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reduced to 7 acres. Then in, they had quite a bit of discussion with the then Planning
<br />Director, who also happens to be here in the audience. And then, finally, what happened
<br />in the upshot is in July of 1991, the owners then agreed to down-zone a 1-acre area. If
<br />you look at the map, Jeff, if you can kind of point it out, they had agreed to down-zone a
<br />1-acre area, and in its place zoned this area to 1 acre. This 1-acre area that was
<br />commercially-zoned was down-zoned to Open; and thatÓs all within the town of
<br />Holualoa. So, basically, it vwas a land swap, a zoning swap, yo
<br />restaurant and the shop,
<br />When that project was rezoned to Commercial, there was like a number of conditions.
<br />And one of the conditions stated that, and the conditions were tied in with the bed and
<br />breakfast, so thatÓs why itÓs all kind of related. And they said that, you know, you could
<br />not expand the bed and breakfast until you do certain roadway improvements. And one
<br />of the roadway improvement conditions said that, you know, you h
<br />improvements to the old Holualoa Road, the Mauka Road. Well, this was done at a cost
<br />of about $90,000 plus dollars in 1994. And when that happened, they were then in a
<br />position to apply for the permit to expand the 4-bedroom or the 5-bedroom B&B up to a
<br />10-room inn. The inn was granted, the permit for the, the Speci
<br />approved in October of 1997. Then they applied for an extension back in 1999; and the
<br />requirement was that they had to complete it by September of 2002, that is to say the
<br />5 rooms.
<br />What they have completed so far is a total of two additional rooms, well, they had like
<br />4 rooms and they completed 2 rooms. It was already finaled today is what Ms. Brown
<br />told me this morning, so they were granted Final Approval. So they basically have 4
<br />more rooms outstanding that they need construct; and they just need the additional time.
<br />If you look at the presentation map, the 4 additional rooms would be located on the right-
<br />hand side of the Holualoa Inn, which is kind of shaded in orange, thatÓs where the
<br />4 rooms -. The two additional rooms that were constructed were actually renovations
<br />within the existing structure.
<br />Relative to the questions that, I guess, first of all Commissioner Kubota, you had raised
<br />about the 5-foot additional road setback along the highway, when the bed and breakfast
<br />permit was approved to a 10-room inn in 1994, there was a condition that stated as
<br />follows and IÓll read it to you: ÐThe Applicant shall comply with the Department of
<br />Public Works Building Division, Traffic and Engineering Divisions, relative to the
<br />proposed structural additions, driveways, site distance, slope drainage and any other
<br />necessary requirements for this proposed use.Ñ So, by virtue of that, I believe like if,
<br />when they applied for the additional improvements that the Public Works Department
<br />wanted to require, like the 5-foot additional setback, that they would be in a position to
<br />do that. That would also be supported by the fact that they had already written a letter to
<br />the Department in response to that comment stating that the Applicant had no objections
<br />to setting aside that 5 additional feet along the highway for this road improvement.
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