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Mt. View and Volcano. And then off of that is the Keaau Bypass that heads out towards Pahoa. That’s in the middle of the slide here. Keaau Village is in the area on the bottom of the slide here that I’m showing with the red dot, and then the property is outlined in red. It’s off of, it gets access off of the Keaau Bypass through Milo Street, which is the street that runs towards the property here. The property is zoned Agricultural 20-acres. All of the dark green that’s shown on the slide is Agricultural 20-acres. And the area north of Milo Road and west of Railroad Avenue, which is this curvy road here that comes down on the west side of the property, is zoned various zonings. The purple zoning is MCX which is mixed commercial-industrial zoning, and I believe that’s 20 acres. And this kind of triangle-shaped parcel is the location of the Helco power station, power plant; and that’s zoned Industrial, as well as this long strip of parcel that was recently rezoned to Industrial as well. This is an aerial photo and it’s a little dark. Sidney, could you just hit the light, do you mind? I’m sorry. That one, yeah. It shows the whole location of the property here. There are eight existing warehouses that you can see in this slide. Milo Street runs just to the north here, and then Railroad Avenue comes down heading towards Hawaiian Paradise Park area; and it makes up the western boundary of the property. The applicant is proposing to renovate the existing eight warehouses on the property; and they intend to use some of the warehouses as a water and fruit beverage bottling facility, and then the remaining warehouses they hope to rent or lease out to use for limited industrial uses. The Planning Department originally recommended a favorable recommendation be sent to the County Council for the State Land Use Boundary Amendment and Rezone, but we’re going to withhold our recommendation at this point because, in light of the access issues that have come up. You should have gotten a letter from Tom Yeh representing W. H. Shipman. So once those access issues are resolved then the Planning Department will give its recommendation. WATANABE: Thank you. COTTLE: Are there any questions? WATANABE: Do we have any questions of staff at this point? No? Then, Mr. Fuke, you’re representing the applicant, I believe you wanted to make a presentation in spite of the recent revision in the recommendation. FUKE: Okay, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. For the record, my name is Sidney Fuke. I’m a land use consultant. I’ve been retained by the applicant, Hawaiian Rainforest Water Company, to assist them with the processing of this rezoning application. My -. WATANABE: Okay, thank you. FUKE: I’m sorry. My business address is 100 Pauahi Street here in Hilo. WATANABE: Okay. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Planning Commission? FUKE: Yes, I do. EXHIBIT C 2