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we have, that developer and owner came here asking for a change from Residential to Commercial 10,000, I guess, that was that one; and now, you know, a few months later it’s going through a subdivision of that lot. And all of the Commissioners know of my concern about the strip mall implications of what we’re doing here, what was done there, what is being asked for us to be done here. And it seems to me that, you know, that doing it Neighborhood Commercial 10,000 square feet just has the potential for compounding my concern. So I guess my question to, I guess, the applicant and perhaps the Director is can’t we do it at a, you know, something that more approximates the current size of the lots so that we aren’t looking at a subdivision application a few months down the road to three lots from these two?. ALAMEDA: The applicant or Mr. Director, care to respond? Sir? LIM: Well, I guess, I’ll respond for the applicant. But we felt that the Neighborhood Commercial zoning was consistent with the other zonings that were existing and proposed in the area, it complies with the General Plan for the area in Waiakea House Lots. ALAMEDA: Mr. Director. YUEN: The rezoning to a Commercial area is consistent with the General Plan which actually, both has this as Medium Density Urban but also has a statement in the text of the General Plan that commercial developments within the Waiakea House Lots should be centered on a number of the major streets. And Kekuanaoa Street is specifically one of those streets. Just as a big picture on this, you know, Kekuanaoa Street is a very busy street that goes, a lot of the airport traffic goes on it. It’s got some significant commercial uses either on Kekuanaoa or quite close to Kekuanaoa, like Big Island Candies. Long-term it is probably not a great area of residential uses because of the kinds of traffic that’s on it. If the specific concern though is the potential for three lots rather than two, and it is correct that with the CN-10 zoning that’s requested it could be subdivided into three lots, having more lots does create a development problem. You wind up having, and if they’re developed separately like they decide to make a, and I don’t know if this would fit, but say they decided to make three 10,000 to 13,000 square foot commercial lots and sell them off separately and each had its own entrance, that’s the idea behind requiring the cross-easements for internal circulation. We could without changing the bill itself state that “No more than two lots shall be established.”That would create the possibility for a change in the lot lines but without the possibility of creating a third lot, which would be possible under the CN -10 zoning. ALAMEDA: Commissioner Iwashita, follow-up? IWASHITA: Thank you, Mr. Director. You know, this application to me is another example of basically the lack of adequate controls that we have in terms of trying to create a more ideal environment, in particular in the House Lots area. And, yes, Kekuanaoa is a primary road that’s used to go to the airport and so forth. EXHIBIT A 6