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conceptual preservation plan map to show potential treatment for those three sites as well as conceptual linkages between the sites as requested by Ala Kahakai and Na Ala Hele. CAMERO: The applicant did a view-plane study for the project and was able to provide us with the following photos that you will see on your screen. On this screen you have the site photos of the project area from the Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway facing makai. The top photo is the current view and the bottom photo is the proposed, is the view with the proposed Kumu Hou project. To minimize the visual impacts, the applicant is proposing to restrict the height of the structures. There will also be careful selection and placement of landscaping, as well as developing structures with earth-toned and non-reflective materials. As we discussed earlier, the LUC decision and order for the project which mandates an 800-foot no building buffer from the highway is located within this general vicinity that I'm circling with my laser pointer and will require the installation of underground utilities. This slide is showing you the Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway at its southern-most intersection with Waikoloa Beach Drive. Again, the top photo is the current conditions at the intersection, and the lower photo is the indication of the vantage point that is looking into the project area and shows you, if you can see it, what the proposed Kumu Hou project will look like with the proposed timeshare units within"Area B"that are these photos right there. Lastly, this is a site photo facing north on Waikoloa Beach Drive at its southern-most intersection with Ala Ihi Way. The top photo, again, shows you the existing conditions, and the lower photo is the indication of what the new landscaping plans will look like as well as the pedestrian paths that Christian mentioned in his earlier slides that will essentially connect the Kumu Hou project to the existing resort. At this time the Director is recommending approval of the amendments to SMA 25, as well as the approval of the SMA Use Permits PL-SMA-2021-000002, 2021-000003, 2021-000004, and a favorable recommendation be forwarded to the County Council for PL-REZ-2021-000004 as well as PL-REZ-2021-000005. After receiving the Planning Director's recommendation for the Change of Zone for"Area A", the applicant requested an amendment be made to Condition D of REZ-2021-000004 to read as follows and to add the plus or minus to Condition D that you can see on your screen. According to the applicant, the reason for this request is that the 12.8 acres is conceptual, and the actual amount will be established when more detail planning area occurs. We wanted to just make a note that after the Commission received the November 5th background report, the Department received an additional 176 letters in support of the Kumu Hou project, as well as four letters of public testimony against the project that the commissioners should have received. Some of the next steps, should the commission vote to forward a favorable recommendation for the two change of zones will need to go before the County Council. There's specific conditions in the new SMA permits that will make the effectivedate of the three new SMA permits the same effective date as the change of zones. That concludes our presentation, and we can turn it over to the Chair. 12 EXHIBIT D