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Looking at the plot plan submitted by the applicant, this is an overall site plan. It identifies the different areas on the property that agricultural uses are either occurring now or will be occurring in the future. This little purple area and blue area is identified as the project site, which is in a larger detail in this area. The applicant will be, is proposing access from the highway which they do have a commercial driveway access permit from the Department of Transportation. Theres identified parking. The area for the retail concession area and fruit stand and certified kitchen is identified in purple. The applicant in this case, Ono Loa Orchards LLC, is requesting a special permit for a fruit stand, retail concession, and certified kitchen on .5 acre of land of a 28.6 acre parcel. Since the background and recommendation have been passed out to the Commissioners, we have received several letters from the applicant in response to agency comments. Additionally, the Planning Director would like to make two changes to the conditions. One new, oneaddedconditionandonechangetoanexistingcondition.IfIcandrawyourattentiontothe conditions, on page 7 of the recommendation, Im sorry on page 6, Condition No. 4, wed like to add in on the last line it says Commercial tours of the property is not permitted. Wed also like to add the phrase commercial tours and commercial tour busses are not allowed on the property, are not permitted. So it would read commercial tours of the property is not permitted and commercial tour busses are not allowed on the property. And then, additionally, based on comments from the Department of Transportation, we would like to add a new condition No. 8, all conditions after that will be renumbered. The new Condition No. 8 will state the existing gate within the property and setback, or gates, the existing gate(s), so it will be either singular or plural if the applicant chooses more than one gate, within the property and setbacks shall be relocated 40 feet from the shoulder of Highway 11. So at this point it will address the concerns of the Department of Transportation regarding vehicles that access the property and find that the gate is closed, that they will be able to come back onto the highway safely. The Planning Director is recommending that this application be approved by the Planning Commission. Are there any questions? ALAMEDA:I have one, Mr. Darrow. Going back to that adding the bus, you know, the commercial busses, Im just curious, how come you guys wanted to get real specific on that one? Cause in my mind Im thinking commercial tours, I mean, cannot do a tour without a bus or -. th DARROW:Yeah, let me bring your attention to the January 4 comment letter from the Department of Transportation. More specifically Comment No. 3 -. th SIRACUSA:YoumeanJanuary4? DARROW:Correct.Thiswasacommentletterreceivedafterthebackgroundand recommendation had been passed out. It states that the applicant shall construct right-turn acceleration and deceleration lanes with . widenedshouldersandappropriatedrivewayturningradiustoaccommodatetourbustrafficSo 2EXHIBIT C