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PC-7 Page 7 January 23, 2001 Mr Fuke further explained that tw•o-thuds of the subtect property is extensively covered with a forested area, therefore, the applicant will sculpture the "project azound those landscaping by constructing these individual units that would look like a tree but they would not be a tree Structurally, they would meet all of the structural standazds as required by the County Building Code and..would be somewhat camouflaged so that from far, it would look like a tree but, obviously, it's not a tree " Committee Member Curtis Tyler posed a question to Mr Fuke regarding the Department of Water Supply's comment about "the first increment shall not exceed the number of units of water, which are available " He wanted to know how many units were available at the moment, and Mr Fuke responded that there were five Mr Fuke further explained that "the responsibility for providing County potable water that would meet the requirements for Mr Heers' project, would be the responsibility of Mr Heers Whatever the Water Department required to provide service, water service to the subJect property, would be-would fall under the responsibility of Mr Heers, not the County " He then explained that the reason for the proposed language in Condition B. m Draft 2, is because "the ewstmg language would limit rt to, definitely, no more than five units because one unit of water for every proposed hale And one unit of water, as defined by the Water Department, is 600 gallons per day " Mr Fuke futher explained that Mr Heers, in his discussions with the Water Department's engineers, tentatively envisioned the "construction of an on-site well that would be used to fill the water, potable water, during none peak hours and that combined with a possible on-site well that would be used for irrigation and fire protective and non-potable purposes" Mr Tyler also questioned Mr Fuke about new Condition E regarding the language about improvements to the Honokaa-Waipio Road, and Mr Fuke responded that "the onginal Aman Resort plan called for all of its access, all of the protect's access, both mauka of the Old Government Road and makai of the Old Government Road. to be accessed directly from the main highway But Mr Heers' protect is only' that area that's sandwiched between the main highway and the Old Government Road It no longer affects the area makai of the highway, which is also still subtect to further development " Mr Tyler then posed a question to the Planning Department's staff on whether the annual reports for the underlying zoning ordinance have been "compliant with the requirements of that condition of that ordinance", and Ms Alice Kawaha responded that the last Annual Report received was dated June 1996 She further explained that a time extension w•as granted until 1997 for Conditions D and T, and that correspondence to the Kukuihaele Development Company was mailed m August 1997, stating "that if they needed further extension they would have to submit their tiling fee and go through the process of time extension " Committee Member Gary Safarik asked Mr Fuke about the previous condition for housing for employees, and Mr Fuke responded that "at this point in time, Mr Heers does not have any specific plans for employee housing, per se based on his discussions with residents within the community, he has found, a number of individuals w•ho presently are being employed by resorts over on the West side that have expressed strong interest in being closer to home " PC-7