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The Planning Director after reviewing the application is recommending denial of both the State <br />Land Use Boundary Amendment from Agriculture to Urban, as well as the rezoning application <br />fromAgricultural 1-acre to industrial commercial zoning. And basically the recommendation <br />indicated that we would not like to see higher density commercial type uses or industrial uses on <br />the makai side of the Highway 130; and that should be concentrated in this particular area, as <br />well as the Pahoa Village Center. We also indicated that although the applicant is requesting the <br />rezoning for a self storage facility, the MCX zoning also allows varied uses that ranges from <br />higher density type of commercial as well as industrial uses. We also indicated that from a <br />traffic standpoint a rezoning of this particular property along the makai side may create an <br />increase in cross-high movement from mauka and makai commercial activities. And, finally, as <br />far as the MCX zoning, because of the distance of the urban expansion area, we felt that by <br />rezoning this particular area for industrial-commercial zoning then it will create these types of <br />activities along both sides of the Keaau-Pahoa Highway or Highway 130 and it could also extend <br />for a distance of over two miles. So on that basis we are recommending approval (sic) of both <br />applications. <br />ALAMEDA:Thankyou,Norman.CommissionerSiracusa,question? <br />SIRACUSA:Yes.ThereisabusinessonthesamesideoftheHighwayastheapplicant <br />called Athena€s Barbeque Chicken, something like that, and it used to be an anthurium packing <br />place, Likeke€s I believe, which would have been an allowable use under the State Land Use; <br />and then now recently somebody is doing something else there. It€s a very sort of danger -. I€ve <br />Never gone down into that property, simply because the thought of negotiating that blind <br />driveway is rather scary to me. I€m wondering where on the map that would be in relation to <br />this. <br />HAYASHI:Okay, that would be -. First of all, I stand corrected, we are <br />recommending denial, not approval of this particular request, on both requests. The property you <br />had indicated or the facility you had indicated is situated approximately three lots away from the <br />subject property. And that previously used to be owned by the Taira€s; and they had their <br />roadside flower shop to sell for those agricultural products that were grown on the premises. So <br />I€ll just stop at that. <br />SIRACUSA:Yes, yes. And I remember that. So, okay. And now I understand that <br />there€s a post office in the planning somewhere in the future. Could you show us where that <br />parcel is? <br />HAYASHI:Sure. The post office is situated adjacent to the Pahoa Village Market <br />Place; and that would be this particular property mauka of the Keaau-Pahoa Road. <br />SIRACUSA:And would the entrance be from the highway? <br />HAYASHI:Well, it seems that the only access would be from the highway. <br />SIRACUSA:And not from the Malama Market Place? <br />HAYASHI:Unless they have an easement through that particular property. <br />3EXHIBIT B <br /> <br />