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don’t see the County coming in and providing services to the rural residents of Puna; and I hate to <br />see the County getting in the way or people that just want to do that. <br /> <br />HONG: And along that line, and the Planning Director’s advice or suggestion, statements are <br />generally correct. One of the things that differentiates this application, I think that, and other <br />future applications is, and it’s folded into the terms and conditions that we’re recommending, is <br />you’re putting a seal on this business. It can’t go anywhere. It ends. When Michael decides not <br />to do this anymore, that’s it. That use no longer exists and will not be conducted on the property <br />ever again. I think that differentiates it from, let’s say, you know, if Michael Greenlaw was 30 <br />years old and he was starting and now he has got his whole life in front of him and a long-term <br />business interest that he wants to use that property for. But here, you know, you’re looking at <br />somebody who is actually building in sunset clauses into his use application or use permit <br />application. And that’s what I think would differentiate this particular permit and could <br />distinguish this permit application from other permit applications. <br /> <br />ISHIBASHI: Any further questions? Oh, sorry, go ahead. <br /> <br />C. GREENLAW: I just wanted to say I really believe in planning. I’m totally in favor of the <br />Puna Plan. I’ve been on planning boards for HPP. I think planning is for new things. There was <br />no plan when I came to Puna. And we really had to provide things. I don’t, have never looked <br />on us as being illegal. No one ever told me I needed to get a permit to live on my land and <br />provide services for my community. And when they did ask me to come into compliance, that’s <br />why we’re here. That’s why we’re here. We’re just trying to make it right. But for 30 years, for <br />50 years I have lived in Paradise Park. And I love my community and I have never ever hurt my <br />community. Everything I do is for the benefit of my community and the people who live there. <br />All my neighbors love us. They know that, come out and see my place. It’s lovely, it adds to the <br />community, it doesn’t detract from anything in the community. And I just feel like a danger to <br />you about a permit to shut down my life that hasn’t hurt anyone is really wrong as well. I don’t <br />know how to fix it. That’s why we’re here. And we are trying to come into compliance. <br />Sometimes I feel like are we big enough to need a special use permit? Our water business is very <br />small. I don’t know that that was even the right direction to go with it. What is allowed, what <br />isn’t allowed? <br /> <br />At some point I believe it was Maija who told us that we could have two trucks parked there. <br />Well, if every lot can have two trucks, I own six, can I have 12? No. And how is that right if this <br />neighbor can have two, and this neighbor can have two, and this neighborhood can have two? <br />And many of them do down at the front. Beginning of our road is a man with two dump trucks <br />parked there. You know, and if I had six acres why can’t I have 12? None of it makes, none of it <br />is logical. And I’m not trying to do anything wrong. I’ve never thought of us as being illegal. <br />We’ve always, Michael has his license, we’ve done, paid our taxes, done everything the way we <br />thought we were supposed to. And then we found out we needed a special permit, we needed to <br />come in compliance with zoning laws. That’s what we’re trying to do. <br /> <br />11 <br /> EXHIBIT C <br /> <br /> <br />