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MOORE: Sure. Is it on? My name is Bill Moore. Address is 159 Halai Street, H-A-L-A-I, in
<br />Hilo. I’ve been assisting the Hinds on this matter. I’m here, if there is technical information, but as
<br />you notice, they are here; they can answer their own questions, if there is any questions.
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<br />R. HIND: Robby Hind. P. O. Box 750, Kamuela, Hawai‘i. And I’m the applicant, one of them.
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<br />M. HIND: Marty Hind. P. O. Box 750.
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<br />BEAUDET: Thank you. Go ahead.
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<br />MOORE: Yeah, I just want to say that we have received the Background and Recommendation,
<br />and are very appreciative of the staff in listening to our arguments, or discussions, regarding the fair
<br />share and their flexibility in recommending that. We’ve reviewed the other conditions and have no
<br />objections and can comply with them. So, yeah, we have no problems with what the staff has done
<br />and are really appreciative of their flexibility.
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<br />R. HIND: Yeah, this is the first time Marty and I have been through anything like this, and it was
<br />really overwhelming at the start, as far as the process and what not to go through. And I’d just like
<br />to reiterate what Bill said, the patience the staff has had with us going through the process. And so,
<br />anyways, I’d just like to thank them and to recognize them for that.
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<br />MOORE: And I just want to reiterate one thing. When we were looking at the zoning, we really
<br />tried to structure the zoning, so, it, they, you could only do two lots, and it wasn’t in trying to
<br />increase the density. So the RS-20 zoning was specifically picked, a less than 40,000-square foot
<br />lot was developed, and so it really was the strategy from the start to not change the character; even
<br />though we’re rezoning it to urban, or RS, Single Family, trying to keep the two-lot to two-lot
<br />density. So that was very much a part of what the family tried to do from the start.
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<br />BEAUDET: Thank you. And as a commission, you know, that is one of our primary concerns, and
<br />the surrounding community’s concerns, too, is that when we go through these processes, it’s
<br />typically to increase density. So we can appreciate, and I’m sure your neighbors appreciate the
<br />same, that that wasn’t the focus with this application; it was more to accommodate, you know, the
<br />numbers within the family, rather than to create, you know, or enhance, economic value. So we
<br />appreciate that as well. Any comments or questions from the Commissioners? Being that there is
<br />nobody in the audience for testimony, I don’t know, do I need to close that, or? It hasn’t even been
<br />technically opened. Okay. So we’ll just proceed. Okay, thank you. We appreciate that.
<br />Commissioners, with no further discussion or comments of the applicant, any more for staff? With
<br />that, I’d like to ask for a motion, motion for action.
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<br />WHITTEMORE: Chair, I’d like to make a motion. I’d like to move for a favorable
<br />recommendation to be forwarded to the County Council on the application of a change of zoning,
<br />Docket No. REZ 14-181, based on the Planning Director’s findings and recommendations and
<br />proposed conditions, which shall be adopted, which would include the deletion of Item I in the
<br />original recommendation.
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<br />HICKCOX: Second.
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