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DARROW: There still is a requirement for landscaping, just above this. So at this <br />point we’re not specifying that they use native species. <br />WATANABE: Is that good? <br />ALAMEDA: Okay, thank you. <br />WATANABE: Okay. Just for the record, I believe the reason we’re taking out the native <br />foliage requirement is it doesn’t seem to provide the type of landscaping coverage Rule 17 <br />attempts to achieve. Is that correct? <br />DARROW: Correct. <br />WATANABE: So we have no further questions? Okay, then may I have the applicant and <br />their representative come up please. May I swear you in. Okay, would you raise your right <br />hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Planning Commission? <br />SONG: I do. <br />W. TAVARES: Yeah. <br />WATANABE: Thank you. And then I believe you’re going to begin your testimony, so <br />would you state your name and address for the record, please. <br />SONG: Good morning, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. I’m Sandra <br />Song, my address is 10 Kamehameha Avenue in Hilo; and I represent the applicant Walter <br />Tavares. Mr. Tavares is with me today. Also, since this is a family business that he operates <br />with his son, his son Wally who’s also one of the mechanics with him, is present. Just to be <br />brief, we’ve gone through the conditions. As you know, Mr. Tavares has spent a considerable <br />amount of funds to improve the property. He’s operating his business there. There’s really no <br />rd <br />place for him to move. He has participated in the paving of 33 Avenue; and the cost was over <br />$61,000 which only four property owners ended up sharing. So he has invested a lot; and he’s <br />asking for this time extension. Prior to presenting this, Mr. Darrow went through the change in <br />conditions on signage, no signage on Highway 130; and Mr. Tavares is agreeable to that change <br />in condition. Otherwise, if you have any questions, we’d be glad to answer them. <br />WATANABE: Thank you. Do we have any questions of the applicant or their <br />representative? Yes, Mr. Yuen. <br />YUEN: Yes. You’ve had this permit for five years and it doesn’t look like the <br />landscaping has been put in that was required from five years ago. <br />W. TAVARES: Yeah, when I came in for the five-year permit -. <br />NOMURA: Microphone, please. <br />W. TAVARES: You hear me now? <br /> EXHIBITA <br />3 <br /> <br />