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were operating in. In four years of business here, this is the second time that this has happened. The task of finding reasonably priced, adequately equipped office space with sufficient parking has proven to be quite daunting. Relocating a business is very costly and causes a serious disruption to conducting business. As explained earlier in my testimony, my focus is providing creative and affordable mortgage financing. Having a building which I own allows me to accomplish this with reasonable reassurance that I will not be forced to relocate at the whim of a landlord again. I feel that I have addressed all concerns and objections from the previous hearing. I offer reasonable reassurance that other commercial uses for this property are nil. I strongly feel that of all the potential commercial uses, a small mortgage company would top the list of most compatible within a residential neighborhood. I have put on my empathy hat andthoughtlonganddeepabouthowIwouldfeeliftheshoewasontheotherfootandI was a resident of Waiakea Houselots. Honestly, I would happily welcome a small, local mortgage company to be my neighbor. I conclude by requesting that you please support my zone change application and issue a recommendation of approval to the County Council. GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Delozier. Commissioners, are there any questions of Mr. Delozier? Commissioner Siracusa. SIRACUSA:Thank you. First, I want to thank you for clarifying, for agreeing to my suggestion - it was my suggestion about chaining off the driveway so that after- hour people could not access that parking lot - and taking it one step further. That will help considerably. Ever since the last hearing, as I drove around Hilo, I kept noticing all these For Rent signs on commercial locations, some upstairs office spaces and others on the ground; and I kept wondering why it was so difficult for you to find anything; and now youre adding an additional clarification by saying that its a question of parking. On the other hand, you were saying that you only expect two or three cars a day. So then I wondered, well, youve got seven employees, is that plus yourself or -? DELOZIER:The seven includes myself, yes. SIRACUSA:Okay, so it would be them plus your two or three customers a day. It doesnt seem like a tremendous requirement in parking. Its certainly not a Walmart situation. There was another thing I had in my head and it sort of drifted away for the moment. But, oh, right, you were talking about how much impact your business would generate, but youve also said that you plan to rent out part of the space to another small business. And we have no way of knowing how much traffic that business will be generating in addition, or how much impact it will have. And thats almost asking us to approve a pig- in-a-poke here. You know, we might say, well, only two or three cars, that doesnt sound 6EXHIBIT A