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black. This is a map depicting the General Plan LUPAG Map designation for the property, which is
<br />Important Agricultural Land as indicated by the green color.
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<br />The applicant is requesting a special permit to allow for the existing greenhouses on the subject
<br />property to accommodate visitor displays, retail plant and statuary sales, and to hold special events
<br />within the pavilion and on the grassy area, which in total comprises approximately two acres within
<br />the property, which in total comprises a little over nine acres of land. The project will consist of a
<br />retail component where the existing greenhouses would accommodate the sale of plants and garden
<br />statuary and items for visitors such as gift cards, T-shirts, coffee, macadamia nuts and other similar
<br />types of products. We should note that the sale of plants is a permitted use on the subject property,
<br />given its Agricultural designation; so we just wanted to make sure of the distinction. The special
<br />events the applicant is contemplating will allow for small events or functions such as, you know,
<br />wedding vow exchanges, memorial service, seminars, small community meetings and other low
<br />impact type of activities. These events, or special events, will be held within existing facilities on
<br />the subject property, as well as adjoining grassy areas, and limited to the two-acre portion of the
<br />property. Food, if necessary, will be catered in. There will be no amplified music, or amplification
<br />utilized on property, to accommodate these events. And the events itself will terminate no later than
<br />9:00 p.m. at night. The amount of people will be limited, or is not expected to exceed 75 people at
<br />any given time, and the applicant has informed us that no large buses will be permitted to transport
<br />people to the facility. The applicant has received inquiries from the general public to be able to
<br />hold different type of special events on the property, as I’ve noted here on the presentation board.
<br />And the purpose of the special permit application is to allow these types of special functions, as
<br />well as for the sale of items not directly related to agricultural uses that is normally permitted on the
<br />property itself.
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<br />This is a site plan of the property. Again, the entire property comprises a little over nine acres of
<br />land. Middle Ke‘ei Road is off to the right side of the plan. You may note the extensive
<br />development of the property for various, or for botanical garden use, as well as accommodating
<br />existing residential area located on the lower right hand corner. The special permit area is indicated
<br />here and is shaded in gray, and as you can tell, it does accommodate two existing, I mean, in total
<br />three existing greenhouse structures identified by where my laser pointer is showing, as well as a
<br />number of other existing structures on the property. Located here where my laser pointer is
<br />showing is where the existing pavilion is situated. The special events will be held in proximity to
<br />the existing greenhouses and the pavilion on the grassy areas, as well as within the pavilion
<br />complex. You may also note here, near the front of the subject property, is proposed parking areas
<br />that will have a gravel and grass type of surface, and I’ll show you the pictures of that shortly. This
<br />is a photo showing, it’s facing north and it is looking at the northern portion of the project site in the
<br />proximity to the two-acre special permit area. You have a driveway here off to your left, entering
<br />the subject property, and further away where you see the second sign, that’s where the second
<br />driveway access is located. I’ll back it up very quickly and highlight the fact that the first, the
<br />closest sign is posted here at this first driveway, and the sign further away is posted at this
<br />secondary access point. This is another photo looking south, with the subject property on your right
<br />hand side. And again, this is where the driveway is located, the northernmost driveway, and the
<br />southernmost driveway is located here by this other sign. This photograph depicts a typical surface
<br />where the proposed parking area will be accommodated. From this point on, I have a series of
<br />photographs showing the structures; if I could ask the Commission the liberty of, when the
<br />applicant is called forward to speak on the application, that she be permitted to provide an
<br />explanation of what these photographs are showing. So I’m going to skip through quickly, these
<br />photographs quickly.
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