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KERN: Commissioner Au? <br /> <br />AU: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Ms. Hunt, you mentioned that they are using the existing facility as a bed- <br />and-breakfast. I heard you say that? <br /> <br />T. HUNT: No. To my knowledge it's not a bed-and-breakfast. That's not required or an allowable <br />use. It's advertised as Kapoho Townhouses. If you go on their website they offer rooms in Pahoa. So <br />like vacation rental is what I see. <br /> <br />AU: So they are like an office? <br /> <br />T. HUNT: No, it is not even that. Basically these people moved out, they moved to their Kapoho <br />house, and they have been renting out like for one-night/two-night stays in Pahoa, for recent history. <br />And to us that is not a big impact. In fact it kind of is –. You know, something to emphasize here, is <br />that anything that goes in there is going to benefit our business. The point is, is we want to preserve <br />the historic charm of the village. <br /> <br />AU: That leads to my next question. You know, a lot of us are, we are very aware of real estate, okay. <br />And any time a real estate value can go up, wouldn’t it make your property go up as well? And <br />wouldn’t you be happy with that? <br /> <br />T. HUNT: But that's not, I'm not really concerned about the bottom line like that. You have to –. <br /> <br />AU: Well, but, you know -. <br /> <br />T. HUNT: Here’s the deal, across the street from all of these properties that we mentioned there is an <br />80-year-old couple, Mr. And Mrs. Kajiyama. They have lived there their entire life. They have raised <br />children there. You have to consider those people when we make decisions like this. Because <br />basically we’re saying, oh, this is Medium Density Urban, you know, no problem here. But yet these <br />people are maintaining a residence here. And so you have to have like a sensitivity. And to me this is <br />the stage where you look at those things and you say, you know, we are not going to like take the <br />Kajiyamas out and say go to a nursing home cause we are ready to make this a commercial district. I <br />am trying to look at it from that standpoint. Cause we actually live in Pahoa and we’re here for a <br />quality of life, not just to get, you know, –. I am not intending to sell our business. We pay property <br />taxes for our commercial zoning so we can maintain a commercial enterprise in Pahoa. And it adds to <br />the, we believe it adds to the historic charm. We’ll keep the existing structure, and that is why we are <br />concerned as the neighboring parcel, is because we don't want to see the Kajiyama's impacted by this <br />and we don't want –. I mean the building itself was built in 1939. It has historic charm. There are a <br />lot of factors that play. And I just urge you to look at it and use caution. <br /> <br />KERN: Any other questions? Seeing none, you all may have a seat. <br /> <br />T. HUNT: Thank you. <br /> <br />KERN: Thank you very much. <br /> <br />7 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> <br /> <br />