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Highway, or also referred to as Volcano Highway, running in a southwest direction up to Volcano, northeasterly direction down to Hilo. If you were traveling along Mamalahoa Highway in a southwesterly direction towards Volcano, you would come to approximately the 13- , 14- mile marker, and turn right or mauka on North Kulani Road, you would travel approximately 2.5 miles north, and you would come to where this application is located. This is on the corner of North Kulani Road and South Road where this is identified with this red dot. The applicant in this case is Spectrasite Communications, Inc. TheyÓre requesting a special permit for the retention of a 200-foot communication tower and antennae, along with a communications equipment building, four satellite dishes, and related improvements. If I can direct your attention to the site map. This is a map of the actual parcel that this project site is located on. The parcel itself is approximately 29 acres in size. The project site is approximately 11,413 square feet. On the project site, you have a dirt driveway access coming off of South Road; and on the site you have the four satellite dishes. You have the existing communication equipment building, and the existing 200-foot guyed communication tower and antennae. On the tower itself you have several antennaes that are located there for co-locatable wireless service providers. Spectrasite is not a wireless service provider itself but it is in the business of buying towers for co-location. They own four and operate four towers in the County of Hawaii. One is located in Keaau, Waikoloa, Capt. Cook, and this tower here is located in Mt. View. The Planning Department has received the petition for standing in a contested case from Mr. Ronald Wong and Dr. Bernard Fong. Are there any questions? FUJIKAWA:Any questions, Commissioners, to the staff? Commissioner Springer, go ahead. SPRINGER:Thank you. Could you point out the location of the Fong and Wong applicants, please. DARROW:Yes, Commissioner Springer. This area here, as you, if you were traveling north on North Kulani Road, if you were to take a, the actual parcel that the petitioners is located is the parcel located directly south of the project site, just cross South Road. ItÓs a larger parcel and itÓs identified as Parcel 17 on the same plat map. It would be approximately in this area, directly across the street. SPRINGER:Thank you. FUJIKAWA:Any other questions, Commissioners? Go ahead, Commissioner Graham. GRAHAM:Jeff, I was just wondering about the timing. It seems when we read our Background Report some time like 1999 or 1998 it was ruled that permits are needed; and now itÓs January 2004. So I was wondering if there were any particular events that brought about this hearing, and this application, and all. 2