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The actual area that the application is located is within the Hamakua district of Hawaii. More specifically we have a white line running through the middle of the map running in an east direction. The application area is located between the 47 and 48 mile markers on Mamalahoa Highway. It’s identified with an orange dot. We have a plot plan that was submitted by the applicant as well as a more identified site plan of the particular one-acre area. On the plot plan we have Mamalahoa Highway at the lower portion of the map and the particular location of the special permit is located more north from the highway in a type of ravine area so it’s not visible from the Highway. And, again, the site plan that has submitted by the applicants shows the layout of the contractor’s base yard. The reason for the hearing is noncompliance of several conditions, mainly Condition No. 2, submitting final plan approval within a required time amount, and Condition 8 where the applicants were required to submit metes and bounds in map and written form by a licensed surveyor. nd This is a continued hearing from our last Hilo meeting on March 2. We did receive a letters from the applicant’s representative, Attorney Robert Rodrigues, and it has been distributed to the Commission Members this morning. GRAHAM: Thank you, Jeff. Do we have any questions from Commissioners at this time? Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA: Since the March hearing on this, has the applicant submitted any of the materials to start bringing himself into compliance? DARROW: Not that I’m aware of. If it has been submitted, it has been submitted very recently that we’re not aware of. But up to this point we’re not aware of anything. Just the letter that we received this morning is the correspondence that we’ve received from the applicant. GRAHAM: All right, thank you. Any other Commissioners have questions? What I’d also like to point out to people in attendance today is if you plan to give any public testimony on this matter or any other matter, you can go to the table on the end and just fill out a slip with Sharon, if you would. All right, if the applicant and the applicant’s representative would care to come forward at this time. Could you folks raise your right hand so I can swear you in. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth before the Planning Commission today on this matter? TESTIFIERS: I do. GRAHAM: Thank you. So Mr. Yuen would you care to make any comments since this is a revocation before the Applicant does speak? YUEN: Yes. Well, we went through this a little bit last time although we all agreed that we would defer any action on this. This originally started off as a violation where the current applicant was using the site as a contractor’s base yard in the State Land Use Agricultural district, not a permitted use. And after being cited for the violation he applied for the special permit. The Planning Commission granted a special permit, the Planning Department had a negative recommendation. There were certain things that the applicant was supposed to do. Primarily they were supposed to move all equipment to a one-acre site, as Jeff had pointed out, EXHIBIT A 2