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Commissioners as well as for the new citizens whoare here today. So Jeff, could you give us briefing on this particular application? DARROW:Sure. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Again, this is to bring the new Commissioners up to speed on the application. This application is located in the North Kona District of Hawaii. More specifically we are looking at Alii Drive running in a north-south direction. The area of the application is identified in two red dots. On the ground we have this is in the location of the Kona Hawaiian Village the Kona Sea Ridge condominiums. Up on the mauka side of the project is the Kona Sea Villas, which runs along Kuakini Highway. At our last hearing, if you recall, it was learned that the residents of the Kona Sea Villas condominium project had not been notified of the project, being the fact that they are actually located on the same TMK as the subject parcel. Since our last hearing, the applicant has notified the residents within the Kona Sea Villas of the application. Briefly this is the location map that was submitted by the applicant. Originally, this is a Special ManagementAreaUsePermitapplicationforSunStoneKonaLLC.Thisisfora289-multiple family residential condominium project. The area identified in black is actually the project area. Again, Kona Sea Villas is identified on the mauka side of the project along Kuakini Highway. We have the Kona Sea Ridge condominium project and the Alii Park Place condominium project that are located on separate TMKs. Originally the applicant had requested access from Alii Drive along a mauka-makai connector that was on the south side of Alii Park Place. As a result of that, there were numerous petitions for standing for contested cases filed by residents within the Park Place. Later it was amended; access would be from Alii Lani Drive on a portion of the proposed Alii Parkway, and then up to Kuakini Highway along the south side of the upper portion of the project and along the south side of the Kona Sea Villas condominium project. Additionally there are drainage improvements that are proposed for this project. The first hearing was on May 26, 2006, where there were intervenors that were granted standing. These were people located in a subdivision called Hawaii Planing Mills, located in this particular area. There was a contested case conducted on two days with attorney, Sandra Song. At our last hearing the intervenor had withdrawn their contested case. And then again thats when the situation occurred with the notification. Since our last hearing, the Planning Department has received numerous letters. Ill just briefly mention the names: Donna Scott, Lillian Fox, Barbara and Russ Nielsen, Jannelle and Myles Spann. And this morning we have received a letter from the Association of Apartment Owners for Kona Sea Villas and from Josephine Keliipio. The Planning Director and the applicant have submitted a stipulated agreement, which you folks should have, as well as there has been the hearings officers report, as well as quite a bit of information submitted to the Commissioners. Are there any questions? ALAMEDA:Any questions, fellow Commissioners? Jeff, are there any other contested case requests made? 2EXHIBIT C