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are Industrial zoned lands. We also have Neighborhood Commercial zoning which is this pink- shaded areas. And, again, we have other Commercial areas like the Big Island Candies which is the brownshaded areas. Apartment zoned lands are closer towards the Hilo Shopping Center area; and those are indicated by these brown-shaded colors. Now we received a letter from the applicants representative indicating that they would like to defer the processing of the Aburamen property; and that would be the property that is on the east side of Laukapu Street. And the reason for that is that particular property, the General Plan designation is still Industrial. However there is a pending General Plan Amendment as part of the Planning Directors initiation that would change the General Plan designation for the areas along the east side of Laukapu Street from Industrial to Medium Density Urban; and that includes the Aburamen property. Theyre requesting that the rezoning for that portion of the property be deferred until the General Plan for that has been approved or adopted by the County Council. So basically Ill discuss the total project. We will be recommending that the Mochida property, which is General Planned for Medium Density Urban development, be recommended for approval with conditions andthattheAburamenpropertybedeferreduntilalaterdateuntilsuchtimethattheGeneral Plan for that area is changed. Okay, going to the overall site map, and there are two site maps. Basically the lower map shows the various apartment units and the type of, how the apartment units would be laid out. This basically gives you an overview as to what the structures would look like from the top. Now, again, as a matter of orientation, this is Laukapu Street. It bisects both the Aburamen property, and thats particular property, and the Mochida property. The intent is to develop a townhouse project on all of these three lots. Currently on the Mochida property there is an existing single-family dwelling which was vacated. There is also a large storage shed on the property. And on the Aburamens property there is an existing single-family dwelling that is being rented on a monthly basis, based on what was submitted by the applicant. On the Aburamens property, the proposal is to construct a two-story 25-foot high building that would accommodate 9 units. The Mochida property would have four buildings that would be either one or two stories in height. And the proposal would be to have 25 units with a breakdown of 8 two-bedroom units, 21 three-bedroom units, and 5 four-bedroom units. As I indicated the height of the building would not exceed, according to their proposal, 25 feet. The height under the current zoning of Single-Family Residential 10,000 square feet is 35 feet. Under the proposed zoning, which is Multiple-Residential, the height limit of the building would be 45 feet. According to the applicant, excuse me, 20 percent of the units would be affordable units with the remainder of the units to be sold at market price. The proposal is also to provide two parking stalls per unit and 10 additional parking stalls. The Zoning Code requirement for an apartment unit would be 1 parking stall per unit. So they will be exceeding the minimum parking requirement as required by the Zoning Code. There will be a single access to the project site. For the mauka property which is, again, the Mochida property or the property on the west side, there will be a single access here. There will also be a single access on the Aburamen side of the property. The estimated construction timetable would be to commence construction in early 2007. And the cost of development would be approximately $8,000,000. As I indicated earlier, the General Plan designation for the Mochida property is, excuse me, Medium Density Urban 2EXHIBIT C