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KJOS:Kjos (pronounced chose). <br />SPRINGER:Kjos. Ellen, if you could please raise your hand, along with <br />Mr. Mooers? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the <br />Hawaii County Planning Commission? <br />TESTIFIERS:I do. <br />SPRINGER:Thank you. Mr. Mooers, if you could give us your name and your <br />residence address for the record? <br />MOOERS:My name is Greg Mooers. My address is P.O. Box 1101, Kamuela <br />96743. <br />SPRINGER:Thankyou.YouhavereceivedtheBackgroundReportand <br />Recommendations? <br />MOOERS:Yes, I have. <br />SPRINGER:Do you have any comments on that or on anything else -? <br />MOOERS:Yeah, I€d like to clarify some of the situations as, some of the <br />questions raised by Commissioner Siracusa. Mr. Holmes, who owns the property, and he <br />did own the property at the time. He was an Exchange and that€s why, I think, it was -. <br />American Exchange Services, I think, was listed as the Applicant for the SMA <br />determination eight years ago. <br />Mr. Holmes is an elderly man. He€s in his late 70s. He has been trying to construct this <br />home on his own for the last eight years. His wife recently did have surgeries on both <br />knees and she€s unable to climb the stairs. Unfortunately, Mr. Holmes was going to be <br />here today but his health has deteriorated to the point where he was not able to travel. <br />Hopefully, he€ll be back before the end of the year. So it was not a scheme on his part to <br />get a single-family dwelling and then somehow make it into an apartment. He had the <br />zoning for the apartment and he has complied now with the SMA Major Permit on this. <br />There is no increase in the number of bedrooms in the home. It€s simply a conversion of <br />a single-family dwelling into three levels; and he would add two additional kitchens, so <br />the work really would become interior. <br />We do understand the Director€s position regarding the possible abuse of acquiring an <br />SMA exemption for single-family home and then using conversion under $125,000. In <br />this case, I would certainly argue that€s not the situation with Mr. Holmes. And I wish he <br />could be present today to meet with you, I think you would understand the situation <br />somewhat better at that time. <br />Anyway, unless you have any other questions, we have read the conditions; and I think <br />that they adequately address the concerns expressed by the agencies. <br />4 <br /> <br />