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statement and a general, at the time, the Board’s overall opinion. And it has been, since I’ve been <br />president and since I’ve been involved in Mainstreet Pahoa Association, I believe since about 2008. <br />And it should be noted that I haven’t even been really involved in Pahoa and my husband’s business <br />until about 2008. So like accusations are accusations. <br /> <br />But needless to say Mainstreet Pahoa, we would like to see the County Council adopt legislation where <br />if the proposed rezoning gets rezoned and then the property owner turns around and sells it, it would be <br />reverted back to the original zoning within a certain time period in order to avoid speculation. I would <br />say that the Board has that overall opinion, that has been the discussion that the Board has had. It’s <br />just concern that all of a sudden we’ve got Starbucks right across the street from Mrs. Kajiyama <br />because someone was able to get a commercial rezoning and have it subject to 48 different uses. So <br />that’s the current representation of the Board. But, again, it’s a body, and different merchants come <br />aboard at different times and different opinions. But the letters that we’ve drafted have all suggested <br />we are, we’re not opposed to development in Pahoa. Pahoa needs some revitalization and certainly <br />along with it some increased police presence and some real cautious development. But it can’t just be <br />like, oh, we’re going to generally rezone something and allow anything. That’s this gatekeeper part <br />right here, just making sure that, that it is. Like I said there’s a woman who lives right across the street <br />from this proposed commercial development. <br /> <br />DOMINGO: You know, -. <br /> <br />KERN: Please use your microphone. <br /> <br />DOMINGO: Wouldn’t this proposed project contribute to the economic vitality and the quality of life <br />in Pahoa town? <br /> <br />HUNT: Absolutely. <br /> <br />DOMINGO: And I think that meets your criteria and policy for development. Yeah? For one thing <br />it’ll provide jobs, it would enhance the property value and the atmosphere in the town, and it will take <br />away the existing situation where the undesirables go, and then you wouldn’t have to look at them as a <br />neighbor and see them smoking pot or whatever, because that is going to be taken away. And with this <br />anticipated development it would be something that hopefully through the planning guidelines you can <br />look out through your window and appreciate what’s being done there. <br /> <br />HUNT: Certainly. Now may I respond to what you just said? <br /> <br />DOMINGO: Sure. <br /> <br />KERN: Please use your microphone. <br /> <br />HUNT: Oh, okay. Well I absolutely agree with you 100 percent. That is what Pahoa needs. But my <br />whole saying is that I don’t necessarily believe that that’s what’s going to happen here, just based on <br />the track record. This has been for sale more than it has not. If Ms. Galan intended to have the Pahoa <br />Boutiques and Bungalows then why in the world is, why was it submitted last March as a general <br />rezoning application, and why was she selling it to the people that were going to compete with us? I <br />12 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br /> <br />