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terms of vacation rentals. We couldn’t have foreseen the lava event, which is another huge lift <br />for Planning in terms of having to pry, stand up a redevelopment agency around that. And you <br />are seeing it in the changes that the community and you want to see within how we deal with <br />projects. So, it’s a great process, I came from community, so it’s great to see that everybody is <br />working toward a similar goal at this point. Thank you. <br /> <br />DARROW: Mr. Chairman, if I could just, I just remembered I wanted to speak briefly about a <br />matter that was brought up, and it mainly has to do with conditions of zoning. There is a dual <br />land use system in Hawai‘i; there is State Land Use and State Land Use Commission, there is <br />County zoning. Normally, you are going to have conditions on the State Land Use zoning, <br />which are taken care of by the Land Use Commission. And again, that’s the process for order to <br />show cause; they have the possibility of losing that zoning and being reverted like we’ve seen <br />recently in Waikoloa, not mentioning a specific project. But, County zoning, same thing, they <br />come in, an applicant comes in, conditions of zoning are placed on that zoning. The applicant <br />has to comply with both the County zoning ordinance, as well as the State Land Use ordinance. <br />And so that’s their requirement. If they mess up on either one, they risk the entire development <br />because then the zoning becomes inconsistent, and they will have to fix one or the other. So in a <br />case of, if a State Land Use zoning is reverted to its original zoning, it’s now out of compliance <br />with most likely the current zoning, as well as the General Plan. So the project is pretty much <br />sitting there dead. So again, just for the information purposes there are these conditions that <br />could be on a project both in the State Land Use, as well as County zoning. <br /> <br />UNGER: Great, thank you. I’d like to go ahead and wrap this portion of the agenda up, and on <br />behalf of Leeward Planning Commission, to Planning Department and members of the public, <br />thank you very much. I think we’ve all achieved our goal of highlighting this as an issue that we <br />were all aware of. We realize there are some problems with it. It’s one of those things that has <br />been going on for a long period of time, and now it looks like people are that more aware of it. <br />And mahalo to County Council also for being here. I think this is something that you also will <br />be addressing. And certainly, all the ideas and notes that we’ve come up with, once it gets over <br />to the Windward side and then back to the Council and the Planning Department, I think we are <br />onto a really good path here on an issue that absolutely does need to be addressed in some form. <br />So, thank you all. <br /> <br />FROM THE AUDIENCE: Mr. Chairman, just \[inaudible\]. Will the testimony and discussion <br />that took place here be incorporated into the discussions on the other side of the island— <br /> <br />UNGER: Yes, they will. Absolutely, the minutes are going to be taken, County will compound <br />the minutes and the ideas, and they’ll go to – Corporate Counsel is shaking her head, so I guess <br />not. <br /> <br />DARROW: Well— <br /> <br />HALL: But you guys are free to come and testify at Windward, if you’d like to. <br /> <br />FROM THE AUDIENCE: Oh, come on— <br /> <br />31 <br />EXHIBIT B <br /> <br />