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ALAMEDA:Okay, please state your name and address for the record. DELUZ:Jason Deluz, PO Box 6198, Kamuela, Hawaii. ALAMEDA:Thank you, Jason. Mr. Lim? LIM:Thank you for your patience. I know you’ve been working hard all this time. We have come before you on a special permit for a five-year term to continue the operations of the J. Deluz Auto Body Repair. This is located, if you’re not quite sure, as you’re coming in from Hilo you’ll pass the DHHL office, then you’ll pass Kamehameha School’s pre- school, and wait a half second and right there on the left will be the auto body repair shop. Mr. Deluz has been conducting a clean and safe operation for these years and, you know, we haven’t had any significant complaints at all. The people that did call in during the application process, some of them were surprised that he was going for a special permit; and others were just thinking that he was going to expand his use, which is not the case. And I’ll have Mr. Deluz make a presentation to you to tell you what he has been doing and what his plans are for the property. The reason why we’re coming in for a special permit is because we believe this is a reasonable and unusual use in the agricultural district and it complies with the General Plan and State Land Use objectives and policies. As you probably know Waimea is a growing community. It’s similar in some respects to Hawaiian Oceanview, Puna, in those areas that are experiencing a growth in population and request for community services but not necessarily maybe a growth in the available lands zoned for a particular use, especially for an auto body repair shop which Mr. Deluz has been running. Basically he is, I think, only one of two shops in Waimea at this present time. And as far as we are aware, and I’ll defer to the Planning Department on this, but as far as, our checking reveals there is no other MG, General Industrial, zoned land in Waimea. I know that there is some Limited Industrial zoned land that has primarily been located out near the Waimea Airport where I think you’ve probably seen Jerry’s Auto sign and the self-storage bins out there. That’s zoned Limited Industrial - 20. I guess Kailua side of that is approximately 25 acres that Parker Ranch had rezoned on a conditional basis to Limited Industrial (ML-20) also. That project has not proceeded for whatever reason. So as a practical matter, there is very or, our position, there is no appropriate zoned land for him to go to. So it’s not like he could go down the street, buy a piece of property and try to do that. And, in fact, Mr. Deluz did explore just recently one of the Limited Industrial zoned sites because it was coming open for purchase. However, that particular site is being sold with a two-year moratorium against opening up any car repair business. So, you know, there really isn’t anything for us to utilize. Because it is an auto body repair use where he has frame straightening machine and a little other things, that proposed use is only allowed as a repair establishment major use, which under the Zoning Code is only allowed in the General Industrial zone. And, at least from our checking, there is no General Industrial zone in the area of Waimea. So I think that this gives you one of those situations in which the community’s need is very strong and that we have been operating a clean and safe operation servicing the community. I’ll kind of turn it over to Mr. Deluz to describe to you what his scope of his operations are. EXHIBIT C 3