2017-02-16 Leeward Exh A (REZ 16-215 & SMA 16-066)

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UNGER: Please state your name and where you reside. HARRIS: Hello. My name is Roger Harris. I live in Waimea. And I’m representing Cory Redding and RB2 Investors who are the owner developer of the project. REDDING: Cory Redding. I reside in Salem, Oregon, and am one of the partners of RB2 Investors, LLC. UNGER: Great. Thank you. You can proceed with your presentation. HARRIS: Okay, we will be real short. Basically, this is the old Mauna Lani School site and it’s been vacant for, since 2013. So it will be repurposed as a, let’s say, a little more modest commercial area than the Mauna Lani Shops that are just around the corner, and should be complimentary. It will have some storage space, usable space, and some office space, and potentially a restaurant or two, or any use that wants to be there. There is demand in Mauna Lani for some lower cost, I’d say, commercial office space. We have reviewed the Director’s report and recommendation, and just have two comments, no real objection, and we are happy for the recommendation of approval. The one comment, I think as you know, if you saw the picture of the frontage – Mauna Lani has what’s called resort-standard roadways, so they are basically a stripe and then a paved shoulder along all the properties in Mauna Lani – this one is the back kind of industrial road, service road, so there is kind of a scruffy about a two-foot paved area that’s pretty deteriorated on the left side of that white stripe that you can see. The County is asking for us to push that back a bit and pave it up. What will happen to Ho‘ohana Street when the property across the street – there is a 150 acres due to be developed, called M Sites, which has an SMA and has all the zoning in place – when that goes, it’s supposed to improve the whole street all the way past this area. So in the interim the County is asking us to work with Public Works and improve that shoulder a bit. It’s a question of exactly how much it will be, but subject to Public Works approval. We met with Ki Emler and we think that will be okay with us. The second thing is there is an archaeological site that’s kind of off the property in the back corner, and there is an existing chain-link buffer in accordance with the SHPD recommendation from 1990. We probably won’t reduce the 15-foot buffer they required around the arc site, but we will probably replace the fence so it runs on the 15 feet rather than more than that, which is what it does now; it interferes with our circulation just a little bit. But we’ll confirm the SHPD requirements on that one. So there is really, it’s pretty simple. I’d like to have Cory say a few things or answer any questions. REDDING: Yeah, I think Roger explained the development, I mean, we have talked to several folks in the area and there is definitely a demand for this kind of secondary space that is more affordable for folks, and we think it’s going to be a great need. And we are hopeful that the first building is filled right away, and we can start on the second building and really provide a need to the Mauna Lani area. So we are excited about it and it should be a great project. So thanks for your recommendation. 4 EXHIBIT A