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Q questioned whether the Keaau core and present infrastructure is able to handle additional developments. Commissioner Giffin agreed with Commissioner Tanaka that the traffic issue has been resolved and that the bypass road is simply mislabeled. There being no further public testimonies offered on this agenda item, it was moved by Commissioner Tanaka and seconded by Commissioner McIntosh that the public hearing be closed. Motion was unanimously carried by a voice vote of all Commissioners in attendance. It was moved by Commissioner Tanaka and seconded by Commissioner Giffin to send a favorable recommendation to the County Council with conditions as recommended by the applicant's representative, with emphasis on Condition E on the landscaping buffers and Condition J on mitigation improvements on traffic, and the deletion of former Condition N regarding compliance with Chapter 205. Commissioner Souza said he did not support the motion because of the need for orderly growth, the residents in Pahoa, Kapoho, Hawaiian Paradise Park really looked forward to the bypass road which will be mislabeled if the Commission allows such a development, and that he felt commercial activity should be kept within the core of the Keaau Town Center area and away from the bypass road, noting just because a person has property right next to the bypass road does not give him the right to start development. Commissioner McIntosh felt calling the roadway a bypass road was probably a misnomer and the Commission was only talking about a change from Limited Industrial to Industrial-Commercial, not Ag to Urban, noting her feeling was that the increase in traffic was minimal and it would not happen overnight. Chairman Balog noted that traffic signalization will be required in the area whether or not the property is developed, the surrounding areas are already being developed with mixed uses, the project will service the community, and the so- called bypass road is not really a bypass road in his opinion. Commissioner Tanaka noted that perhaps the bypass road was not as such since the schools, which has a 25 mph speed limit, were planned along this route. Commissioner Mosher stated she has changed her opinion of the project since her concerns on traffic have been addressed. A roll call vote was taken and motion carried with six ayes (Tanaka, Giffin, McIntosh, Mosher, Baker and Balog), one no (Souza) and one absent and excused (Katayama). ORD. 90-144 The Commission took this item up at 3:36 p.m. with WAINAKU approximately 18 people from the public in attendance. CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES PAUKAA, SOUTH HILO APPLICANT: WAINAKU CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES - Request for an amendment to Condition B of Ordinance No. 90-144, which rezoned approximately 7.184 -14-