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SPRINGER:Yourewelcome. DARROW:The location of this application is within the Puna District of Hawaii. Earlier we were looking at this particular area for the Moylan application. We will be looking similar, in a very similar area of the Orchidland Subdivision and also Hawaiian Paradise Park Subdivision. Again the white line through the middle of the map is identified as the Keaau-Pahoa Road or Highway 130, and where this red dot is located is on the corner of Aulii Street; and this application is on the corner of Keaau-Pahoa Road and Aulii Street. The applicants in this case, Gerald and Wendy Yamada, are requesting a special permit to establish a commercial retail and office complex. Theyve submitted a proposed site plan which identifies several structures that may include certain uses, such as this particular building identifiedasBuildingD,maybeusedasaretailandprofessionalofficebuilding,nurseryand garden supplies or real estate office, medical and dental offices. This area here, which is part of this larger structure, would be used for auto repair service and parts center. Building F, or proposed building F, would be identified for uses for the gas station and convenience store. And, lastly, Building G would be the proposed eatery or coffee shop. The applicant is proposing to develop the area with 160 paved parking stalls, including employee parking and handicapped parking, as well as to have a 30-foot landscaping buffer along Alii Drive and Keaau-Pahoa Road. We have received numerous letters of support and opposition for this project; and, more recently, we have received a petition for standing in a contested case from the Orchidland Community Association. So prior to going into more detail regarding the recommendation, if we could address the petition. SPRINGER:Thank you, Mr. Darrow. At this time, well take up the matter of the contested case and that petition that we have received dated February 23, 2005, that comes to us from the Orchidland Community Association, Inc. Could the representative of the Orchidland Community Association, Inc. please come forward. PAWU:Thank you, Madam Chair and Commissioners. SPRINGER:Welcome back. You have already been sworn in. Does he need to state his name again. TORIGOE:Well, for the record. SPRINGER:For the record on this agenda item -. PAWU:My name is Mya Pawu. My address is PO Box 1707, Keaau, Hawaii. I am the duly elected president of the association and Im testifying on behalf of the association. Our Board of Directors has requested a contested case hearing, believing that our interest differs significantly from the general public as the ingress and egress to this particular project is on private roadways that we are responsible for maintaining. We also have issues with trash and 2