really see those being the case here. I do agree with you that they should be separated; and what we’re talking about is his baseyard for his business. His hobby of repairing vehicles is another matter and that should be dealt with. I mean, possibly he could keep that if he can reduce the scope and the quantity to something that’s reasonable; but, you know, 200 square feet is a bit less than what he has available right now. So I see some definite differences; and my tendency at this point is to deny the Special Permit. ALAMEDA:Thank you, Commissioner McCall, for your perspective. Commissioner Salavea? SALAVEA:Just some background on perspectives from the previous permit, the Miranda permit. I voted in favor of approving that Special Permit on the premise that his, like Commissioner McCall had stated, his primary or a good portion of his business was agricultural- based; and he was there to provide many of the local ranchers’ equipment and trucking services to support agriculture in the local area. And we heard testimony that supported that and even went as far as saying without this service, a lot of ranchers would be hard-pressed to provide water, feed and hauling services for their livestock. So, from my perspective, I voted in favor because it was in large part in support of the agricultural business in the area. Again, I’m not sure if this location is conducive for this type of business only because it’s located in a rural, more rural area, more rural part of Hilo. And the way I see it in terms of business, and this may not go over well with many. The special application or Special Permit, operating in this district allows a more advantageous or allows advantages for this Applicant that no one else, or trucking companies, or competitors may not have because they got, they have to pay fees and leases at EXHIBIT D 18