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Highway running at the lower portion of the map, and running mauka-makai we have Hawi Road,
<br />and the subject property is identifies with a black outline. For reference, the different colors on the
<br />map represent zoning; your darker green represents Agricultural 20-acres, your lighter green,
<br />including the subject property, is Agricultural 5-acres, we also have Agricultural 1-acre up on the
<br />top of the map, your darker yellow colors represent Single-Family Residential, and your pink
<br />represents commercial-type uses. This is an aerial photo. For reference, on the right side of the
<br />map we have Hawi Road, and outlined with the red, outlined is the subject property. They will be
<br />accessing through Hawi Road, and the subject property is ten acres in size. As you can see, there
<br />are several existing structures on site, as well as a gulch on the western portion of the property.
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<br />The applicant is requesting a Special Permit to allow cultural education-type uses and special events
<br />including, but not limited to, classrooms, camping, meetings, seminars, community gatherings and
<br />related activities in conjunction with the ethno-botanical garden as well on ten acres. This is
<br />situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District, and therefore requires a Special Permit.
<br />The uses will include the construction of an approximately 2,400-square foot covered deck area to
<br />be used for meetings, gatherings and cultural activities; camping facilities including three yurts,
<br />approximately 30 feet in diameter, up to five smaller tent-like structures and designated areas for
<br />tents to accommodate staff and students utilizing the facilities; the construction of a commercial
<br />kitchen and certified imu; construction of a restroom facility, which will be in the future; use of the
<br />existing residence for offices, as well as for overnight accommodations; use of the existing
<br />warehouse as a canoe construction and boat maintenance facility, as well as for woodcarving
<br />activities; conversion of an existing structure to a caretaker’s house; and an ethno-botanical garden.
<br />During the times that the facility is not being used for its primary activity, the cultural activities
<br />relating to the canoe, the facility will be rented out for special events and community uses.
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<br />Hours of Operation and clientele: The proposed education cultural activities would be limited to a
<br />maximum of 60 students on the property at any time; camping would be limited to approximately
<br />30 students plus faculty and staff; the proposed special event activities on the property would be
<br />limited to a maximum of 100 guests and would be limited to between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
<br />10:00 p.m. – these are conditions within the recommendation. When not being used by Na Kālai
<br />Wa‘a, the larger buildings are proposed to be available for outside use, and camping facilities and
<br />bedrooms within the existing residence will be available for rent.
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<br />The applicant’s mission statement: They have a mission to honor, protect and perpetuate Hawaiian
<br />traditions for the practice of wa‘a, canoe, culture through the Makali‘i voyaging programs for past,
<br />present and future generations. Their mission statement is “He wa‘a he moku, he moku he wa‘a,”
<br />which translates “The canoe is our island, the island is our canoe.”
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<br />This is the applicant’s site plan that was submitted. Again, for reference, on the right side of the
<br />map is Hawi Road. You have access on the top portion of the map, coming to a majority of the ten
<br />acres located on the left side of the map in the middle. Again, you have existing structures that are
<br />identified in the upper and lower portions of the map, and then you have the future camping area, as
<br />well as the future bathrooms, and then the existing work shed that will be used for the canoe
<br />construction and boat maintenance facility will be in the upper top portion. A majority of this area
<br />will be used for the ethno-botanical gardens, as well as existing pasture area.
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<br />This again is the aerial photo so that you can kind of reference where these structures will be
<br />located on the property. Again, as you notice, too, around the particular property, you do have a
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