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And I would like to see them create a program and a campus out there that embodies the spirit and the beauty and the aloha of Hawaii. And it’s not what I see there right now; and he is committed to also doing that. I also asked them to, as part of the recommendations down there, to work with established or intended direction and guidelines of the Kau CDP, as mentioned by Mr. Silva, and make every attempt to work with Mr. Whitmore or myself with the CDP as it’s going through. Provide written business overview, for example: Type of business. Number of employees and this kind of thing. I think it’s important for us to know what their operation is like. And Mr. Iwashita was talking about, I believe it was you that said something about IEPs; and that’s what I dealt with. And we’re working with the kids, if you’re dealing with education or any kind of programs there should be some outlined thing on how you’re going to take the kid from Point A to Point B. I’m interested in how they do it in their business. I haven’t had the time to understand how that works. But, anyway, I put a brief description of student programs and plans to participate with the community. And the last thing I put out there, should the applicant receive approval after one year from this date, this Special Permit is to have a sunset date of 5 years, whereby reapplication will be required as requested by a Planning Director in previous….I think that’s a good, a good rule that Ms. Todd initiated. It doesn’t allow this special permit to run with the land. And it does offer some protection in the case that you do approve this application and, what you call, oversight is not, or licensings are not approved. But, bottom line, at this point I cannot support the applicant; but I think in a year this particular project I see is a very good one. It has a lot of potential not just for the kids coming from the mainland but I think for a community itself. I think they have a work force that could be very generous to this community. I think they have skills that they could offer our kids ourselves. And I think if the right start and the right attitude was taken I still believe that in one year I could be very well standing behind him and asking you to approve this particular, what you call, application. So though I do not stand with him now, I think in a year I could be easily.Because I think it is a good program, not just for the mainland kids but for ours. This is a unique one and could be beneficial both in the business sense for Kau as well as from a community sense. And I just think we haven’t explored that situation. Thank you. WOODWARD: Thank you, Councilman Enriques. Do we have questions for the Councilman? Commissioner Iwashita. IWASHITA: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just to clarify cause the standards we need to apply, one of the initial standard is whether or not this is, what’s being proposed is a reasonable use, not only unusual - obviously it’s unusual, right, use of Ag land - but whether it’s reasonable. 16 EXHIBIT B