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as soon as I can get the rezoning approved. <br /> <br />ISHIBASHI: Thank you. So for now all your questions have been answered? <br /> <br />GONZALES: I have a question. Mr. Tai, looking at all your conditions here, under Condition F, <br />it says that the development shall be completed within five years. Is that realistic? <br /> <br />TAI: I don’t know. I don’t know. Once I get the, I really don’t know. I wish, you know, no <br />sense of holding on to the property and not doing anything. Since I’m working on my own plan, <br />I’m not relying on someone else’s schedule -. So once I know that the rezoning is successful I <br />will work on the development plan immediately. And I will be meeting with either the <br />departments or companies or individuals who, I think, have experience with working on <br />affordable housing. Then I’ll know how the financing would come about. But to answer your <br />question, I would like to push it as fast as I can, and not just to sit around there and waiting. <br /> <br />GONZALES: Okay, thank you. And have you look over all these conditions? Are you okay <br />with all those? <br /> <br />TAI: Yes, except for one that I just brought up with Daryn. But this is not for the Planning <br />Commission to decide. And I need to bring this up with the Council after they approve the <br />rezoning. It’s the fair share costs. Okay? Now I understand the reason for fair share costs. It’s <br />not that I don’t. But the fact is it’s so difficult to develop in Hilo, as you can see, you know. This <br />fair share is adding additional burden for affordable housing. Because affordable housing you get <br />very little rent, you know, the value of the property is only worth so much, it’s determined by <br />someone else. And this fair share really may affect the viability of affordable, developing <br />affordable housing in Hilo. So that’s something that I wish to bring up, not at this stage but later <br />on. <br /> <br />GONZALES: Okay. And one more thing, you do understand like the Director said that we’re <br />going to give you a recommendation, and this is going to go to the County Council and you’re <br />going to get all these questions again? It’s going to be probably scrutinized a lot more? You <br />realize that? <br /> <br />TAI: I understand it perfectly. I’ve gone through this before. <br /> <br />GONZALES: Okay, very good. Thank you. <br /> <br />TAI: Thank you. <br /> <br />ISHIBASHI: No other questions? You may be seated, Mr. Tai. Okay, we’d like to call up our <br />testifiers, Charlene Nishida, Roy Toma, and Tim Wright. You can come up, please. Okay, we <br />have three minutes for you each. If you’ll raise your right hand. Do you swear and affirm to tell <br />the truth before the Windward Planning Commission over this matter? <br /> <br />6 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> <br /> <br />