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The Applicant is far from being ready to proceed and build, does not have firm site plans, construction plans or a development scenario that is very set. The County Council may make substantial changes to the ordinance as presented here; and I think itÓd be better to wait on making the decision until we have the ordinance in place. If the ordinance is passed in a way thatÓs substantially different than what the County Council proposes, I mean, IÓm sorry, if the County Council passes the ordinance in a way thatÓs substantially different than what the Planning Commission passes or expects it to pass, then we would, and we pass the SMA Permit the same time, then we would have, we rework the SMA Permit. I think if youÓll look at, there are a number of projects that have gone through a concurrent SMA Permit and zoning changes. If you look at those, I think that they were, the most recent one we looked at which weÓre still holding at the Planning Commission level is the Pepeekeo rezoning. And if, I think of the, the examples that I can think of are much simpler and much more set as to what the outcome would be of the rezoning. In that one, for example, the outcome would be two residential, the uncertain part of it, the uncertain part of the rezoning there is two commercial, I mean, two residential lots; and if the rezoning went through, they would have two commercial properties. So we wrote up the, we supported having the SMA Permit go, be granted subject to the rezoning taking place, and the rezoning would not take, the SMA Permit would not take effect for those two lots if the rezoning didnÓt take effect. But in that case we have something that we are very clear on what would happen and not happen in the rezoning at the County Council and how it would affect the SMA Permit. I donÓt have that confidence here. FUJIKAWA:Okay, is there any other question, Commissioners, to the staff or the Director? KUBOTA:Mr. Chairman? FUJIKAWA:Go ahead, Commissioner Kubota. KUBOTA:IÓm not done yet. IÓm still not satisfied with the explanation because I feel everything that our Planning Director has brought forth this morning is true and it applies to every other application that weÓve processed so far. And if those are the reasons for the deferment, then I think, I feel as though, and IÓm just saying this, I donÓt mean to be argumentative because I think you ought to know better than I. But itÓs just so very strange because this is the first time that I have come across a recommendation for deferment on the Special Management Use Permit, the SMA Perm processed concurrently. And I thought maybe there were other reasons other than the obvious that youÓve just related, which is in your Background Report, and I understand them clearly. But there has to be something different to be treated differently; and I want to know what that different variable is; and IÓm not getting it from your answer. So -. YUEN:I donÓt think youÓll be able, if you look back at the rezonings since IÓve been Director 2-1/2 years, I donÓt think youÓll be able to find a rezoning 4