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WATANABE: I would like to hear from the other Commissioners really, as far as what your concerns are or whether you agree with what’s been proposed, and not with regard to the procedures but with regard to the final decision, you know, as far as the zoning is concerned. And I think if we have some input there, then it will be much clear as to whether we can arrive at th some type of decision come January 11. Barring further discussion amongst us, I doubt that there’s going to be any fruitful discussion between the Planning Department and the applicant. th And so we’ll be at the same impasse come January 11, and that’s why I suggest what I suggested earlier. GRAHAM: Okay. Commissioner Watanabe, the only thing that occurs to me is, like Commissioner Domingo just said he feels like he needs a lot more information, a lot more time; I think one thing we want to keep clear here is that at this point we are not making a decision about the body of it. So if the Commissioners want to speak, it’s probably best they speak to concerns that they want to have brought up in additional material rather than their positions on the Planning Director’s or the applicant’s. WATANABE: Well, I understand what you’re saying and I understand that Mr. Domingo feels like he needs more information and he needs more time. But I also understand that the th Director is very firm on the January 11 date. So in my opinion based on the firmness of the th Director’s January 11 date, we don’t have additional time, which means the zoning change goes th up regardless of what we say or decide come January 11, or can’t decide. What I’m trying to point out is that generally we do not want to punt; generally we want to come up with a decision and a recommendation. So if that is a fact, then it would be helpful I think if people would express where they stand on this to some degree, not so much to decide, but it may send a message to both parties that maybe there is compromise or maybe it’s going to fly one way or the other, you know, as it stands. I’m not sure. GRAHAM: Okay. Commissioner Woodward? WOODWARD: Yeah, I would agree with Commissioner Domingo. And one of the things that we brought up at the last time that this was addressed was that we’d like to have dialogue between the Planning Department and the applicant. And evidently that has not happened, which is unfortunate. And in that regard I think we do need more information. This is not an emergency, they are not doing anything with the property right now, and they can’t until we make a decision one way or the other. So in that regard I would support Mr. Lim’s recommendation that the parties be given time to prepare more information for us, and hopefully dialogue will occur between the Planning Department and the applicant, so that maybe this can be worked out in some other fashion, other than just an up or down vote. But I think the thing that disturbs me is there has been no dialogue, right, and that does bother me. And for that reason I would support Mr. Lim’s recommendation that this be deferred. GRAHAM: Commissioner Alameda? ALAMEDA: Thank you, Mr. Chair. In addition to what Commissioner Woodward has suggested, I’m kind of more interested in dialogue between the developer and the Kohala community and seeing the result of that. That’s kind of where I’m leaning. Commissioner Watanabe’s, I want to -. And like in March – I was looking at the Community Development Plan timeline as one our documents – I think we should have like a rough draft over the Kohala EXHIBIT A 19