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MOOERS:Are you walking down the backside? HOLMES:No, no, never do, there’s no path off of our property. The wall there- and I understand that there is no County easement there. But it’s growed up so much I don’t think anybody can get through there, unless they’re going all the way on the north side from where they live up above, all the way down on the north side, which would be on the neighbor’s that live just east of this testifier. No, it isn’t anybody from our property that is going down across her property. GALDONES:Any further questions of the applicants? Seeing none, Commissioners, it comes with a recommendation that the application be approved by the Planning Commission; however, along with that consideration there were some amendments that were articulated by Mr. Yuen that should be added on to the recommendation, and also the amendment to Condition 4. Commissioner Springer. SPRINGER:Mr. Chair, I move that the Hawai`i County Planning Commission approve the application of Steve Holmes for Special Management Area Use Permit Number 04-008 to allow the conversion of a single family dwelling into a three-unit multiple family residential structure and related improvements, for the reasons and with the conditions as recommended by the Planning Director, including condition 4, which has been circulated previously, and two new conditions as articulated by the Planning Director which deal with the applicant paving a portion of the driveway, which will be a part of the plan approval process, and also to install gutters and a down spout and to direct the water from them into a sump. GALDONES:Do I have a second? MCCALL:Second. GALDONES:It has been moved by Commissioner Springer and seconded by Commissioner McCall that Steve Holmes application for Special Management Area use permit number 04-008 be approved by the Planning Commission along with the background report and the recommendation as amended, as so stated by Commissioner Springer. Discussion? Commissioner Graham. GRAHAM:I’d just like to- since that issue as I see it just for the- not just you know talk with the Commission here, in our rules on the grounds for approval of an SMA use permit, we may permit proposed development only upon finding that- and I quote, “The development will not have any substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect except as such adverse effect is minimized to the extent practicable and is clearly outweighed by public health, safety, or compelling public interest.” And then I might try to just apply that to the specifics here. I don’t think we have much in the way of compelling public interest, or public health, or safety arguing for this development. On the other hand let’s look at whether there is a substantial environmental or ecological effect; and it seems to me that those, that comes in- in two forms. One is my initial concern about 9