2023-09-01 DRAFT Windward Exh C (Item #3 & #4 Aloha Kia)

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PERRIN: Thank you. Thank you so much. Welcome to Hilo. I'm myself is from Oahu originally, I've been here for 4 years, and I love it. Reason why I love it is just the natural, the forest and it's not over developed like Oahu, and you can still live, and I want to try to maintain as much of that as we possibly can for future generations to come. So, I asked the two, I'm sorry the gentleman that was up there before you. What can you folks do as far as that highway. Are you folks able to adopt the highway and help maintain that area. A lot of times we have these big-name companies that come in and they kind of just develop, leave it, and they don't do anything in the community to help preserve what we have. We're on an island. It's all we've got. Is there anything Aloha Kia can do to help our community out? WONG: Um' the company is very committed to community involvement and making sure we participate in the community. I have a lot of family that lives up here in Hilo. My sister, I have aunts and uncles, and a lot of big families in the Hilo area that I'm related to. Definitely, we do get involved with, when you say, "Adopt a Highway". You know there's programs that I'm aware of where they adopt a two-mile stretch and regularly go and pick up trash and stuff. Don't know exactly what opportunities would be available. But for us to be successful in selling cars, we have to be a part of the community, or the community is not going to want to buy cars from us. So, that is something that's very important. Our General Manager looks at ways that you know, he's on site, lives here and tells us "Hey, this is what we need to do". So, yes, to answer the question is definitely like you said, a business that comes to town and just builds something and just takes money out of the community generally is not going to last for long. LIN: You're good? PERRIN: Yes, okay. So, you'll do your part to kind of look into it and make sure just like your name Aloha Kia that Aloha is move forward into the community. WONG: Absolutely. PERRIN: Awesome. That's what I want to hear. Okay. LIN: Thank you, thank you Commissioner Perrin. Commissioner Daniele did you want to repeat your question to the applicant regarding the current tenants in the commercial structure. DANIELE: Yeah, as I had stated before I was inquiring if the building on the said property is occupied and that was my question. PIPAN: Yes. Thank you for the question, Commissioner Daniele. It is occupied. The currents are aware of the proposal to move Aloha Kia there. It looks like assuming, presuming we get through our Planning Commission meeting with a favorable recommendation and approval for the SMA permits today. We're looking at another couple few months of meetings with the County Council to finalize the Change of Zone. Then Plan Approval, then we can begin building permits, so there's still a lot of time perhaps a year, a year and a half before work would begin to impact those tenants. They'll be given plenty of time to make other arrangements to move to another site. 6 EXHIBIT C(DRAFT)