2024-02-01 Windward Exh B (Item #2 Manono Corner LLC)

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M. OSAKO: Thank you. LIN: Vice Chair, did that answer your question? DANIELE: Yeah, it did. Thank you so much. LIN: Okay, any other questions for staff? Okay, if not. We'll now allow the applicant to come up and the applicant's representative. [Two males from the audience approached the testifiers table] Sir, if I may if you could press the mic on your side as well. There you go. Okay,please I'll first swear you in. So if you could please raise your right hands, I'll swear you in at the same time. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Windward Planning Commission? MALES AT TESTIFIER TABLE: I do. LIN: Okay, speak directly into the microphone, state your name, the area you reside and whom you represent. FUKE: Sure, good morning, Mr. Chair, and members of the Commission. My name is Sidney Fuke, I am a Planning Consultant and I'm here assisting the applicant, Robert Hamilton. My residence address is here in Hilo. LIN: Thank you. Sir? HAMILTON: Yeah, good morning. My name is Robert Hamilton. I reside in Kurtistown, and I am the owner of this property and have been for the last twenty-one (21) years I believe. LIN: Thank you. Have you guys received the Background and Recommendation reports from the Planning Department? FUKE: Yes, we've had, and we've had a chance to, well, I've had a chance to review it with the applicant. Particularly the proposed conditions and the background and the proposed conditions were confirmed that to be acceptable by the applicants, so, yes. LIN: Okay. Do you have any further comments that you'd like to share with the Commissioners? FUKE: Sure, yeah. Thank you very much Mr. Chairman. I think the staff's background report is and you have the written before you so it's kind of comprehensive. So, pretty much I'd like to kind of help address some of the comments that we're offered by the surrounding property owners. First of all, I think maybe we can just kind of separate it in terms of two categories. One relates to just overall land use issue and the other one specifically targeting the traffic question. So relative to the land use issue. I mean there comments about like maybe the property should not be rezoned to industrial, it should be set aside maybe for higher density residential uses, so on and so forth. I mean, that's kind of like "no"but it goes contrary to the 12 EXHIBIT B