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LIM: Thank you very much. WeÓve received the background and recommendation, and have no
<br />comments. We note that the Planning Director has incorporated most of our proposed amendments
<br />to the conditions that we proposed to the Commission. We agree with those changes.
<br />I think part of the issues that youÓve been hearing, and as you can see from the mapping, I donÓt
<br />know if there is a misconception from the Heights at Huallai subdivision, but we will not be able to
<br />connect up to them until such time as the parcel to the immediate south, which is Parcel 22, is
<br />developed. The roadway layout within this particular project was worked on with the Department
<br />of Public Works over the last year. And I think you probably know that if the developer had his
<br />choice, he wouldnÓt put a more expensive north-south road through the project, but thatÓs part of the
<br />connectivity issue, thatÓs what the Kona CDP requires. And so thatÓs why youÓve got an extension
<br />down into heading towards the Sugar Cane Lane project and the Heights at Huallai, which is the
<br />Pualena Street extension. So essentially, what we are doing is we are doing our part to implement
<br />the Kona CDP to run the road through our project out to Huallai Road.
<br />Part of the other benefit of the project, and something that I t
<br />because we are just working with the Department of Public Works on, is there is a significant
<br />drainage way located further north of the property that comes do
<br />highway, more makai of the project; however, the drainage in the area has been diverse, and some
<br />of the Kona Orchards residents indicated that the water is coming through their project out onto
<br />Huallai Road. What the project is proposing to do is to install a series of drywells and drainage
<br />basins through the project, and essentially what we are going to do is, although itÓs not our legal
<br />duty to do so, we are going to try to pick up as much of that sheet flow coming down from the
<br />mauka off Huallai Road as possible within our project. So we are going to be, I think, contributing
<br />substantially to the potential drainage issues in that area.
<br />I think that weÓd like to ask for your support. We think itÓs in compliance with the Kona CDP and
<br />the General Plan for the area. And we think itÓll provide needed residential lots, because not
<br />everybody can afford, you know, a $500,000 half-acre lot or one-acre lot or higher, I guess. So we
<br />are trying to provide a little bit of a lower-end product, and Mr. Barrett has full intentions of
<br />developing this project as shown. The concern, the last concern, I guess, was kind of, you know,
<br />this is too dense of a project, the RS 10,000-square foot lots are too dense. One thing that will
<br />ameliorate that concern to some degree, I think, is when you look at the Î Jeff, give that project
<br />concept plan, please Î when you look at the lots that are going to be on the mauka side of the
<br />project, which is the area fronting Huallai Road and the area thatÓs to the south thatÓs going to be
<br />closest to the Sugar Cane Lane and the Heights at Huallai project, thatÓs all this area to the right of
<br />your screen and to the south there, those lots range from, up to 15,500 square feet. We are going to
<br />be doing the Planned Unit Development. As you can see, thereÓs lots of smaller lots down closer to
<br />the interior portion of the project, thatÓs partly due to the topography where you have to reduce your
<br />cut and fill; so the actual vision that you would see as you drive along Huallai Road is, those lots
<br />on top there are averaging about 13,156 square feet in size anyway, and those lots you see are up to
<br />15,500 square feet along the top there of the project. So we donÓt think itÓs going to be out of the
<br />character with the neighborhood. Thank you.
<br />HOUSEL: Commissioners, do you have any questions of the applicant? Mr. Lim, I had a question
<br />to clarify. There is a parcel of land between the Sugar Cane Estates and the subject property, and
<br />we are talking about Pualena Street. Do you have an agreement with the adjacent landowner to
<br />allow that street to go through?
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