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and Jean Sunderland on August 2, 2001, to allow the establishment of a 16-room Hawaiian Permaculture and Wellness Retreat on approximately 5 acres of land. Just for location purposes, this is within the North Kohala District. More specifically, we are looking in between Hawi, which would be located to the west on the left side of the map, and Kapaau, which would be located on the right side of the map or to the east. The project site is identified with a blue outline. Access to the project site has been one of the issues in regards to this review. There are several different accesses that can be used to be able to come to this particular area. Running in a north- south direction on the bottom of the map, we have Akoni Pule Highway. Running in a mauka- makai direction, we have Union Mill Road; this has been one of the accesses that has been prohibited by Special Permit 1117, Condition No. 6. We also have Kohala Nursery Road. And we have Maluhia Road, which is identified within your reading material as the access easement near Union Market. Union Market would be identified in this particular area; it’s a Commercial zoning. Kohala Club Hotel is identified just to the right of the access easement. So the access easement is actually located just between these two facilities. It’s my understanding that within the application there is a reference to School Road; I found out this morning that this is a road near Kohala School identified as Honomakau Road, and this is a road that apparently has been, being used by the applicant with permission from Surety Kohala. Last but not least, we also have Kamehameha Park Road that has been described within the material as well. So at this time, in relation to Condition 6, access from Akoni Pule Highway is to be from either Kamehameha Park Road – but there have been letters within the file, stating that the applicants would not utilize that road – or the access easement near Union Market, which is now called Maluhia Road. Our next slide kind of shows it a little clearer. We have Union Mill Road running in a mauka-makai direction. We have Akoni Pule Highway. And again we have the area where Union Market is identified with the Commercial zoning. And just between Union Market and Kohala Club Hotel is an access easement that connects to Pratt Road and then down to the access to the applicants’ project site. This is a review of the compliance of the Conditions of both SMA 417 and Special Permit No. 1117. And it is also to present information to the Planning Commission of recent enforcement actions that have been taken by the Planning Department. Just for your reference, Condition 6 of Special Permit 1117 states that “Access for the project from Akoni Pule Highway shall be other than Union Mill Road. Access shall be via an easement through either Kamehameha Park or near Union Market. Said drive access shall be improved, meeting with the approval of the State Department of Transportation. The applicants shall improve those portions of Pratt Road and the former cane haul road that provide access to the project site from Akoni Pule Highway with a minimum 20-foot wide compacted gravel surface, prior to the establishment of the proposed retreat.” Additionally, I’d like to mention Condition No. 10 of Special Permit No. 1117, which states “If the applicants fail to comply with the conditions of approval or cause complaints relating to any interference or nuisance and is unable to resolve them with the surrounding community, the Planning Director shall investigate and, if necessary, suspend the permit. The Planning Director shall then refer the matter to the Planning Commission to revoke the permit. Upon appropriate findings by the Planning Commission, if EXHIBIT B 2