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recommending it go to a RCX zone rather than a CN type of commercial zone. And the reason <br />for that is that there is a more, a slightly reduced range of uses in a RCX zone. You can€t do <br />things like a gas station; and it€s a zone that€s meant to be more neighborhood friendly, although <br />it€s not perfect in itself. And there may be areas where, that are in medium density urban, where <br />a more focused community planning effort would say it€s fine to have a small apartment <br />building, duplexes and the like and it may be okay to have say an office building, a professional <br />office building, something that doesn€t have a high degree of traffic, but you don€t want to have <br />a retail business, a 7-Eleven or something like that. <br />ALAMEDA:Commissioner Springer? <br />SPRINGER:When might the community plan in process begin? <br />YUEN:We€re going in for the 06-07 budget cycle, the Planning Department is <br />goingtoaskformorefundstogooutformorecommunitydevelopmentplans.Ican€tpromise <br />right now that we would make Hilo town a part of that. I think that€s likely that we would make <br />that part of what we do with that next wave of money. We have two major planning, community <br />development plans going on right now; but we are going to ask for more funds in the 06-€07 <br />budget to expand that to other parts of the island. <br />ALAMEDA:Commissioner Springer? <br />SPRINGER:Thank you. <br />ALAMEDA:Any more questions for the testifier, Ms. Black? Commissioner McCall? <br />MCCALL:Hi, Robin. <br />BLACK:Hi. <br />MCCALL:I was one of the Commissioners who did vote for the thing. <br />BLACK:Yes. <br />MCCALL:I want to, I guess, primarily make some comments and explain my <br />thoughts. <br />BLACK:Okay. <br />MCCALL:I mean, you know, I was born and raised on this island, I have seen a lot of <br />changes, we€ve all seen a lot of changes. I guess my general, without going into the specifics, I <br />guess where I€m coming from is that the changes are coming whether we like it or not. We <br />cannot close the door and tell people that they€re not allowed on this island any more. We can€t <br />tell our sons and daughters that they have to move away, that they can€t live here. As the <br />population increases, we need to have places for them to live, we need to have businesses for <br />them to work at. Hilo€s population I think is somewhere l ž or 2 times what it was when we <br />were in high school together. And it€s a difficult decision. I mean, I think back to where, you <br />know, the house where I grew up used to have a cow pasture across the way, now there€s <br />13EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />