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Aaron S.Y. Chung, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawai`i Page 2 the combined veteran's center/coimnunity based outpatient clinic (Exhibit 15 of Application). The applicant has not yet made a water commitment payment for Parcel 30 to support the affordable housing project. This water commitment payment will be the responsibility of EAH/HKI Kawili LLC. The applicant is requesting to amend Condition B to make the water commitment payment for Parcel 30 payable upon securing financing and prior to project construction. Condition C required that construction of the project be completed by March 20, 2012 (five years from the effective date of the ordinance). The applicant is requesting to amend Condition C to allow completion of construction of the project within ten (10) years from the effective date of the amended ordinance. The applicant has made steady, substantial progress in moving the proposed development forward and requests this additional time to secure financing and continue the permitting process. Condition F requires the applicant to design, purchase and install street lights and traffic controls, as may be required by the Department of Public Works (DPW). The applicant requests this condition be deleted because the applicant indicates based on a verbal consultation with DPW, entrance lights and traffic control measures will not be required for the project since streetlights and traffic controls already exist as the Kawili Street-Kapi`olani Street intersection, which is in close proximity to the project's access driveways at Kawili Street and Kapi`olani Street. The applicant, HIVM, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation administered by a volunteer Board with a mission to establish the Ka Hui Koa development project consisting of a combined veteran center(CVC) and community based outpatient clinic (CBOC) at its property on Kawili Street (Parcel 29). The CVC/CBOC building will co- locate several agencies and veteran service providers to offer a full range of services to active and retired military members and their dependents. Co-located offices under one roof and a multi-media conference room for training sessions and group meetings will result in an efficient delivery of services, including health care, not currently available in Hawai`i County. The CVC/CBOC is envisioned as a.public building which will be a one- story, 10,600-square foot, ADA accessible building. Federal funds are being sought for the construction of this building and user tenants will share in the operating costs. In 2015, HIVM partnered with EAH Housing/HKI Kawili LLC to develop the affordable housing and community center components of the development on Parcel 30, which will consist of approximately 96 rental housing apartment units and a community center with spaces for a common lounge area, coffee bar, fitness room and property management offices. The multi-purpose room within the community center will be - J