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Waiohinu Village is located here. The Discovery Harbor Subdivision, as well as the golf course, is located in this general vicinity, which would be west of the subject property. The Applicant intends to utilize a 12-acre portion of the property, of a larger property, for the proposed quarry. This would be the entire property; and the Applicant intends to utilize approximately 12 acres of that property for its quarry operation, which would include quarry and batching of materials, construction materials. This particular property was part of a previous Special Permit. There was a Special Permit that was granted back in 1972 for 25 acres of the subject property of which this particular 12-acre portion is a part of. That was for a quarry that was granted, again, back in June of 1972. That quarry permit existed until 1992, at which time the Applicant decided to abandon that permit since at that time there was a lack of demand for the quarry materials. The Planning Director is recommending approval of the subject request, subject to severalconditions.Arethereanyquestionsatthistime? SPRINGER:Commissioners?Norman,seeingnone,thankyouforthat presentation. At this time, Id like to invite the Applicants representative forward. At this time, the representative and the six members of the public who have signed up to testify, if you can please raise your right hands to take your oath; and at the time of your testimony well be asking for your names and addresses. If you can raise your right hands, please. Do you swear to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS:I do. SPRINGER:Thank you all. Starting with you, Mr. Fuke, if we could have your name and address, please? FUKE:Sure. Good afternoon, Madam Chair. My name is Sidney Fuke, Im a planning consultant. Im here assisting a long-time friend of mine, Tommy Ishimaru, on this application. Mr. Ishimaru is also here in the audience as well. He has had a chance to review the staffs Background Report and the Recommendation, and found them to be accurate and acceptable. I would like to note, however, just more, there was an error in my report. Like I had indicated that there was one storage tank, water storage tank, on the property. In fact, Mr. Ishimaru corrected me and said there are actually two storage tanks on the property which can accommodate up to 14,000 gallons of water that was used when he originally had the operating quarry and the crushing site in that area. Aside from that, I think, you know, the report is rather complete; and, so, if there are any questions that the Commissioners may have, Id be more than willing to respond. 2