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<br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I <br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br />July 21, 2006 <br />A HUI HOU TRIBUTE CENTER, <br />A regularly advertised hearing on the application of <br />INC. (USE 06-000004) <br />was called to order at 4:05 p.m. at the King Kamehameha's Kona <br />nd <br />Beach Hotel, 75-5660 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii with 2 Vice-Chairman <br />Rodney Watanabe presiding. <br />Kimo Alameda <br />PRESENT:Rodney Watanabe ABSENT & EXCUSED: C. <br />William R. Graham <br />Jeffrey McCall <br />Fred GaldonesRene’ Siracusa <br />Andrew Iwashita <br />Alvin Rho <br />Allen Salavea <br />Ivan Torigoe, Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />Christopher J. Yuen, Planning Director <br />Norman Hayashi, Planning Program Manager <br />Phyllis Fujimoto, Staff Planner <br />Jeff Darrow, Staff Planner <br />And approximately 11 people from the public in attendance. <br />APPLICANT: A HUI HOU TRIBUTE CENTER, INC. (USE 06-000004) <br />Use Permit to allow cremation within a mortuary facility on property zoned Village <br />Commercial (CV). The property (former 7-11 Store) is located along the east side of <br />Kuakini Highway, approximately 100 feet northwest of the Kuakini Highway - Hualalai <br />Road intersection, Honuaula, Kailua Village, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-5-22:3. <br />WATANABE:The final Agenda Item, Item No. 8 is A Hui Hou Tribute Center, <br />Inc., Use Permit Application No. 06-00004 (USE 06-000004). While we’re waiting for <br />staff in anticipation -. Because we have 16 individuals who signed up to testify on this, <br />I’m not asking for the testifiers yet, but I am asking that you limit your testimony to three <br />minutes, be brief, please, and concise. And please, it’s really, I take it a lot of you are <br />going to be on the same side of one issue whether it’d be for or against and, so, please <br />don’t be overly repetitive. Okay, it’s all yours, Mr. Darrow. <br />DARROW:Okay. Thank you, Members of the Planning Commission. If I can <br />direct your attention, again, to the location map. The area of this application is within the <br />North Kona District of Hawai`i. Looking at this thick white line, moving in a north-south <br />direction, this is Kuakini Highway, running through Kailua-Kona Village. We have <br />Hualalai Road that you might be familiar with. Moving in an east-west direction, we’re <br />looking at the orange dot as the area of the application. This is near the intersection of <br />EXHIBIT D <br />1 <br /> <br />