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Mamalahoa Highway,which is this white line running in a west-east direction to Old Mamalahoa Highway passing Lakeland Subdivision. And it is identified as a triangular piece of property. The property borders both Vierra Road, which is a County road, as well as Old Mamalahoa, which is also a County road. The applicant intends to subdivide the property into eleven parcels identified. A proposed subdivision layout is identified here, submitted by the applicant. The applicant intends to retain eight lots for family members and proposes to sell the remaining three lots to be able to cover cost of improvements that are going to be required for this change of zone. Conditions to mention, Condition C requires that the applicant comply with the requirements for construction and installation of water improvements. The Department of Water Supply is requesting that the applicant place a 6-inch line, waterline, along both boundaries of the property, approximately 4400 linear feet of a new 6-inch waterline. TheDepartmentofPublicWorksisrequestingthattheapplicantwidenVierraRoadto20feetin length. There is at this time a 10-foot paved roadway that runs approximately, maybe about four-fifths of the property. The applicant will be required to widen the areas that already have existing pavement and the area that doesnt have pavement they will need to bring it to 20 feet along the length of the property. Another condition that will be required of the applicant is the affordable housing requirements. Since our last meeting we received one letter of opposition from Duane and Getchen Colbeen, who reside on the property to the east of the applicant. The applicant has also submitted a response letter to agency comments. The Planning Director is recommending that a favorable recommendation be forwarded to the Hawaii County Council by the Planning Commission. Are there any questions? ALAMEDA:Thank you, Jeff. Commissioner Siracusa, questions? SIRACUSA:Thank you. I have two questions. One is you said that they are going to comply with the affordable housing but youve also said that eight of the lots are for family members. Are those eight going to be the affordable housing, or do we specify in some way that the affordable housing would be the ones that are up for sale? Or maybe the Director should answer that. He looks like hes chomping at the bit. YUEN:Im not chomping at the bit to answer it because its a twist on the general affordable housing policy question that was not really answered in the, its one of the details or one aspect thats not directly answered by the policy. And it depends upon how the applicant actually goes about developing the property. And the twist is that they have an affordable housing requirement that can be met in a number of ways. One way is an in-lieu fee; and the example we give is the in-lieu fee is a fraction of the difference between the sales price of your lot and the affordable price. So, technically, the in-lieu fee is levied as the properties are sold. Now, then the question is what happens to the lots as theyre held. And say theyre conveyed to a family member for a nominal value. We dont want to say that you just get to do that because part of the idea of the affordable housing policy is to get affordable housing into the community. And although we have an applicant here that is, where the owner has a large family and is 2EXHIBIT A