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allows the church to extend that deadline, if the County approves. But from my understanding the church Î the applicant can explain this more Î they believe they can comply with the one- year deadline. Another item that they were required to complete is to secure their water commitments from the Department of Water Supply, and also to complete a left-turn lane restriction plan. And they have turned in the left-turn restriction plan to Department of Public Works. The plan has not been approved yet, but we have Ki Emler from Department of Public Works; he can let you know the status of that plan. And then we have told the church if you complete the water commitments and the left-turn lane restriction, we will sign off on a certificate of occupancy, which allows you to occupy the church. So just to go over to kind of show you the concern on Palani Road is the curve here thatÓs shown. The slide is looking north from the driveway and this is where the left-turn lane will be constructed right here, so that vehicles can turn safely into the project driveway and they wonÓt be rear-ended by vehicles coming down Palani Road. This is a view of Palani Road looking south. And I also want to show you the proposed left-turn lane plan, which you all should have a copy of in your folders. And IÓll just explain a little bit about the plan; as I mentioned before, Ki Emler can go over any specific questions you have. One of the concerns that the community had and the County had was that the Kona Christian Academy property and the Grace Church property should have a combined driveway, so that thereÓs not two opportunities to turn left into each of the properties. So what they have done is, created a right turn in only at the Kona Christian Academy property, and then vehicles would then either go to the Academy or to get to Grace Church they could take this road here. Then the Î excuse arenÓt so good Î thereÓs, vehicles will also be allowed to turn right into the church property. Vehicles can turn right out at the church property, but there is not a right-out opportunity here; this is only a right-in movement at the Kona Christian Academy d coming southbound on Palani Road will only be able to turn left into the church property driveway and then go curve down here to go on to the Kona Christian Academy property. So one of the Planning Commissioners sent me an email recently requesting a little bit more information on who is responsible for paying for the turn lane, information with all of the Commissioners. Per Condition G of the Change of Zone Ordinance 98-08, the applicant is responsible for constructing the left-turn lane and all of the improvements associated with the left-turn lane. Department of Public Works is not requiring curb, gutter or sidewalk improvements along the property frontage, though. So the Planning Department is recommending that the Planning Commission send a favorable recommendation to the County Council for the Change of Zone request with a 180-day extension of time to fulfill the water commitments, and this is a standard time period that the Department usually uses for water commitments, rather than the five years that was requested. But we are recommending a five-year extension to Condition D, which is to obtain final subdivision approval. We are also recommending approval of their amendment request for, again, a 180-day extension to Condition 2 for the Special Permit to obtain the water commitment, and a five-year EXHIBIT A 3