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GIFFIN: Yes. COTTLE: So the reason the Planning Department is requesting this addition to Condition 5 is because the shoreline access in this area Î actually let me go forward Î is a little bit limited. Someone could walk from AliÒi Drive through the Kailua Pier area onto the sandy beach in front of the hotel. But then as you start walking further away from the hotel, you come towards the Heiau, and thereÓs also a breachin this shoreline area on the adjacent property to the west where thereÓs a boat slip that was put in some time ago. So the County recently met with the State DLNR, Na Ala Hele Trail Program, and the National Park Service to try to find a way to link the shoreline trail at Kona Bay Estates, which is off the map to the left, and link that to the AliÒi Drive area. So they came up with two preferred alignments. As you can see, one of them comes off of the road entry into Kona Bay Estates, goes along the adjacent landownerÓs property line towards the parking lot of the hotel and then drops down along their service road onto the beach. And then the other alignment goes along the inlet on the adjacent property and, again, drops down in the grassy area onto the beach. So the hotel property line is right about here. Well, I canÓt quite do a straight line with this little thing, but itÓs in this area. So as you can see, both alignments would require that the hotel allow the public to access their property away from the shoreline area, outside of the shoreline area through the hotel properties. So this is why weÓre requesting this additional condition, so that if in the future the Planning Department is able to secure a public access easement from the adjacent landowner then the hotel will allow those people to access the beach through their hotel property. And, lastly, you should also have received proposed amendments to the condition submitted by the applicantÓs representative from Carlsmith Ball. And we have another letter from Aelbert Mahina Aehegma that you should also have received. And so with that, the Planning Department is recommending approval of the applicantÓs request for a Special Management Area Use Permit with the recommended conditions. WATANABE: Okay, thank you. Maija, with regard to that potential public shoreline access, is that like, what, 10 foot or something? COTTLE: Yes, the standard easement is 10 feet, -. WATANABE: Okay. COTTLE: Access easement. WATANABE: Fellow Commissioners, do we have any questions of staf HOUSEL: Maija, the proposed red-lined route, does that enter the shoreline makai of where the guard station is? COTTLE: You mean entering the Kona Bay Estates guard station? HOUSEL: Right, right. EXHIBIT C 3