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HOUSEL: Okay. I think we’ll start with our staff. Mr. Darrow, would you like to proceed? DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Planning Commission. If I can direct your attention to our presentation on the wall. Our next applicant is Edwin Deluz Trucking and Gravel, LLC. They are requesting an amendment to Condition No. 2 of Special Permit No. 70-85, or in the Planning Commission we refer to as Special Permit No. 164. The location of this application is within the South Kohala District. More specifically, we are looking in the Waikoloa area. The actual subject property is identified in a black outline. For reference, this line running in a north-south direction on the right side of the map is the Hawai‘i Belt Road, running in an east-west direction, mauka-makai, is the Waikoloa Road, and this general area here is Waikoloa Village. This particular property is approximately 1,700 acres in size. The permit area for Quarry Site 1 is approximately 63 acres in size. The colors on the map represent the different zoning. This is a little closer view, which shows the different zonings. The particular property is zoned Agricultural 5-acre. Of interest would be the adjoining properties to the north, which are zoned RA 1-acre, as well as Open zoning, and that’s referred to in Condition No. 2. This is the USGS map, which identifies Pu‘u Hinai in the western corner of this particular portion of the property. This is an aerial photo, which shows the particular area that’s been mined on the pu‘u since 1970. This particular application has received its original approval in 1970 from the Land Use Commission, and so this has been a continual operation since 1970. The applicant is requesting an amendment to Condition No. 2 to extend the life of the permit for an additional five years from December 11, 2010 to December 11, 2015 to allow the continued operation at Quarry Site No. 1. Condition No. 2 currently states, “Quarry operations at Site 1 (Pu‘u Hinai Quarry) shall be terminated by December 11, 2010, or prior to final subdivision approval of the increment of adjacent RA zoned lands which abut the quarry boundaries, or prior abandonment, whichever occurs first.” As referenced earlier, the adjoining RA-1 zoned lands are currently, have received a revised tentative subdivision approval; they have not received final subdivision approval as of yet. But there is always the possibility that that could occur in this particular five-year period. This is the South Kohala Community Development Plan for the Waikoloa Village. As you can see on the lower portion of the map, Pu‘u Hinai is referenced on the map. The actual plan does speak specifically to Pu‘u Hinai, and I’ve brought that up here; it’s under Strategy 2.2, which the title is to “Preserve Waikoloa’s Scenic Views, Landscapes, and Pu‘u” – “Waikoloa has as many pu‘u if not more, than its sister town of Waimea, many of which have names that convey traditional stories of this ahupua‘a. The pu‘u named Hinai in the vicinity of Waikoloa and several other pu‘u in the district are being mined. Mining and also the encroachment of development have degraded the condition of several pu‘u in the district. These pu‘u should be protected and preserved in their natural state.” So this is directly from the current Community Development Plan in the area. Also, I’d like to bring to your attention a new condition that we are adding in response to the South Kohala Community Development Plan: “Mining of Pu‘u Hinai shall immediately cease to protect and preserve the pu‘u in compliance with the South Kohala Community Development Plan.” Also, Conditions No. 4 and 5. Condition No. 4 which is a current condition, states that “upon termination of operations or abandonment of any portion of Site 1 (Pu‘u Hinai Quarry), the land shall be graded to blend with the surrounding areas and re-vegetated. Further, the sites shall be left in a non- hazardous condition.” As a result of this new condition stating that the mining shall cease for this particular area of the Quarry Site 1, Condition 4 triggers. And so what we’ve done is implement Condition No. 5 which states that “the applicant shall submit a soils report of the mined area of Pu‘u Hinai by an engineer qualified in the field of soil mechanics and licensed within the State of 2 EXHIBIT B