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I thought about this real hard and, you know, I feel reluctant to consider such a move because, you know, a CN zoning permits certain particular uses and it’s permissible. What we did, we put restrictions and tell them, okay, you guys have the zoning but you just have to do certain uses. Now they’re coming in because of some circumstances which they have no control in the future. With the expiration of the lease, they need to relocate the use. And I totally sympathize with that, in the predicament they’re in. But from the standpoint of land use actions that we take, you know, I’ve always contended that the General Plan and the Zoning Code are the most important planning documents in the County. It has to be specific and real exact as to what one can do and what one cannot do. In this particular case, you know, we’re just wavering on the line and saying okay, we can do this, and next we’re coming in and we’re deleting that, and then now they can do that. That’s why my question was if we take no action, and considering that we gave them the zoning in the past, what would then be their alternative? And you indicated that, well, the existing uses and all existing, all uses as permitted in the CN zoning would apply to this property. And then that’s where I’m coming from. That’s my concern. WOODWARD: All right. Any further questions? Okay, seeing none, let’s call the applicant and/or representatives up. All right, Mr. Fuke. FUKE: Morning. WOODWARD: Hi. If I can get you to raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth today before the Windward Planning Commission? FUKE: I do. WOODWARD: Okay, very good. Are you both going to testify or just Mr. Fuke? FUKE: Just myself. WOODWARD: Okay. All right, Mr. Fuke, if you’ll give us your name and address; and then you may begin. FUKE: Sure. Good morning, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. My name is Sidney Fuke. I’m a planning consultant. But today I’m here more as a role of helping out the applicant’s father who’s a good friend of mine. And so this is what I would say like a not-for- profit type of pro bono work, but his father is a very good friend of mine. But my address is, business address is right across the street, 100 Pauahi Street, Room 212. In listening to the dialogue, you know, that Commissioner Domingo and, I guess, Commissioner Ono had also raised I’d like to just kind of give the Commissioners some background on this situation here, inasmuch as two years ago or two and a half years ago I was kind of like helping out Mr. Iida again on this same application. The biggest debate between the former planning 6