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with the black outline. Access to the property will be from Haukapila Street, which is identified in this area. As you’ll notice, it’s going to have, its access will be through an access easement, which will be in this general location. This shows a little bit better how the access will happen; it will come in through, you have the courthouse in this general location, the Kona Hospital, and the access will come in right in this general location. This is an aerial photo. Again, you have Mmalahoa Highway running in a north-south direction, Haukapila Street identified in this general location. And you have, access will be in this location at this point. The property is identified with a red outline. Currently it is vacant of structures. This is the Kona Community Development Plan for this particular area. The location of the application is identified in this area. You have Kealakekua in this general location. And this is, within this area that’s identified with a blue outline, which within the Plan identifies as a Rural Town TOD, or Transient Oriented Development. The applicant is requesting a Change of Zone from Single-Family Residential 15,000 square feet to Neighborhood Commercial 20,000 square feet for approximately 3.67 acres of land. And this is to construct a medical office complex. The proposed improvements will include five three- story structures, each structure approximately 12,000 square feet in size, not exceeding 30 feet in height. The ground floor will be designated for parking. And the project will be developed in two phases with the initial phase consisting of two buildings. The reasons for the request: The proposed facility is intended to provide office space for the doctors who provide services to the Kona Community Hospital; the project will reduce commuting time for both patients and doctors who must frequently travel between their offices and the hospital. This is the site plan submitted by the applicant. We’ve made some additions to it, identifying the structures on the property with blue, and we’ve also added a red outline identifying the location of the access from the adjoining property to the north. This outline here only shows the subject property in this particular area. It shows the preliminary layout of where the structures will be, the internal circulation, as well as the parking areas and the proposed access from the property to the north. This is an elevation front view of the structures, again, identifying the bottom floor for parking and then the two upper floors for office space. These are some site photos of the location. This is on Hawai‘i Belt Road looking to the south; as you’ll see, the sign here identifying the hospital, Haukapila is on the left, and we do have a left- turn lane designated for this particular area. This is looking north and, again, we have the sign identifying the hospital to take a right; Haukapila is identified in this general area. This is looking from Hawai‘i Belt Road up towards mauka, and this is Haukapila Street; so it gives you an idea of the width and condition of the roadway. You’ll see that there is a sidewalk on the left side at the roadway. This is in the general location on Haukapila where the particular access will be; this is the sign that was placed for the proposed Change of Zone application. The Planning Director is recommending that the Planning Commission send a favorable recommendation with conditions to the Hawai‘i County Council. 2 EXHIBIT A