2016-05-19 Leeward Exh A (Amend SPP 714)

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submitted site plan in the amendment application on November 3, 2015.” That was the site plan that was referenced in the presentation. “There shall be no parking along Māmalahoa Highway, except for the identified ADA parking stall,” and then the Planning Department has added, “unless otherwise permitted by the State Department of Transportation and approved by the Planning Department through the issuance of Final Plan Approval as specified by Condition 2.” The reason for the addition is that there are concerns parking along the highway, safety concerns, not only from the Planning Department but also from the Department of Transportation, that when you park, you are not supposed to back out onto a main highway. So they are able to work out a situation where that will not occur with the Department of Transportation, and then they would resubmit with Plan Approval identifying those parking stalls. Since the background and recommendation has been passed out to the Commission, we have th received correspondence from Larry Baird, dated April 11. We’ve also received a response to Larry Baird’s letter from the applicant, dated May 9, 2016. We’ve received two letters, two additional letters addressing concerns from the Department of Water Supply as well as the th Department of Transportation, dated May 9 from the applicant. Then lastly we did receive a no-effect letter from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, State Historic Preservation Division. With that, that concludes our presentation. Thank you. UNGER: Thank you. Commissioners, any questions? DARROW: Thank you. UNGER: At this time I’d like to call up the applicant or the representative, please. SHEEN: Good morning. UNGER: Good morning. Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth before the Planning Commission? SHEEN: I do. UNGER: Thank you. Please state your name and your residence. SHEEN: My name is Daniel John Sheen, Jr. I reside at 83-5530 Middle Ke‘ei Road, Captain Cook, Hawai‘i 96704. UNGER: Great. Thank you. This is your opportunity to further explain your application. SHEEN: Okay. So we’ve been operating the business now at the current approved hours with very little success. There’s been very, very little food establishments in that area, and there’s been a lot that have been going out of business recently; there’s two that are currently for sale and are out of business. And we believe that the only way to try to keep this going is to increase our morning hours and catch some of that south Ka‘ū traffic coming in in the morning for some of our value-added products from our farms or coffees or pastries, again, for a snack in the 3 EXHIBIT A