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utilized in this particular location here highlighted by my pointer. Access would be provided from
<br />the Saddle Road off of the Waiki‘i Road, which is a private roadway. It is the mauka gate entrance,
<br />as you are driving mauka to makai along the Saddle Road. The project site itself is zoned
<br />Agricultural-80 acres; surrounding lands include land zoned Agricultural-10 acres, as well as Ag-40
<br />here across the street, across the Saddle Road, as well as mauka of the Waiki‘i Ranch Subdivision.
<br />The subdivision itself consists of roughly 128 lots ranging in size from ten, 20 and 40 acres.
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<br />This is an overlay of the parcel layout onto an aerial photo. Again, you can, Waiki‘i Road is in this
<br />location here, and this being Saddle Road. The project site itself encumbers the polo field within
<br />the Waiki‘i Ranch Subdivision, as well as adjoining lands, and where my laser pointer is showing is
<br />roughly the location of the polo field. Additional parking in support of the event will be provided
<br />on the adjoining property indicated where my pointer is showing; that will be provided for staff and
<br />VIP parking. And additional public parking will be provided on lands in this particular location
<br />here.
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<br />This is a further close-up. Again, note the entrance from Saddle Road along Waiki‘i Road, then
<br />turning down onto Paleo, Palekaiko Road I believe it’s called, which is this road here. The polo
<br />field is located in this vicinity, and the clubhouse, the Ranch Clubhouse, is located in this general
<br />location.
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<br />The applicant is requesting a special permit to allow an annual music festival and related activities
<br />on the Waiki‘i Ranch Polo Field and surrounding properties, which would constitute a total of
<br />approximately 14.5 acres within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The event itself will be a
<br />three-day event held annually that would include music, drink concessions, souvenir sales and
<br />public parking. The applicant proposes to limit attendance to 4,000 concertgoers a day, including
<br />staff and volunteers, and 100 individuals that will be contracted to provide onsite services such as
<br />security and parking. I should note that – maybe this is not exactly true, accurate – my
<br />understanding is the total anticipated attendees is 4,000, and that includes support staff; so one
<br />could argue, and maybe the applicant can clarify, that if it’s just concertgoers, it’s probably in the
<br />neighborhood of about 3,500.
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<br />This is a graphic layout of the proposed festival site. The polo field is here. The clubhouse is in
<br />this location here with Waiki‘i Road access in this vicinity here and Saddle Road depicted here.
<br />This would be the basic -. The stage would be in the northern portion of the polo field, and this
<br />would be the concert ground itself. And across the street, across the Palekaiko Road, would be the
<br />staff, VIP parking, as well as additional public parking in this vicinity. And again, this is another
<br />graphical overlay showing the polo field site and where the actual concert itself would be held.
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<br />The Planning Director is recommending approval of this special permit subject to conditions. I’ll
<br />quickly go over some of the conditions right now. Condition No. 2, and if you were to refer to your
<br />goldenrod-colored report, it will limit the event to one single annual event held over three
<br />consecutive days, a maximum of three consecutive days, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 10:00
<br />p.m.; this is information that was provided by the applicant as well. We are requiring, too,
<br />Condition No. 3, that the security and traffic control plans for the festival be developed in
<br />coordination with the respective reviewing agencies to ensure the traffic and security issues are
<br />mitigated to the extent possible. And additional Conditions 4, 5, 6 and 7, which will address
<br />specific access and support requirements of the Fire Department, as well as the state Department of
<br />Transportation.
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