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Valerie T. Poindexter, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 2 apartment building. On November 8, 2011, Dr. Michelle Anne Mitchell, a doctor with Hawai`i Family Health (HFH), purchased the subject property with the intent to construct a medical clinic instead of the apartment building. On September 23, 2013, the Planning Director granted a 5-year administrative time extension to comply with Condition C, which required the completion of construction by November 2, 2017. In 2015, the applicant and contractor encountered an unforeseen and unanticipated rise in construction costs. According to the applicant, the mission of HFH is to provide quality health care services to the community. HFH intends to relocate from their existing location in a repurposed residential building into this new and larger facility currently under construction. The new facility includes two (2) additional medical office tenant spaces. Currently, the building is roughly 80% complete and the applicant remains committed to completing the construction and related improvements for this project. According to the applicant, construction completion is on track to finish later this year. Dr. Mitchell is looking forward to providing a modern medical services facility to the East Hawai`i community. The non-performance is the result of conditions that could not have been foreseen or are beyond the control of the applicant, successors or assigns, and that are not the result of their fault or negligence. As previously stated, the applicant and contractor encountered an unforeseen and unanticipated rise in construction costs which slowed the completion of the medical office. Dr. Mitchell purchased the subject property in 2011, and has since worked diligently to secure the following government permits and approvals: • Use Permit No. 13-000042 to establish a medical clinic in 2013. • Final Plan Approval for a medical clinic in 2014. • Approval of a drainage study from the Department of Public Works Engineering Division, as required by Condition K of the subject ordinance in 2014. • Approval of a Solid Waste Management Plan from the Department of Environmental Management Solid Waste Division, as required by Condition L of the subject ordinance in 2014. • Building,plumbing and electrical permits from the Department of Public Works Building Division in 2016. Construction is actively underway with building inspections occurring at the required milestones.