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to rezone and subdivide their properties for their children; this would make it even harder for <br />them. And what this does really establish, it provides for those who can really afford it – <br />probably those who come from outside of the State who buy property here. They can afford it; <br />they can afford to buy the property, they can afford to rezone it, and for them it would be no <br />problem. What this does is, it further defines the have-nots and between those who have. And <br />that’s very dangerous in our society in which we live, you know, to establish a demarcation line <br />where you have those who cannot afford, those who are poor, and those who are wealthy and <br />affluent who can do anything they want. And that’s scary. <br />WATANABE: Thank you. <br />HOUSEL: Chairman? <br />WATANABE: Yes, Mr. Housel? <br />HOUSEL: I had a question to Director Yuen. I think you did an excellent job putting, <br />compiling the data to show the parks that exist or police situations in every district, and I think <br />that’s very helpful. Do you have any idea if the Council had this information prior to initiating <br />this bill? <br />YUEN: No. I know, I think they consulted with the Fire Department and the <br />Police Department as to what they consider their ideal staffing level is. But beyond that I’m <br />pretty sure that they didn’t because, you know, we went and, naturally in response to having this <br />bill, we had to see, okay, what is the present situation? <br />HOUSEL: Right. Basically, having been a part of the Kona Community <br />Development Plan, I’m a firm believer in concurrency; however, I believe concurrency means <br />providing infrastructure as you are building developments or immediately prior – not catching <br />up. So I think this is somewhat misguided; even though it probably has a good intent to try to <br />make a difference, try to improve things, I don’t think it’s appropriate. And so I don’t believe <br />the result is appropriate for what they are asking to do here. So I fully support your negative <br />recommendation. And I would like to ask if you would include your data in the negative <br />recommendation to the Council, so they do understand what the negative impact is on, if indeed <br />they do choose to pass this. <br />YUEN: Yes. We would normally repackage what we present to the Planning <br />Commission. If the Planning Commission is favorable, in addition to comments made by the <br />Planning Commission we normally repackage the records, recommendation as part of what we <br />send up to the Council. So that would all go up to them. <br />HOUSEL: Do you believe it would be appropriate to make a recommendation in our <br />response here that they really, to satisfy what their intent is here, either the Council or the next <br />administration to build a plan to catch up for future concurrency, but -? <br />YUEN: Yes. And just talking generally about what the Commission can do in a <br />situation like this, if the Commission has other things besides what’s in the Director’s <br />EXHIBIT B <br />4 <br /> <br />