2014-05-01HEARINGTRANSCRIPT-CONNECTIONSCBESSSPP12-138

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Again, the applicant in this case is Connections New Century Public Charter School, CBESS as well, Special Permit Application 12-138. The area of the subject application is in the Hilo District, South Hilo District, more specifically, we’re looking in the upper Kaūmana area. You can see the properties. It’s actually one property but divided by Edita Street. It’s outlined in a black outline. This is a closer view. For reference, we have Kaūmana Drive that is running through the upper middle portion of the map and running parallel with that is the Puainako Extension. Again, you’ll notice that you have the dark outline, outlining the subject property. We have Edita Street running through the middle of the property, and Mele Manu Street which is adjacent to this area. This consists of the Paradise [sic] Plantation Subdivision. For reference, you’ll see the different colors maps—I’m sorry, different colors on the map. The light green, dark green, blue represents Agricultural zoning, so this particular property is zoned Agriculture – 1 acre. The mustard color lighter yellows represent residential. And on your right side of your map, you have Residential – Agriculture zoning. This is the State Land Use Boundary Map of the area. The green represents Agriculture, and the pink represents Urban zoning. And you can observe that the subject property is within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The General Plan for this area identifies the subject property as Low Density Urban. You do have some Rural designations as well as some Important Agricultural land. This is an aerial photo. Again, we have Puainako Extension on the lower right portion of the map. We have Kaūmana Drive that provides access to this area, Edita Street, Mele Manu, as well as the subject property which is currently vacant, outlined in a black outline. The applicant is requesting a Special Permit to develop a K to 12 charter school campus with dorm facilities and related uses on approximately 70 acres of land situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. Because this particular application is over 15 acres, the actual, if the Planning Commission recommends a favorable recommendation, it will go up to the Land Use Commission. If the application is denied at the Planning Commission, the application is denied. This is an overview of the facility on both sides of the property. The main campus will be on the lower portion, which they call the lower parcel. The upper campus or the upper parcel has, is only identifying an elevated walkway. You can—they also have the Kaūmana Cave system that runs underneath portions of the property. This is identified with a gray color and is shown underneath. This is a site plan of the lower parcel. It again identifies all the different buildings that will be associated with the Special Permit application. These are just site photos of the area. This is on Kaūmana Drive looking mauka. Edita Street is on your left. This is on Kaūmana Drive looking towards makai. Edita will be on your right side. This is on Edita Street looking towards Hāmākua. You’ll notice that there is a dedicated left turn lane as well as a right turn lane. Currently, the shoulders are grass shoulders except where there are some driveway accesses. This is a little further up again looking towards Kaūmana Drive on Edita Street. You have the grass shoulders. The subject property would be on your right and 4 EXHIBIT F