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DARROW:Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the Planning Commission and members of the public. If I could direct your attention to the location map on the board, this next application is located in the North Kona District of Hawaii. Were looking in the area near the Kona International Airport. We recently had the Ruddle Kohanaiki application, Cliftos, and the Nakakura and Lee application in this similar area. Just for bearing purposes, this red line moving in a north-south direction is the SMA line as well as Queen Kaahumanu Highway. As you travel from Kona in the northerly direction towards North Kohala, youll come to Kaiminani Drive. You would travel mauka into the Kona Palisades Subdivision. And where this red dot is located is the actual area of this application, which is just on the south side of the Kona, the lower side of the Kona Palisades Subdivision. The Applicants in this case, Westpro Development, Inc., are requesting a State Land Use BoundaryAmendmentfromAgriculturaltoUrban,aswellasaChangeofZonefrom Agricultural 5-acre to Multi-Family Residential 4,000 square feet. The reason for this request is to be able to develop a 100-unit affordable housing project; and this will be a portion of this property. The property is actually 50 acres is size. They are looking at a 10-acre piece of the 50-acre parcel. At this time, the entire parcel is in tentative approval for a subdivisions for a 4-lot subdivision with a roadway lot, which will be an extension of Kakahiaka Street. Looking at the site map, this is a proposed development plan of the 100-unit affordable housing project. Theyre proposing eight 8-plex units and four 4-plex units. These are two-story structures. The pink is, purple is identified, parking area is approximately 125 parking stalls, available on site. They will have a picnic and playground area as well as an on-site sewage treatment plant. There have been several issues associated with this project. One is water, the Department of Water Supply stated in their comment letter that water is not available to this project. But after the results of a meeting with the Department of Water Supply, they stated that the Applicant, and subject to several conditions which are Conditions B, C and D, can make water available to this project. The roads are going to be an issue. The main access is going to be from Kakahiaka Street. Its an extension from Kaiminani Drive through the Lokahi Mauka and Makai project, and then into Parcel 3 to the 10-acre site. There are other issues regarding roadways; and those are addressed in Conditions G, H and I. Based on the fact that theres representation of an affordable housing project, we are requiring that this project have no less than 40 percent of the units be sold or rented as affordable; and that is addressed in Condition S. 2