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WOODWARD: All right. It has been moved and seconded. Any discussion? <br />Commissioner Iwashita. <br />IWASHITA: Yes. My standard community development plan concerns arise here. And <br />I guess I’m joining together with the Director’s raising the question about, you know, doing the <br />Industrial change of zone. Because in my mind, you know, this is really what, it’s either <br />Commercial or Industrial, really is what it should be. And, you know, we’re basically, I guess as <br />I see it we’re creating this little kind of Commercial/Industrial area here; and then if that’s going <br />to be the case then it should be done in a more proper fashion, I guess. And by that I mean <br />incorporate with the community, in the community development plan, and that the proper <br />General Plan changes be made. You know, Mr. Fuke correctly points out that that would be the <br />process that’s necessary in order to get to Commercial or Industrial zoning that would allow <br />these uses. And, basically by coming in with an over -, in at this point, it appears an overbroad <br />special permit application getting, you know, the approval for the 17 acres, and then now come <br />in after-the-fact and subdividing, doing an ag subdivision that allows Commercial/Industrial <br />use - it doesn’t sit well with me in terms of how our planning process is supposed to work. So I <br />have reservations. Okay, those are my reservations. <br />And I really think that, you know, we do want to, I do want to encourage good development. <br />And it should be done, in my mind, in the proper way, so that is my concern. I mean the <br />business plan sounds great, you know, in terms of dividing this up and getting venture capital to <br />support these different businesses. It’s just that from a public policy perspective in terms of land <br />use planning this is a sort of a, well, never saw it done this way before. Okay? That’s my main <br />concern. And so that’s my caution and reservation. Thank you, Mr. Chair. <br />WOODWARD: Okay, thank you, Commissioner Iwashita. Any further comments? All <br />right, seeing none, Jeff, we’ll take the vote, please. <br />DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The motion before us is to send a favorable <br />recommendation to the Hawai‘i County Council for this application. With that I’ll take the roll. <br />Commissioner Domingo? <br />DOMINGO: Aye. <br />DARROW: Commissioner Kern? <br />KERN: Aye. <br />DARROW: Commissioner Ishibashi? <br />ISHIBASHI: Aye. <br />DARROW: Commissioner Iwashita? <br />IWASHITA: No. <br />3 <br /> EXHIBIT D <br /> <br />