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LEITHEAD TODD: So, if you want to have coffee mugs that say Kawamata Farms, or Joe’s Kona Coffee, you <br />know, you want to have a t-shirt that’s related to your coffee farm in addition to selling the coffee. So that is <br />expanding what you can do; and part of that was related to what we were doing with agricultural tourism. <br /> <br />ONO: But it still has to be within your area of production, you cannot be looking at Kona Farmers Association <br />kind of a sale on your roadside stand? It has to be -? <br /> <br />LEITHEAD TODD: Yeah, if you’re going, it’s limited. There are steps you have to take. If you want to do <br />like Akatsuka, that’s still, that’s probably a special use permit because, number one, it’s big tour buses, I suspect <br />that the numbers going there are very high, and the size of the structure that they have. And so I just took the <br />existing bill which had that 30,000 cutoff and, you know, tried to figure out what to do. I didn’t address those <br />issues above the 30,000. But something big like Akatsuka, that would still be a special use permit. Because you <br />look at all that, and that would require a drainage study because of the amount of asphalt that they put down. <br /> <br />ONO: Thank you. <br /> <br />KERN: Thank you. Any other questions for our Director? Daryn, you have something to add on that? <br /> <br />ARAI: Thank you. I just wanted to point out a letter in support of the bill by Stephen Bowles; and that was a <br />copy of a letter dated March 23rd. We did provide that to all of the Commissioners. And when I briefly <br />mention that it was largely not substantive the changes that we presented to you this morning, I wanted to refer <br />you to your report, the draft bill that was attached to your recommendation report. And I think it was on page 8, <br />yes, page 8, Item G as in Gary. I just wanted to emphasize and highlight that that provision basically says that if <br />an agricultural tourism activity does not conform to the standards of the ordinance should it be approved, then <br />they, those activities have until the end of this year in order to seek compliance. So I just wanted to make that <br />absolutely clear. The Code as it currently reads says May 20, 2010 as the compliance deadline. So, again, it’ll <br />be, the proposal is to amend it for December 31, 2012. <br /> <br />KERN: Thank you for pointing that out, Daryn. Any questions for staff or our Director? Okay, we’re going to <br />move into public testimony. I just want, Commissioners, I know we received some of these kind of last minute. <br />If any of you feel that we need to take a minute, take a 10-minute break to go over it in greater depth, please do <br />let me know and we’ll take that time. So let me know. I also said that we were going to limit public testimony <br />to three minutes. Since we only have three people signed up to testify, I’m going to give it five minutes, if you <br />need it. So we will have a timer here. We’ll call up Debbie Ward and Corey Harden. If you can both please <br />come up and I’ll swear you in. <br /> <br />HARDEN: I’m speaking for Debbie cause -. Is this on? <br /> <br />KERN: Yes, it is. <br /> <br />HARDEN: I’m speaking for Debbie cause she can’t come. But she sent me something. <br /> <br />KERN: Okay. Are you speaking for yourself as well? <br /> <br />HARDEN: Yeah. <br /> <br />KERN: Okay, can you raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the truth today before the Windward <br />Planning Commission? <br /> <br />HARDEN: Yes. <br /> <br /> 4 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> <br /> <br />