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and Mainstreet Pahoa, we have concerns. And we’d love Mrs. Galan to come and tell us how she <br />thinks that Pahoa Boutiques and Bungalows is going to be pulled off. This is about us being the <br />gatekeepers, and this is about integrity and honesty. Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak <br />my word. <br /> <br />KERN: Thank you. Commissioners, any questions? <br /> <br />AU: Mr. Chair? <br /> <br />KERN: Commissioner Au. <br /> <br />AU: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mrs. Hunt, you mentioned that you’ve contacted them through Mainstreet <br />Pahoa on numerous occasions and -. <br /> <br />HUNT: No, I don’t want to -. I believe that the testimony is that we’ve extended an invitation and <br />they’ve declined; and apparently that was up for some interpretation. If you look back in the letters, <br />we’ve always been addressing this application and these applicants in general to you, like trying to <br />keep it very akamai. Each time that Mainstreet Pahoa or Jeff Hunt’s Surfboards has submitted any sort <br />of testimony, the planning consultant, Mrs. Mikkelson or Ms. Mikkelson, writes back. Okay? And so <br />what has happened is that Mainstreet Pahoa Association has submitted testimony twice, once when this <br />was a general application and before – if you recall the white house on the other of Jeff Hunt’s <br />Surboards came through as the general application. You folks voted against that measure. Within the <br />month that house went up for sale. Okay? That’s what’s going on here. And so what happened is the <br />application was amended to something specific, Pahoa Boutiques and Bungalows. So then Mainstreet <br />Pahoa Association submitted additional testimony. We had a discussion, and Mark can attest to the <br />Board’s feelings, we had a discussion on how to write the letter. I’m the writer of the group so I wrote <br />the letter. And it was like toned down basically in order to be representing the Board. So it’s not me <br />running the town. Needless to say we submitted the testimony which basically said please table this, <br />we’d like the Galans to come and speak with us and tell us their plan. And we’re also very much <br />involved in the design district. And, you know, this is all paraphrasing. Mrs., Ms. Mikkelson wrote <br />back and declined saying that they’ve already wasted enough time basically or they’ve already spent so <br />much time and resources on this that they don’t, they , they declined to meet with Mainstreet Pahoa. <br />Okay? And maybe this is all subject to interpretation. That’s the, that’s why we’re here today, is to <br />clarify that Mainstreet Pahoa has never been against the concept of a Pahoa Boutiques and Bungalows. <br />We don’t want to see real estate speculation in Pahoa. And, again, this is another member of <br />Mainstreet Pahoa, so you can see that, and he can tell you what the Board intended with the letter. <br /> <br />KERN: Any, Commissioner Domingo? <br /> <br />DOMINGO: Does the Mainstreet Pahoa have any policy or guidelines with regards to applications <br />concerning issues such as this? Do you have any adopted? <br /> <br />HUNT: Mr. Domingo, the Mainstreet Pahoa Association is a 20-year old organization. And really <br />what we have to go on is its mission, which is to enhance the economic vitality and to increase the <br />quality of life of Pahoa. And there have been, over the years, like anybody, different groups or <br />different merchants coming on board and devoting time. And so really all we have is the mission <br />11 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br /> <br />