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PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT JUNE 5, 2007 FRANCIS & MARTHA RODILLAS A regularly advertised hearing on the application of (REZ 07-000066) was called to order at 10:57 a.m. in the County of Hawaii, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii, with Chairman William Graham presiding. PRESENT: William Graham ABSENT & EXCUSED: Takashi Domingo C. Kimo Alameda Alvin Rho Andrew Iwashita Shelly Ogata Rene’ Siracusa Rodney Watanabe Rell Woodward Ivan Torigoe, Deputy Corporation Counsel Christopher Yuen, Planning Director Norman Hayashi, Staff Planner Phyllis Fujimoto, Staff Planner Jeff Darrow, Staff Planner And approximately 19 people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: FRANCIS & MARTHA RODILLAS (REZ 07-000066) Change of Zone from an Agricultural 3-acre (A-3a) to a Family Agricultural 2-acre (FA-2a) district for 4.76 acres of land. The property is located along the northeast (makai) side of Akala Road, approximately 73 feet from the Akala Road – Kaumana Drive intersection and in the vicinity of Kaumana Cave, Ponahawai, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-5-40:18. GRAHAM: The fourth item on our agenda today is an application by Francis and Martha Rodillas, Change of Zone application from an Agricultural 3-acre to a Family Agricultural 2-acre district for 4.76 acres of land. The property in question is located along the makai side of Akala Road, approximately 73 feet from the Akala Road – Kaumana Drive intersection, and this is in the vicinity of Kaumana Cave, South Hilo. Jeff? DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If I can direct the Planning Commission’s attention to the location map. This area of the application is within the South Hilo District. Looking at the location map, we have Kaumana Drive. This is running in an east-west, westerly direction. Additionally, we have Akala Road running in a north-south direction. The area of the application is identified with the red dot. For your reference, the colors on the map indicate the existing zoning. The light blue indicates Agricultural 3 acres. The light green indicates Agricultural 1 acre. And the darker yellow indicates Single Family Residential-15,000 square feet. The applicants in this case, Francis and Martha Rodillas, are requesting a change of zone from Agricultural 3 acres to Family Agricultural 2 acres for a property that is identified as 4.852 acres in size. As the Chairman had indicated, it was originally for 4.76. With the newly done metes and bounds description it has been identified as 4.852 acres. The applicants in this case EXHIBIT C 1