2012-09-20 Leeward Exh A - DeFranco Paleaku

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So the Planning Director is recommending approval of this special permit application subject to conditions of approval. If you were to refer to the goldenrod paper containing the Planning Director’s recommendation report, if you could please turn to Page 7, on Page 7, we have the proposed conditions of approval. And I’ll quickly highlight some of the conditions that will ensure that the representations provided by the applicant will be conditioned to ensure compliance with our favorable recommendation. Condition No. 3, for example, will limit hours of operation of the facility to 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily. Condition 4 will limit the type of vehicles utilized to transport visitors to the property to not exceed a 30-passenger capacity; there is a specific limitation that no large busses be allowed. Condition No. 5 prohibits concerts to be held on the property. Condition 6 requires the applicant to work with the Department of Public Works to ensure the access to the facility meets with their approval. And the other conditions are your typical conditions that we normally include in special permits. So with that, I stand ready to answer any questions that you may have. GIFFIN: Commissioners, any questions of Daryn? Daryn, were you going to speak to Page -. ARAI: Madam Chairwoman, you are on your game this morning, and I apologize for not mentioning that. But I distributed another goldenrod sheet, and that represents Pages 3 and 4 of the Director’s recommendation report. If you were to turn to Page 4, at the top of the page, the very first paragraph at the very end, the only difference between that and the page that you currently have in your report is that we failed, in the original recommendation, we failed to complete the sentence, which in the original recommendation it ended with the word “significant”; so this replacement page is just to complete the sentence, which shall read, “The requested uses of the visitor displays and retail plant and statuary sales, and to allow special events on-site do not appear to be uses that would significantly increase water demand.” GIFFIN: Thank you. Once again, Commissioners, any questions of Daryn? Hearing none, will the applicant and her representative please come forward and take a seat at the table. DEFRANCO: He is my unofficial representative. MOORE: Official now. DEFRANCO: Official now. GIFFIN: Will you please raise your right hands. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Leeward Hawai‘i County Planning Commission? DEFRANCO: I do. MOORE: I do. GIFFIN: And into the microphone, will you please state your name. I think it’s on. DEFRANCO: Barbara DeFranco. GIFFIN: Applicant. 3 EXHIBIT A