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to secure final subdivision approval and Condition E, which limits access from Ala Kahua Drive. Originally the property was zoned Ag-20, and the Ordinance changed it to Agricultural 3 acres for the property so they could further subdivide. The location of this application is within the North Kohala district. More specifically, we are looking at the Kohala Estates. We have the Akoni Pule Highway running in a semi-north-south direction. We have the ocean. You might recall, previously we had the Kohala LLC application in this area. The subject property is identified in black. This is on Ala Kahua Drive located within the Kohala Estates Subdivision. The light blue indicates the zoning of Agricultural 3 acres. We do have an aerial photo. Unfortunately, with the lights and everything on it is dark. But again, we have the property identified in black. And you can see the surrounding properties there is scattered single family dwellings that have been constructed as well as a quite bit of open space vacant land. The applicant is requesting a 5-year time extension for Condition C. This Condition has to do with the timeframe to submit and receive final subdivision approval. The request for the 5-year extension is to secure final subdivision approval. They are also requesting an amendment to Condition E. Condition E limits the access to Ala Kahua Drive to one access only. They are asking that this requirement be deleted because there is a problem with one of the lots that prevents access to that lot as well as the other lots together. So they may have to require an additional access for one of the lots. The Planning Department recommendation is recommending approval, or a favorable recommendation be forwarded to the Hawaii County Council with conditions. Are there any questions? WATANABE: Fellow Commissioners, do we have any questions of staff or Mr. Darrow? Yes, Mr. Domingo. DOMINGO: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Jeff, what additional access request, was it made because of the topography of the land where they cannot use just one access? DARROW: Correct. There’s, on the first lot that runs next to Ala Kahua Drive, there is a drainage way that runs through that lot. And the applicant’s proposal is to be able to put in a road that runs along the mauka side of the property and so they would be accessing to the lots from this particular roadway. The problem is that when an applicant comes onto this roadway to access the first lot, it’s blocked by a drainage way, and so they are asking to be able to access that first lot from Ala Kahua Drive in a different location than the other lots will be getting access from. WATANABE: Thank you. Any further questions? Yes, Ms. Bowman. BOWMAN: I’m looking at the conceptual subdivision map. And at Lot 8, it looks like there is a cul-de-sac right before Lot 8, so there will be like a, it looks like it ends. Maybe I just don’t understand it. EXHIBIT A 2