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i i i KAY: Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning to you again and good morning to the other members of the Commission, we asked our resident French expert here how to pronounce that and its chuck whoa. So. REPLOGLE: Chuck Whoa! KAY: That's right. If you give me a moment, I'll go ahead and share my screen here just one moment please. Can everybody see that? All right,perfect. Thank you. As the Chair stated, this is a Planning Director Initiated Repeal of Change of Zone Ordinance Number 97 106. The subject parcels five (5)in total are located in the South Hilo District of Hawaii Island, more specifically in the Waiakea area. For reference we've got Kanoelehua Avenue running generally north south through the slide and the parcels again are at the corner of Kuawa and Kalanikoa Streets. The Planning Director's action is such the Planning Director is initiating a request to repeal Ordinance 97 106 in response to a written request submitted by representatives of Chaqueaux, LLC who purchase four(4) of the 5 parcels in January 2021. The repeal would revert the zoning of the 5 parcels totaling 147,736 square feet of land to their original Limited Industrial-20,000 square foot zoning designation from their current Industrial Commercial Mixed Use-20,000 square feet zoning designation. Following the purchase of the 4 parcels in 2021, Chaqueaux who are the landowners inquired with the Department about obtaining Plan Approval for uses on the one of the properties. At that time, they were informed that due to the zoning ordinance being stale, (for example, out of compliance with timed conditions), securing plan approval would not be permissible. As Chaqueaux had no intention of developing uses permitted in the MCX zoning district they asked the Planning Director to initiate rezoning to its original zoning pursuant to Condition N of the ordinance which gives the Director authority to revert the zoning should conditions of compliance not being met. Owners of Parcel 104 (159 Kalanikoa SP, LLC) have been contacted by both Chaqueaux and the Planning Department to determine if they wanted to join the reversion action. To date, we've not received a response. As Parcel 104 is improved with a self- storage facility and business center structure permitted and built prior to this subject rezone, and all the current uses in the building that are currently a furniture repair facility and store, an ambulance base yard, and accessory office are permitted in either zoning district. The requested reversion would not impact their existing use, so the Director has agreed to initiate the repeal of the subject ordinance in its entirety, which will revert the zoning of all 5 parcels. So, the zoning again of the subject parcels right now is currently MCX-20. There's other zoning in the area Limited Industrial 20, which is what the Director's proposing to revert it back to in close proximity and some associated commercial uses or zoning and open uses, which are consistent with County parks facilities across Kanoelehua Avenue is the Hilo International Airport. The subject parcel and all of the surrounding area is designated as Urban by the State Land Use Commission. The General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map (LUPAG) designation for all of the parcels is Industrial which supports both the current and old zoning which is being proposed to revert back to. Here's an aerial photo of the subject parcels again we've got Kuawa Street running toward the top of this slide, Kalanikoa Street running north south and here are the 5 parcels here. This is 2 EXHIBIT C(DRAFT)