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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT JULY 23, 2010 DOUTER COFFEE CO. HAWAI‘I, INC. A regularly advertised hearing on the application of (SPP 10-102) was called to order at 11:42 a.m. in the King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel, Ballroom I, 75-5660 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Frederic Housel presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Frederic Housel, Brandi Beaudet, Lani Bowman, Geraldine Giffin, Thomas Hickcox, Wayne Iokepa and Richard Nelson STAFF PRESENT: Brandon Gonzalez (Deputy Corporation Counsel), BJ Leithead Todd (Planning Director), Margaret Masunaga (Deputy Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), Maija Cottle (Staff Planner) and Kiran Emler (Department of Public Works) And approximately ten people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: DOUTER COFFEE CO. HAWAI‘I, INC. (SPP 10-102) Special Permit to allow the use of an existing three-bedroom dwelling and its immediate surrounding grounds for special events such as weddings, seminars and corporate retreats. Overnight accommodations associated with the special events are also proposed to occur within the existing dwelling. The proposed use would occur on approximately 2 acres of land situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is located on the east (mauka) side of Mmalahoa Highway between the Palani Road junction and Hlualoa, just south of Huallai stst Memorial Park, Hienaloli 1 – Puaa 1, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-5-13: portion of 07. HOUSEL: The next one, the applicant is Douter Coffee Company. This is a Special Permit, 10-102: Special Permit to allow the use of an existing three-bedroom dwelling and its immediate surrounding grounds for special events such as weddings, seminars and corporate retreats. Overnight accommodations associated with the special events are also proposed to occur within the existing dwelling. The proposed use would occur on approximately two acres of land situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. Maija, please do. COTTLE: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The next application is a Special Permit application request. The applicant is Douter Coffee of Hawai‘i. The subject property is located about two miles north of the town of Hlualoa, and it’s located just mauka of Mmalahoa Highway. You can see the property on the slide. It is surrounded by a red outline, and Mmalahoa Highway, you can see, running in a north-south direction through the middle of the slide. The Special Permit request area would be approximately two acres in size, and it would be located in the area of the black dot. The current zoning of the property is Agricultural 5 acres, and you can see all of the other areas on the map that are green and light blue are also zoned Agricultural. This is the General Plan LUPAG Map for the area, and you can see the designation for the property and 1 EXHIBIT B