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meaningful change to happen. He noted the County has a strong Cultural Resources Commission with a highly capable staff planner, Lucas Mead, who he believes together are capable and well-suited to take on this work. He closed his remarks with a capsule summary of his personal family history and multi- generational roots in Hawaii, including his upbringing, education, and current family make-up, particularly as to the importance of having his infant son Kekoa grow up ina community within which he would want to remain and live. Member Rivera asked the Director to review all the previous Kona AC recommendations regarding the CDP implementation, because of the hard work of the AC members in preparing those recommendation. Mr. Yee offered to meet with AC members to discuss those recommendations after he has reviewed them. Member Payne asked the Director for help in generating affordable housing for teachers, who he believes are not paid enough to afford housing here. quest, then presented an illustration understood and applied by the Director in his approach to community work. Mr. Yee drew an illustration on the presentation board of resolving the problem of three people of short, medium and tall body height trying to look over a 6-foot high fence by giving those three people three different sized boxes to stand upon so that all three obtained an equal viewing height over the fence ; not just have one size box to hand out re. In seeking to Planning to find a way to go out to the other voice issues. He then acknowledged the probl accomplishing these \[outreach and participation\] goals, and pointed out that even subcommittees work could be simplified to better reach these objectives without Sunshine Law complications. 4. Discussion regarding the omission of any specific provision for industrial uses within Keauhou resort area to the Daniel K. Inouye Kona International Airport and the djoining the new West Hawaii University Center campus above the airport. Discussion to address Member concerns that the Kona CDP should address, accommodate and provide guidance for properly defined, necessary and controlled industrial activity within the Kona-Kohala regions. Discussion may include recommendations for future amendment of the Kona CDP to specifically accommodate such uses. Member Ogin noted the CDP omits any reference to or consideration of industrial- purposed lands, and wondered where the AC or County should start to remedy this omission. Member Tyler echoed the importance of having industrially-designated lands as a necessary community function, and that this problem needs to be fixed; he opined that the proper place to address this is first in the General Plan, as part of the pending GP update. Director Yee, still present in the audience, interjected that he has requested his Deputy Director to consider and undertake some large-scale, County-initiated rezonings of lands in areas identified in adopted plans as appropriate for certain uses, such as industrial among others, so at to reduce the burdens of landowners to comport with the General Plan and CDPs. Page 6 of 9