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the Planning Commission. More recently, the Recommendations as well as conditions have been distributed. Very recently, we received comments from the Department of Transportation. It has been distributed to the Commissioners, as well as the Applicants representative. In reviewing those conditions, on the comment letters they do, they are addressed pretty thoroughly within the conditions in the Recommendations. If I may direct your attention to the location map, again, the area of these applications is within the North Kona District of Hawai i. This white, white line thats running north- south through the map is the Queen Kaahumanu Highway or the Hawai i Belt Road. This area in yellow identified as Single-Family Residential zoning is the Pualani Estates Subdivision. Directly across from that makai is the area of these applications. The area identified in red is Puaa Development. The area identified with the blue dot is Suffolk Investment. Suffolk Investment has submitted applications for a State Land Use Boundary Amendment from an Agricultural to Urban as well as the Change of Zone applicationfromAgricultural5-acretoMultiple-FamilyResidential-2,500squarefeet. This request, both requests would include 250 units within twenty-four 2- and 3-story structures. There would be over 300 parking spaces for residents and guests, and a private 1-acre park which would be located in this general vicinity on the site map. Looking at the site map, this is a previous submitted site plan. As you can see on the wall directly across from me that there has been some adjustments made to the site maps; and those would be addressed a little later by the Applicants representative. The Puaa Development has submitted a similar application, a State Land Use Boundary Amendment for State Land Use Urban to, Agricultural to State Land Use Urban and a Change of Zone from Agricultural 5-acre to Commercial Neighborhood-20,000 square feet. This is 14.973 acres of land. The project would include financial, possibly range of, uses ranging from financial institutions, restaurants, grocery store, office space and possibly a gas station. There have been some changes to that; and this would also include housing as well; and, again, that would be addressed more specifically by the Applicants representative. The Planning Director is recommending a favorable recommendation by the Planning Commission to be forwarded to the Hawai i County Council. If I may address, very shortly, some conditions. To bring to your attention, there is a Suffolk Condition No. D, a condition, its stated by the Applicants representative that this was going to be a rental housing project. To be able to assure that, the Planning Director has placed in Condition No. D which states, As represented by the Applicant, the project shall be restricted to the use of rental housing only for a period of not less than 20 years from the issuance of certificate of occupancy. Any change to this condition will require an amendment to the Change of Zone ordinance. There are numerous conditions related to traffic improvements; and, again, those appear to be, address the concerns of the Department of Transportation, as well as the Department of Public Works. 4