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And, then also, I got a call from Mr. Luis Centeno, and he's in California, and he basically said
<br />that he would confer with the majority of the other lot owners. He didn't have a problem with it.
<br />He said, "I'll just confirm with whoever else was there." And, then through that, we were
<br />talking about the issues that were there such as the road, the development, etcetera, etcetera, and
<br />Mr. Cabados said towards part way through the meeting, said, "Well, how would everybody feel
<br />if I lowered that number down to ten guests and take away pretty much any additional
<br />development." So, nothing built outside of the existing home. So, we talked about just adding
<br />two bedrooms in the existing home. There's a really large downstairs area that would afford two
<br />bedrooms easily. So, it'd keep any development to the existing structure that's already there
<br />minus the yoga pavilion which will be an open pavilion kinda like an ag structure. And, so,
<br />understanding that he would have to bring the road up to standard and maintain the road as well
<br />as do the improvements onto the State highway there.
<br />And, after that was done, everybody that was left in the meeting agreed that that sounded
<br />reasonable, that that sounded, you know, decent. And, so, we ended up closing out the meeting
<br />and that's, so and then I drafted up the proposed changes and sent those off as well as the
<br />narrative of the meeting.
<br />And, so, we really did try our best to find, you know, a compromise with everybody and to
<br />appease everybody, so, like I said, the number of guests has dropped down drastically. Still the
<br />same kind of working condihaving, you know, 13 retreats a year, having the overnight
<br />accommodations. All those stay the same, and the burden is still upon the Applicant to make
<br />those improvements to the road. As you can see, the road does need improvements which will
<br />then end up being, you know, 20 -foot wide. That would meet with the Department of Fire.
<br />You'd have to maintain those, as well as the State highway, coming off the State highway there.
<br />You would have to widen that and basically do an apron. Kind of like what you normally see
<br />coming out the State highway with a radius and, you know, two little striped lines going up there
<br />a little bit, and he'd also have to put in a streetlight. Not a stop light, which is a light to
<br />illuminate the intersection. And, so, the Applicant is still okay with that.
<br />I think that pretty much handles the basics of what went down. I'd just like a brief moment to
<br />turn the microphone over to Mrs. Freeman just to, so she can just give a part of—for you, yeah,
<br />go ahead.
<br />FREEMAN: Good morning. Happy New Year and me ke aloha pumehana. I thank you for
<br />giving me a couple moments to share from my heart. It is a gift to be here and to have your time,
<br />and I am very sad this morning. I'm just reading this letter for the first time, and I feel that there
<br />are some gross misunderstandings. We originally talked with Zendo before we moved to the Big
<br />Island so that we could have some help in or communication and being able to understand any
<br />challenges that might come our way as we pursue some things that are very important to us. I
<br />have dedicated my life to helping the well-being of other people. That is what Ieverything I
<br />do is about bringing more well-being, so it's very sad to me that the Awong's have felt burdened
<br />in any way and stressed. I am sorry about that, and I think that there's been unfortunately some
<br />misunderstanding in style of communication. I was not able to be present at the community
<br />meeting. My husband was there with Zendo, again, who we have asked to help represent us in
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