2015-03-19 Leeward Exh A (SPP 15-177)

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special events area on the south side of the main dwelling. In through here is the Great Hall and just again a view of looking mauka. This one is looking makai. Here behind the rock wall is the courtyard area and the other side of the Great Hall that would be utilized for special events. The reason I added this photo is I just wanted to show, this was a new addition to the main structure, a four-car garage and some caretaker’s quarters above, and the applicants took great care to make sure that the addition kind of met the same architectural character as the main structure. The Planning Director’s recommendation for this application is approval with conditions. With that, I’m happy to take any questions. BEAUDET: Commissioners, any questions of staff before we call on the applicant? KAHOLO: Yeah, looking at the proposed plan, the bedrooms in place, what is the access from the main house to those locations as guests move on to these three locations? KAY: Yeah, it’s difficult, to show you again on the – can you put the site plan back up, please, thank you, sure – the access are going to be gravel walkways and some of them are shown on the site plan, but the application itself indicates that there will be the kind of just walkways as a connection to the main structure. KAHOLO: Yeah, my concern is safety, you know, for --. KAY: -- Sure. KAHOLO: How they get to the locations of those three bedrooms. Thank you. KAY: Thank you. BEAUDET: Any other questions for staff, Commissioners? Thank you, staff. I’d like to call on the applicant or its representative to please come forward. Good morning. If I could swear the both of you in. If you could please raise your right hand. Do you swear and affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Leeward Planning Commission? APPLICANT: Yes, I do. BEAUDET: Thank you. Could you please each introduce yourself, starting with you, Sidney? FUKE: Good morning, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Commission. My name is Sidney Fuke. I’m a planning Consultant. I’m here assisting Ms. Christine Hall who is seated to my left; she is the applicant. We’ve had the chance to review the staff’s report, the written report, as well as the proposed recommendation, and the applicant has found them to be very acceptable. We do have some clarification, you know, relative to two portions of the conditions, which I’ll make a separate request on that. But before doing so, I’d like to just share with the Commissioners some of the general background behind, you know, this application here. The structure was built like a castle, like a French chateau, back in 1952. And it was constructed by Cenric Wodehouse, and Cenric Wodehouse, for those of you who are historic minded, is a grandson of Victoria Ward. So he had had this dwelling constructed, you know, it’s really has a turret and it’s really fant-, I mean, when I visited the property, I was very, very surprised to find a structure like that, you know, here on the Island of Hawai‘i. And what the applicant wants to do is not only use that as her residence but she 3 EXHIBIT A