2023-07-07 DRAFT Windward Exh A (Item #1 & #2 Dennis Schmitz)

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Consultant assisting the applicant, Dennis Schmitz, with today's applications before you. Again, I reside in Hilo and Mr. Schmitz resides in `0'6kala on the subject property. We did receive the Background Reports and Recommendation Reports and we are in agreement with both the analysis as well as the proposed conditions for approval and favorable recommendation. We do appreciate the thoroughness and thoughtfulness of the review of these applications. The property itself, I mean, given its proximity to the former `0'6kala Mill, which as you saw on the maps that Tracie presented was the former mill site, industrial types of uses to the extent that even the subject property was designated for industrial uses before Director Kern clarified that the property is the Urban Expansion Area. But clearly, historical uses focused on these lands possibly being developed for additional urban type of uses. Mr. Schmitz and the intention of the rezoning application and the SMA is to provide opportunities to his family to further cultivate the lands for agricultural purposes and that's in line with the Hamakua Community Development Plan (CDP) which identified these lands for as Important Agricultural Lands as well as the high quality of the soils. Prime agricultural lands by ALISH as well as Class "B" soils if I remember correctly. So again, the intent here is to further cultivate the land as it has been historically used in pasture, used for cultivating various types of crops and most importantly providing opportunities for Mr. Schmitz's family members. I did wish to, and I do appreciate the thoroughness of the application that was presented by Tracie, it makes my job so much more easier. I've been doing this for a while, but I am still pretty nervous as you can tell. But that being said, we did wish to make one clarification. Is there a way to bring up the State Land Use map again that was shown? Planning Department staff shared the requested map on the screen. I just wish to wanted to clarify that this particular map, it is broad brushed, very broad brushed and it shows that the subject property outlined in red carries both the Agricultural designations as shown by the light green and Conservation district classification shown by the light blue. However, if you look at Exhibit 2 which is the SMA and Change of Zone application and if you look on page 8 of the application Figure 6. The applicant went through probably a year effort with the State to certify the shoreline along the top of pali within the subject property and it confirms that the Conservation district actually occurs makai of the top of pali. So, the proposed subdivision basically delineates along the top of pali. So, arguably and the State Land Use Commission basically confirmed that the Conservation district actually begins makai of the property where the top of pali resides. So, I just want to make it clear that it gives the impression that there's a chunk of land within the subject property that's Conservation. The State has actually determined that the property itself is not within the Conservation district. So, I just wanted to make that clear. But otherwise we're in full agreement with the recommendation and the proposed conditions of approval. So, we stand ready to answer any questions that you may have. LIN: Thank you Mr. Arai. Mr. Schmitz, do you have any comments you wanted to relay? SCHMITZ: No, I just appreciate everybody, I appreciate everybody taking time to listen to our application and consider it. 5 EXHIBIT A(DRAFT)