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In response to Commissioner Au Hoy’s request, Mr. Yamada briefly went over their landscaping plan. He confirmed they are not going to remove the existing monkeypod trees; rather, they have cut some lower branches off and raised the canopy to get some view. He also mentioned that they have repaired the stairs and repaved the whole parking lot, and that they have cleared a lot of landscaping where homeless people were living. In response to Commissioner Hope’s query regarding calculation method of the square footage of the directory signs, Ms. Newlon confirmed that the void space on either side of the arc on top is not counted in. Chair Marone raised a question whether the applicant will have to come back before the Commission for the request to amend the variance. After a discussion, it was agreed by the Commissioners that the Commission is prepared to support the application as submitted, which is for two directory signs and a ground sign; however, this recommendation is subject to the applicant’s having the sign variance condition removed by the County Council. Mr. Mark clarified that with this being the Commission’s recommendation, the applicant doesn’t have to bring the matter to the Commission again. The Commissioners expressed their gratitude to the owner for taking the initiative for improving the appearance of the Kailua-Kona downtown area. Action It was moved by Commissioner Ross and seconded by Commissioner Au Hoy to recommend to the Public Works Director the approval of the sign application as submitted, with the following conditions and recommendation: 1. Applicant shall make changes to the design of the signs, as recommended and required by the Planning Department staff, including the reduction of height of the symbol of the ground sign, to be consistent with what is allowed by the current Sign Code. 2. Applicant and/or the building owners shall institute and implement a sign agreement, between the building owners and the tenants, specifying what is and what is not allowed, and shall forward a copy of that sign agreement to the Public Works Director and the Planning Director. 3. Applicant shall have the building owners make it known to the tenants that there is a sign agreement, and that sandwich board signs, banner signs, and any other signs that are not permissible by the County Sign Code are not allowed per the sign agreement. The Commission recommends that the applicant, in order to increase legibility of the names of the tenants on the directory sign, increase the height of the lettering to 2-1/2 inches, where possible. A roll call vote was taken and motion carried with five ayes (Ross, Au Hoy, Andreae, Herbert and Hope). 4