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<br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I <br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br />OCTOBER 3, 2008 <br />A regularly advertised hearing on the application of HONPA HONGWANJI HILO BETSUIN <br />(REZ 08-000082)was called to order at 1:18 p.m. in the County of Hawaii, Aupuni Center <br />Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii, with Chairman Rodney Watanabe presiding. <br />PRESENT: Rodney Watanabe ABSENT & EXCUSED: Lani Bowman <br />Takashi Domingo C. Kimo Alameda <br />Andrew Iwashita <br />Shelly Ogata <br /> Alvin Rho <br /> Rell Woodward <br />Ivan Torigoe, Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />Christopher Yuen, Planning Director <br />Norman Hayashi, Staff Planner <br />Phyllis Fujimoto, Staff Planner <br />Jeff Darrow, Staff Planner <br /> And nine people from the public in attendance. <br />APPLICANT: HONPA HONGWANJI HILO BETSUIN (REZ 08-000082) <br />Change of zone from Single-Family Residential 10,000 square feet (RS-10) to Multiple-Family <br />Residential 1,500 square feet (RM-1.5) district for 4 acres of land. The property is located along <br />the south side of Kawili Street, adjacent to and east of the Waiakea High School complex, <br />Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-4-1:116. <br />WATANABE: The next agenda item is Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin. This is a Change <br />of Zone Application (REZ 08-000082), and they want a change of zone from Single-Family <br />Residential 10,000 square feet to Multiple-Family Residential 1,500 square feet (RM-1.5) for 4 <br />acres of land. And I’ve been informed by Mr. Iwashita that he’s going to recuse himself from <br />this discussion because he was formerly on the Board of Directors with the Honpa Hongwanji <br />and I guess he spent something like 15 years in that position. Is that correct, Mr. Iwashita? <br />IWASHITA: The Spiritual Affairs Board for like ’85 to 2000, so -. <br />WATANABE: Okay. So with that I’ll turn it over to Maija. <br />COTTLE: Thank you, Mr. Chair. The next application is a change of zone request <br />from Single Family Residential 10,000 square feet to Multiple Family Residential 1500 square <br />feet on 4 acres of land. And the property is located along the south side of Kawili Street in Hilo. <br />On the slide this is Kawili Street running East-West, and Kapiolani Street is running North- <br />South, just to the west here. And Kinoole Street is on the other side of the property. The <br /> EXHIBIT D <br />1 <br /> <br />