2012-06-07 Windward Transcript HI Island Bd. of Realtors

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KRAUS: I believe we closed in November of last year. AU: Okay, so you are using that facility as a -? o: KRAUS: N AU: It's not being used? KRAUS: It is currently rented. AU: Okay. KERN: Commissioner Ono? ONO: Just out of curiosity, if we look at the size of this room and we’re using microphones to dialogue here, do you plan to do any structural changes in terms of your planning, your instructional, your lessons? How do you accommodate, how will you accommodate the audience that you intend to teach or conduct classes with? I mean, to me it impacts the neighbors if you’re having a PA system in there, your traffic, your bathroom facilities. Are you planning any changes? MELROSE: I think the internal improvements are very slight. The only kinds of, the kind of scale we are talking about are under 20 people. There will be no PA system. There is not intended to be any, you know, large, large gatherings on the property. When they have large activities, they will go to large facilities. This is just a place to do on-going professional development classes for realtors. So they don't expect to do anything in the evening time or on the weekends, and that would not, it may be an adaptation of the existing garage. There are several rooms in the building that are above and beyond the need all the current staff on a daily basis that will be available for meetings and educational programs. So there's no large-scale -. ONO: The rest of the facilities will remain the same? MELROSE: Yes. KRAUS: We will have to, I think, add an ADA bathroom. But – . ONO: I'm sorry I can't hear you. KRAUS: An ADA bathroom. ONO: I see. KRAUS: But it will be, the intent of, as we have talked to the architects so far is that it will be right next to the existing bathroom. KERN: Thank you very much. Any other questions for the applicant/or representative? Seeing none, –. 5 EXHIBIT A