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the 2-acre permit site is shown on the slide in black. The lot is actually zoned Agricultural 5 acres, and there is a portion that is zoned Single-Family Residential closer to Mamalahoa Highway. Most of the area is zoned Agricultural as well, surrounding the property, but there is a Village-Commercial zoned area to the northeast. This is an aerial photo of the site, and it shows the three existing structures that were permitted in 2007 under a Farm Employee Housing Agreement between the County and the applicant. The location of the additional farm dwelling structures would be just to the east and to the south of the existing three structures. Let’s see, this site also shows the location of Pualani Terrace Commercial Center and that is this area here to the northeast.That’s the closest neighbor that would be affected by this project. As I mentioned before, in 2007 the applicant and the County entered into the Farm Employee Housing Agreement to allow three structures to house up to 20 workers, but the Agreement limited the workers to only work on the subject property. So the applicant is now coming in for the Special Permit to allow ten more structures that would total 13 and house up to 50 workers. The Special Permit would also remove the restriction of the workers only working on that property and they would be able to work at other coffee farms throughout Kona that the applicant has contracted with. And then the Farm Employee Housing Agreement, if the Special Permit is approved, would be severed because it would no longer be relevant. This is a site plan that shows the three existing farm worker housing structures in orange, and then the ten additional structures are shown here in green. The yellow areas are old existing farm dwellings, carport and a shed that would be removed in order to accommodate the new structures. The Planning Director is recommending approval of this Special Permit request with conditions. Are there any questions? WATANABE: Fellow Commissioners, do we have any questions? Mr. Housel? HOUSEL: Yes, I had a question. From the area where the housing will be built, what is the route to the access to the highway? COTTLE: There’s a farm road that comes off of the highway right about here, and then there’s actually several farm roads on the property. One main access goes towards the coffee mill processing facility and then it wraps around towards the employee farm housing here. There is also another road that drops down closer directly to the farm employee housing structures. HOUSEL: Will the residents there, the farm workers, use both of the accesses to the highway? COTTLE: I don’t know that that will be limited. It’s actually one main access off of the highway and then it branches out on the property to two other roads. So they would be using EXHIBIT B 2