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Permit and a Use Permit to allow the construction of a sanctuary called Kekaha O Iolani Luahine. Looking at the site plan, we have Puuhonua Road identified on the right side of the map. We have an existing dwelling located on the property at this time, and the proposed structure – this will be the area that is identified for the sanctuary. The project will consist of a two-story structure, approximately 2,400 square feet in size. The first floor will consist mainly of bathroom facilities, shower facilities, store rooms, janitor closet – that type of area. The second floor will consist of a kitchen, library/study, as well as an area for displays, gatherings, dance instructions and lectures. There is a parking area identified in this area on the map. And there are particular historical features that are identified; they are old rock walls and sites, which have been taken care of previously in the SMA Permit. The Applicant is requesting a time extension of 5 years to be able to comply with Condition 5 to complete construction of the proposed structure. The Applicant has received Final Plan Approval as of October of 2003. The Applicant has had difficulty in retaining a contractor; especially with the recent earthquake there has been difficulty in retaining contractors because they keep getting called out to do all kinds of repairs for the earthquake damage. Since the Application was distributed to the Planning Commissioners, we have received several correspondence: One is a comment letter from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; we’ve also received a letter of opposition from Mary Keonaona Richardson Sueoka; this morning we have received additionally a letter from the representative for the Applicant, Herb Kane. The Conditions to mention: We have added and made some changes to some conditions. We’ve added Condition No. 7, which requires the Applicant to submit a Solid Waste Management Plan, and this is based on comments received from the Department of Environmental Management. We’ve also added our standard condition that the Applicant will comply with all applicable County, State and Federal laws, rules, regulations and requirements. And additionally, on Condition 9 – the administrative time extension condition – we’ve deleted that based on the fact that the Applicant has previously received an administrative time extension; and if further time extensions are required, they will need to come before the Planning Commission for approval. The Planning Director is recommending that the time extension request be approved by the Planning Commission. Are there any questions? GRAHAM: Jeff, the only thing I noticed: You did say that they received Final Plan Approval, but there is one that has reference to securing Final Plan Approval in our Condition No. 5. Is that an issue at all – “Prior to the start of construction, Final Plan Approval for the proposed improvements shall be secured”? DARROW: Good point. I guess what we can do – maybe we can delete the -. It’s just our standard condition that we placed in there, so basically he has complied with that. GRAHAM: Sure. So perhaps we can just leave it and consider it complied with already. Okay, thank you. I have one public testifier and we’ll get to you shortly. At the moment, would the Applicant or the Applicant’s representative please come forward to the table? EXHIBIT A 2