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zoning, as you can see on the slide, is Single-Family Residential 15,000 square feet; those are all of the dark yellow areas. And the areas in the pink are currently zoned Village Commercial 10,000 square feet, which is what the applicants are requesting. This is a General Plan LUPAG Map of the property. You can see that most of the property is designated Medium Density Urban. And the State Land Use Designation is Urban as well, which is shown in pink on the slide. This is an aerial photo that shows the existing gymnasium. There are actually two structures and a parking area, a paved parking area in the front and a grass parking area in the back. You can see some of the other commercial uses in Hw, and then there are residential uses towards the south. The applicants are requesting the change in zoning in order to allow offices on the subject property and in the existing structures; the Zoning Code does not allow offices in Single-Family Residential zoning. And the Department is recommending that a favorable recommendation be sent to the County Council for this request. WATANABE: Thank you, Maija. Fellow Commissioners, do we have any questions of staff? Seeing none, then I have one individual that has signed up to testify: Shaun McElhannon. Would you come to the table, please? Mr. McElhannon, may I swear you in? Would you raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Planning Commission? MCELHANNON: I do. WATANABE: Thank you. And for the record, would you state your full name and address, and then you may begin your testimony. MCELHANNON: Donald Shaun McElhannon, 55-524 Hw Road. I represent not only myself but KC Lane Condominium Association, which is immediately adjacent to the property in question here. We consist of three homes and the Mormon Church, biggest house of worship in Hw, which previously sold the MilnerÓs property in question. My comments are these. It is an extremely congested part of North Kohala. We are on the line between commercial and residential; itÓs a very sensitive area. So we are real sensitive to what happens here. One of the problems is that we want to make sure become a nuisance as unfortunately the Kohala Village Inn has become. So we are very sensitive to the usage. The idea was floated about a preschool, which I think is inappropriate given the dangerous traffic area. And now for the first time IÓm hearing that there may be offices put in there in the small building to the left, which previously had offices anyway; I certainly have no objection to that. But since there are 50 possible uses in a CV-10, we really want the owners to be aware that Î for instance the kanaka maoli people who run, who manage this place, who manage it well, have told me that during parties, which are quite large because itÓs a gym Î that all parties will cease by 10:30 and there will be no alcoho if the CV-10 is granted, that that promise holds. EXHIBIT A 2