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of Zone 95-55 which was originally approved on April 26, 1995 to change the zoning from Ag-10 and Ag-3 acres to Ag-1 for approximately 42 acres. The area of this application is within the South Hilo District of Hawaii, more specifically we’re looking at the Panaewa Farm Lots location. We have the Hawaii Belt Road or the Volcano Highway running in an east-west direction. This way would be towards Hilo, this would be towards Volcano. We have Makalika Street and Awa Street, as well as Railroad Avenue, that borders the project site. The actual location of the project site is identified with a blue line perimeter. The Ag-1 zoning is the area that was affected by this change of zone. So that would include this particular property as well as a portion of this particular property. The zoning right now at this time is Ag-1 for approximately 42 acres, and the remainder is Agricultural-10 acres; and that’s where the current botanical garden, commercial arboretum is located in this particular area. The applicant is requesting a change of zone, correction, an amendment to Condition B, which is the timeframe to secure the final subdivision approval. The applicant has received tentative subdivision approval as of December of 2003. There have been some delays that have prevented the applicant from securing final subdivision approval. They’re requesting a 5-year time th extension from April 26, of 2005 when that particular condition ended to April 26 of 2010. Additionally, Condition B limited the amount of lots to 22, a maximum of 22 lots. The applicant is requesting to delete that portion of the condition. The reason for the request as we had mentioned earlier, the time extension is because they had, it took quite a considerable amount of time to get the construction plans through and they need more time to be able to secure the construction bond. The reasons for the request to delete the lots is that at this time the applicant is no longer going to pursue or develop the pitch and putt golf course that they had originally planned. In 1973 this particular project received a special permit to begin this project from the State Land Use Commission. It was for a commercial arboretum as well as related improvements. Through the years there have been 9 amendments to that particular permit. In 1994, the applicant had received a Use Permit to be able to operate or be able to develop a 9-hole golf course, pitch and putt golf course. And then shortly after that in 1995 they had received this change of zone. The intention it appeared was that the applicant would subdivide the properties as well as use this pitch and putt as a part of that for this particular project. In 2004 the applicant had come in and requested that the use permit for the pitch and putt be revoked. And so at this time he is requesting that this particular portion of the condition that limited the amount of lots be deleted from 22. The Planning Director had requested that we specifically ask what the applicant is, you know, looking for as far as additional lots. They had sent in a letter, which is Exhibit No. 10, stating that they are only looking at 2 or 3 more lots. And so the Planning Director is recommending rather than leaving that open that it be just upped to 25 lots, giving them the additional 3 lots. The proposed subdivision layout has been submitted, as it has been mentioned, in 2003. This is the particular layout at this time. This only shows 22 lots so they may be coming in for an amendment for this. This was the previous layout of the project. The existing facility is located in this particular area, as we saw the Agricultural 10-acre zoning. This is Makalika Street and we have Awa Street in this location. The area that is affected by the subdivision is located in this area. It’s difficult to see but this actually shows the layout of the lots as well as the pitch and putt as originally designed by the applicant. EXHIBIT A 2