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products. Would that be considered commercial? No, it would be considered agricultural, and
<br />that's exactly what's happening here because a large portion of the, of the business is nursery.
<br />So, I think that I would also want to point out if you could go back to the map. Not that one, the
<br />other one, the one in the Puna Community Plan.
<br />KAY: Okay.
<br />SIRACUSA: That one. Okay, look at the insert in the upper right-hand corner. The property is
<br />within the Pahoa Regional Village Center. It's if you only look at the designation, you know,
<br />with a dotted, with dotted lines and the red and yellow, then the subject property appears to be
<br />outside, and it is, it's in ag. But, it is, if you look at the upper insert, within the Village Center.
<br />And, then if you look at the Puna Community Development Plan, right here it is, I've got a
<br />million of `em, I used to be on the Planning Commission. So, I ended up with a lot of copies.
<br />You will see that the Village Centers are supposed to be specifically for, for enhancing local,
<br />local business and providing quality agricultural land as dedicated to agricultural use and
<br />perpetuity. Puna agricultural products represent an increasing local market share—these are
<br />some of the goals. I'm looking right at the managing growth section of the, of the development
<br />plan, Section 3-8 through 11, and there are multiple places in which the objectives, the goals, and
<br />the actions say that ag is very important to Puna. Puna is the bread basket of this island, and any,
<br />any business that is supporting that is supporting agricultural production.
<br />I want to point out that the, one of the things that they do—oh I didn't know we had a time limit,
<br />that's something new. Okay, at any rate, I do want to point out that the Department of
<br />Transportation letter has some serious errors in it. It does not mention that between the
<br />roundabout and the subject property that there are several turn-offs already. There's one to go to
<br />the Longs Drugstore. There's another one on the other side that goes to Kahakai Boulevard.
<br />You saw some pictures of that stub -out you were talking about. There are numerous stub -outs
<br />along that section. There's Post Office Road and the opposite side of it goes to HAAS, the
<br />Hawaii Academy of Arts and Sciences which has heavy school traffic twice a day. You know,
<br />there lots of places along that road where this is traffic calming. HDOT is talking about a 55
<br />mile and—that's not what it is, it's 45. So, that HDOT letter was written from Honolulu, and
<br />they don't know what they're talking about. Please bear that in mind when you consider how
<br />much credence to give or stress to give their, their testimony. Thank you.
<br />CLARKSON: Thank you. Sir?
<br />OLSON: Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission, I'm here basically representing Pahoa
<br />Mainstreet. I'm the vice-president of that organization. All of the things Rene has just recounted
<br />is entirely accurate. We, as an organization, as an organization that is promoting business in
<br />Pahoa Town, support what these people want to do. It is more appropriate, the area that they
<br />have chosen in that our, our goal at this point is to become more of a visitor -oriented place to
<br />create more jobs in Pahoa, right?
<br />She stated quite accurately that the whole concept of the Bypass is long gone. They put in a
<br />roundabout that gets you in there at 20 miles an hour. It goes into a complex of streets that, and
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