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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT OCTOBER 22, 2010 JEFFREY D. HANNEKEN (SPP 10-105) A regularly advertised hearing on the application of was called to order at 9:46 a.m. in the King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel, Ballroom I, 75-5660 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Frederic Housel presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Frederic Housel, Lani Bowman, Geraldine G Hickcox, Wayne Iokepa and Richard Nelson ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Brandi Beaudet STAFF PRESENT: Diane Noda (Deputy Corporation Counsel), Margaret Masunaga (Deputy Planning Director), Bennett Mark (Planning Program Manager), Maija Cottle (Staff Planner) and Allen Salavea (Staff Planner) And three people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT:JEFFREY D. HANNEKEN (SPP 10-105) Application for a Special Permit to allow for the establishment of a ranch fencing business on a 0.7-acre portion of a larger 4-acre parcel situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The subject property is situated on the north side of Kawaihae Road near the 61-mile marker within the Waimea Landmark Estates Subdivision, ‘uli, South Kohala, Hawai‘i, TMK: 6-2-05:31. HOUSEL: Could the Leeward Planning Commission please come back to order. We will proceed with our third item on the agenda today. And this is an application for a Special Permit, and this is to allow for the establishment of a ranch fencing business on a State Land Use Agricultural District. Maija, would you like to do the honors? COTTLE: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, everyone. COMMISSIONERS: Good morning, Maija. COTTLE: Hope everyone is having a good morning. This application is a Special Permit request. The applicant is Jeffery Hanneken. The subject property is located between Kawaihae and Waimea. It’s actually about four and half miles outside of Waimea. And you can see the subject property on the slide is outlined in red – oops, here we go – it’s in the middle of the slide. Kawaihae Road runs through the middle of the slide in an east-west direction. And you can see the land to the north is actually a very large parcel: it’s zoned Agricultural 40 acres that’s shown in the blue. And the properties to the south are zoned Agricultural 5 acres and that’s shown in the light green. The subject property is zoned Agricultural 3 acres. The General Plan designation for the property is Rural and that’s shown in the dark brown color. And the surrounding lands are designated Extensive Agriculture that’s shown in white. The State Land Use District for the property is Agricultural, which is why the applicant is requesting a Special Permit. 1 EXHIBIT A