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ISHIBASHI: Thank you so much. Any questions, Commissioners? Commissioner Henkel. <br /> <br />HENKEL: Yeah, two questions. How many employees are at the swap meet? <br /> <br />PEEBLES: We have one individual that, he’s here actually, Dennis who is, basically runs the <br />swap meet. <br /> <br />HENKEL: And you charge, the second question is you charge them for this, for ending? <br /> <br />PEEBLES: Fifteen dollars per. <br /> <br />HENKEL: Okay. <br /> <br />PEEBLES: That averages to about $400 per week. We pay bathroom facilities, an agent to <br />maintain it, and insurance, but actually we don’t even do that. Any access from that goes directly <br />back into our community and supports our community. <br /> <br />ISHIBASHI: Thank you. <br /> <br />MOSES: I had a question but you’ve already answered it, Bill. Because initially you said you <br />don’t collect anything but you do collect money from the vendors on a weekly basis. Is it just <br />Saturday, or is it Wednesdays and Saturdays? <br /> <br />PEEBLES: It’s only Saturdays. And I think on Tuesdays, some of the people have been going, <br />which I find quite interesting because I see Mr. Nitsche here, who has made most of the <br />complaints, his wife goes on Tuesdays to the chiropractor there, which I’ve just been made aware <br />of. I don’t think the issue, from what I’ve heard, is whether or not the swap meet should be there. <br /> <br />MOSES: Correct. <br /> <br />PEEBLES: I think the issue is they don’t want people parking on the side of the road. We have <br />made all parking available, we have talked to the people. We hired police officers for them for <br />two weeks in a row to explain to people please don’t park on the side of the road, they don’t <br />want you to. But how do I control the Rancho people if they don’t respect their own supposed <br />leaders? How is that our issue? <br /> <br />MOSES: Well, that’s why we’re here to discuss coming up with a solution because part of the <br />permit or what Maija shared with us is that you need to address public complaint. And <br />Mr. Nitche is the public and he has made a complaint, and so how do we address it? And being <br />from Ka‘u myself, knowing, I’ve been there, I’ve been at the swap meet, I see it as an asset and <br />value to our community, there’s no doubt. But there’s also, it’s not unreasonable to ask that <br />parking signs be put up, it’s not unreasonable to ask that parking be enforced during the time of <br />the swap meet for safety issues. Is that possible? Can we hire and add on another job for <br />somebody in Ka‘u to enforce that? If Dennis is here, then maybe he should be doing that during <br />5 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br /> <br /> <br />