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HAYASHI:Thank you, Mr. Chair. First of all, let me go to the pr map on the wall, on the board, to give you a description of the property and where itÓs located. First of all, this is the Hawaii Belt Highway, and this would be in the Hilo direction, and this would be driving towards Hamakua. Laupahoehoe is located here and Ninole. This is Maulua Gulch. The subject property is or the proposed, excuse me, the existing tower site is located, indicated in yellow, by this yellow dot here. It is part of a larger parcel in this general configuration. The tower is situated on approximately 6,100 square feet of land. Going to the site map again, this would be the entire parcel; and the Special Permit was to allow the 195-foot high tower on this small 6,100 square feet piece of property or area. This permit was previously issued to USCOC of Hawaii 3, Inc., also doing business as United States Cellular. Since then the Applicant has taken over the permit, Special Permit. The Applicant is requesting that three conditions be amended. Condition No. 2, and Condition No. 2 basically states, and IÓll just highlight the area that is being requested to be amended ÐThe tree shall be planted at varying heights along the ridge line and upper elevation facing Maulua Gulch.Ñ Condition No. 3 talks about receiving Final Plan Approval for the existing tower site, and also indicated in the condition was that thereÓll be proposed tree planting shown on the site plan. And Condition No. 4 basically states that ÐPrior to securing Final Plan Approval, a tree planting plan shall be submitted to the Planning Department for review.Ñ The Applicant is requesting amendments to these three conditions relative to the tree planting along the ridge line. We did receive, thereÓs a long history behind this permit; and it has gone to the Board of Appeals, and it has gone to the courts. And all of that is indicated in your Background Report, so I would dispense with going over those specifics. The permit was approved in October of 2000. We received a Petit Contested Case Hearing and that was submitted by George Robertso property owner. Mr. RobertsonÓs property is located in this general configuration adjacent to the subject property. Are there any questions at t GALDONES:Commissioners, before we proceed any further, we have received a letter from our Director, Mr. Yuen, excusing, disqualifying himself from any action that is to be taken by the Planning Commission. As such, the Deputy Planning Director will be sitting in his absence and we are awaiting for his arrival. So I would like to call for a short recess until his arrival. Also, Ms. OÓToole would like to make a statement in reference to her involvement in this particular case. OÓTOOLE:Yes, I just wanted to let the Commissioners know that when the permit was issued, I had represented the Director Virginia Golds Contested Case Hearing; and her position was in favor of the permit which, I guess, is the same as the CommissionÓs. The permit was granted. So, I donÓt see a problem in my 2