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KERN: Any other discussion? I’ll chime in for a second here. Yeah, as I’ve said many a times over <br />the past few years, the General Plan LUPAG Map does generally not serve Puna. And this is a great <br />step forward, so I want to thank our Planning Director for this. needs this, Puna needs this, other <br />Pāhoa <br />areas in Puna need this. And I strongly support this as well; and thank you staff for doing a great job <br />on this. That’s all for me. Any other discussion? Commissioner Au? <br /> <br />AU: One thing, Mr. Chair, a question for staff. You know, I noticed we have a letter of support from <br />the Puna Community Development Plan Action Committee. So you said there’s a second, there was a <br />second letter in support. I don’t see that second letter; and I just want to know who it’s from. <br /> <br />COTTLE: It’s from the State Office of Planning. It’s a one-page letter. <br /> <br />AU: Oh, okay, I have it. Okay, okay, I’ve seen this one. Okay, well, you know, I’m just a little bit <br />disappointed to not see more community out here. You know, I’ve attended the, I’ve attended some of <br />these planning committee meetings and I’ve seen a lot of people talk about what they want and what <br />they don’t want. And, you know, to me this is the time when they should come out. So, you know, <br />what happened the last time when we approved, when we sent a favorable recommendation to the <br />County Council, you know, there was an uproar from the community after that. And I just, you know, <br />I’m just hoping that the community they did read and do understand these amendments. <br /> <br />KERN: Madam Director? <br /> <br />LEITHEAD TODD: We trotted out the proposal in kind of a draft form first to the Action Committee <br />all the way back in August, and the meeting was well attended in . And then subsequent to that <br />Pāhoa <br />we did another presentation before the Action Committee and we also held a public hearing in <br />Pāhoa, <br />and these were also well attended. And I think with the exception of one individual who was <br />concerned that, you know, he wanted to do commercial development right behind the high school, it <br />was uniformly supported by members of the public. And I think one of the reasons you don’t see <br />anyone here is because they’re comfortable with it and they support it. I think if they were unhappy <br />with it that we would have more attendance here. But I am hoping that there will be some additional <br />support when it gets to the Council, beyond just the Action Committee. <br /> <br />KERN: Thank you, Madam Director. Commissioner Domingo? <br /> <br />DOMINGO: I just want to know who are the major landowners in this particular area. <br /> <br />LEITHEAD TODD: There are a lot of small lots along Road that are private. Some, you know, <br />Pāhoa <br />a lot of them are old-time families that have, you know, owned the land for a long time. When you get <br />further out a lot of it is State land. The land closer to the Bypass, a lot of that is State land. The land in <br />the Urban Expansion area, a lot of that is State land also. But you don’t have -. Like this is in an area <br />where Shipman, you know, has property, so you don’t really have large landowners out here. It’s more <br />small lots in those that are in private hands. But the biggest landowner in this area would be State of <br />Hawaii. <br />‘ <br /> <br />DOMINGO: I’m glad that you made the comments that you made with regards to the number of <br />hearings and the community attending those hearings, especially with A-1, Urban Expansion to <br /> 6 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> <br /> <br />