2019-04-18 Leeward Exh A (SPP 19-205)

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There was also the question as far as like the traffic, and I think that's very, very pertinent in, especially, dealing in the Kona area. So they were very mindful of that. And, you know, the heavy traffic generator obviously would be by the visitors, you know, because you have like ten to 15 employees that would be staggered along, you know, throughout the day. And for the most part like the visitor component is not going to be like a walk-in basis; they're going to be all by appointment. And so if it's by appointment you have like a 60 minute or 90 minute kind of situation, then it's kind of staggered throughout the course of the day. The operation would be, the visitors would be coming in anywhere from 9 o'clock and would terminate at sunset, approximately like 6:00 p.m. Aside from that I've, because the staff covered everything, I really don't have much more to add, but if there are questions that the Commissioners may have, be more than willing to go into them. UNGER: Great, thank you. Commissioners any questions? [None.] This is a big piece of property, 70 acres, and the permit will cover 7.5 plus the nursery. Are there any plans for the balance of the property at this time? FUKE: No, at this point in time it's primarily like, the balance of the property would be used agriculturally. And the structural areas are pretty much limited because as the staff had indicated the north and south end of the properties are in the flood zone, Zone AE zone, so it pretty much limits what you can do on, you know, from a structural standpoint. One thing I also kind of wanted to mention, and it was kind of pointed out in the staff s background report, that there's not going to be any substantial expansion to what they have there. But over the course of time they may find a need to kind of tweak the existing building just to make it little bit more efficient. Because right now all they're doing is taking an existing structure and just trying to partition that off, but during the course of the operation then they may find a need to maybe knock off a portion and then expand a certain area. But at any rate, the whole idea is to kind of keep it within the 10,000-square foot operation. UNGER: Commissioners, any more questions? [None.] Thank you. You may be seated. FUKE: Thank you. WHITE: Thank you. UNGER: At this time we'd like to open up the hearing to public testimony. Would Joe Niemer and Sharon Willeford come forward, please? I show one extra person who is JONES: This is Patrick Jones. UNGER: Patrick JONES: Patrick Jones. 7 EXHIBIT A