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th way up from the Keaau-Pahoa Road to the intersection of 38 Avenue and Laniuma is paved; th and 38 Avenue is gravel and red cinder. There are photos being passed around to the Commissioners that shows what the conditions of the roadways are. The applicant in this case, the First Samoan Congregational Christian Church, is requesting a special permit for the establishment of a church on 3 acres of land within the State Land Use Agricultural District. th Referring to the applicants proposed site plan, 38 Avenue is identified at the bottom of the map. Laniuma Street would be in this particular location. The applicants are proposing a 40- by 90-foot structure for the church and parking area, as well as drainage and landscaping improvements on the property. There are several alternative th accesses. One would be, again, as mentioned, from Pohaku Place to Laniuma and then to 30 th Avenue. The other possible access would be from Orchidland Drive on to 38 Avenue. This is approximately .7 miles from the proposed locationto the intersection of Orchidland Drive. The members of the association also mentioned that there could be people that might propose to come to the church from within the subdivision, and more specifically in the Olaa area. Id like to mention a few conditions. Condition No. 3 specifically states that special events held in the evenings such as funerals, wedding, so forth, shall end no later than 8:30 p.m. Condition 4, this will require the applicant to widen the existing gravel red cinder road from the intersection of Laniuma Street to the southeast portion of their property. They would need to widen it to 20 feet in width to allow for two-way traffic with gravel or red cinder. The applicant shall be required, Condition No. 5, the applicant shall be required to pay an adjusted road maintenance fee for the use of a church to the Orchidland Community Association. The Association requires thatfeeownerspayaroadmaintenancefee,andforparticularusesotherthanresidentialthey increase that fee. Condition 6, 7 and 8 will deal with issues such as fire protection, the wastewater system, as well as runoff. Proposed hours of the church at this time are Sunday mornings from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon and Wednesday evenings from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. We have received numerous letters, mainly of opposition, to this request. I should bring to your attention that there have been two surrounding property owners that have notified the Planning Department that they were not notified. That information was relayed to the applicant; and they have submitted a letter stating that they have sent out the notification to those two owners that st were not notified. The second notification was untimely. It was sent out on March 31 , which was within the 10 days prior to the hearing. The applicant has submitted a letterstating that the reason for that was that the secretary to the church apparently had taken a trip and had the key to the mailbox; and it was unfortunate, but we needed to let the Commissioners know. There are two petitions for standing in a contested case hearing. One has been submitted by the Orchidland Community Association, who is responsible for maintaining the roadways, as well as representing those owners that may not be able to represent themselves at this time. And we have also received a petition from Mr. Michael Upham who is the owner, the adjacent owner of thepropertytothenorthidentifiedinthisarea. ThePlanningDirectorisrecommendingthatthePlanningCommissionapprovethisapplication. Are there any questions? 2EXHIBIT B