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I'm just saying <br /> this out loud for our Deputy Darrow, and I've seen why we have the series of bills <br /> the way we do. <br /> Those are my thoughts. I yield. <br /> MS. VILLEGAS: Yeah. I feel the same way. I don't want to lose this as an option. <br /> I do feel it <br /> serves a key purpose. There's also some history and legacy associated with it that <br /> I think is a <br /> part of a visitor experience and a hosting experience. You know,prior to digital <br /> hosting platforms <br /> that blew the doors off this industry, a bed-and-breakfast was something that <br /> might be advertised <br /> in your local little newspaper or a flyer you'd get, maybe even on the internet. But <br /> ironically <br /> part of the demise to these hosted spaces has been how broadly it's now <br /> publicized because it <br /> requires government then to have this accountability because we have all this <br /> disparity and equity, <br /> and our real estate prices, and rental everything's, and housing, all these different <br /> things. But <br /> going back to the fundamental joy of discovering a bed-and-breakfast in a little <br /> town you love to <br /> visit, and maybe you booked, you called them for a reservation, right. You didn't <br /> book it through a <br /> what-not. <br /> So, my heart breaks at the thought of losing that because I think that's part of what <br /> we want to <br /> cherish, and we want to keep here on the Big Island. And if anything, that's where <br /> I would love to <br /> see us returning more back to because that is that authentic connectivity of a <br /> hosting experience <br /> versus just everything's online, digital, no accountability, no real relationship. It's <br /> just an <br /> investment, it makes money. You know, I feel like that's why we're in this place <br /> right now, because <br /> we've gone so far away from what a bed-and-breakfast historically was and has <br /> been as an <br /> experience. So, I would like to keep the bed-and-breakfast option. <br /> MS. KIERKIEWICZ: I really appreciate comments from my colleagues. I'm <br /> wanting to send this to <br /> commission just to hear what they have to say. You know, we had put this <br /> forward because in our <br /> discussions with the Planning Department there was a lot of consideration around <br /> B&B's being very <br /> similar to owner-hosted. And so, this was a way to help sort of alleviate the <br /> demand for additional work by Planning Department. But again, I would love for <br /> the Planning Commissions to weigh in here. <br />