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b. This is a Change of Zone for 9.095 acres from an Agricultural 5-acre (A-5a) to the Single Family Residential Î 15,000 square foot (RS-15) District. Norman? HAYASHI:Thank you, Mr. Chair and Members of the Commission. First of all, I'd like to apologize for giving you the Background Report and Recommendation only this morning. There was one issue that needed to be resolved before we were able to finalize our recommendation, and that was with regard to the access to the property. Since that time, the Applicant has submitted to us letters to verify that they do have -, they will have be having -, they will have -, they have authorization from the adjoining property owner to gain access to their property from the adjoining property owner's property. The subject property is located again by this red dot. It is mauka of the Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway. This would be towards Kailua village, and this would be in the Keauhou direction. This is Huallai Road going mauka, and it veers to the right. The Kona Orchards Subdivision is located in this location, and the subject property, again, is indicated here. It is within the State Land Use Agricultural District, and the Applicant is requesting that it be reclassified into the Urban District. Also, as part of this simultaneous request, the Applicant is requesting that the current zoning of Agriculture-5 acre be reclassified to Single Family Residential-15,000 square foot minimum lot size. The access to the property would be from Huallai Road, from Queen -, off of Queen ` Kaahumanu Highway, would be from Huallai Road, and they would gain access from the adjacent Huallai Heights Subdivision, which is currently being reviewed for subdivision approval. That would be the -, there will be a roadway that comes off of Huallai Road within the Huallai Heights Subdivision, and the Applicant would gain access from that particular roadway. Also, some of the lots will gain access off of a driveway which is located along the mauka portion of the property. The zoning in the area, if you look at the map, the various zoning in the area, colors on the map indicate the various zoning in the area. The darker yellow area are Single Family Residential-7,500 square foot zoned district. The Huallai Heights Subdivision is zoned RS- 20, or 20,000 square foot minimum lot size. Agriculture-5 acre zoning indicated in these lighter shaded green areas, and we also have some Agricultural-1 acre in the darker green areas. The mauka area, or the Kona Orchards Subdivision, is zoned Residential Agricultural half acre. The Planning Director is recommending approval of both the State Land Use Boundary Amendment and the Change of Zone application subject to conditions. Are there any questions at this time? GALDONES:Commissioners? Commissioner Springer. SPRINGER:Thank you. Norman, when you described there being an additional access to the property through some driveways, I think you said. 2