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HENKEL: All right. Please state your name, proceed, and you've seen the Director's
<br />conditions. Would you comment further on those, please?
<br />KERN: Yeah, I'm Zendo Kern. I'm the representative for the Applicant. Next to me is Rick
<br />Cabados, who is one of the partners with Katy Joy, his wife, over there in Celestial Sanctum.
<br />We have reviewed the Recommendation and Background Report, and the Applicant agrees with
<br />those. And, I can speak a little bit more to that question as well that Mr. Clarkson brought up.
<br />Typically, kind of like when we had Hawaii Johns here a couple of weeks ago, it was about a
<br />five -acre parcel, and they carved out a 1.6 -acre portion for their Special Permit `cause they just
<br />want that area. In a situation like this, I found it seems necessary to carve out that area
<br />specifically. That's why we had a metes and bounds description done. So, the Special Permit
<br />area is, you know, limited to that area, and they can't just go and start building everywhere. You
<br />know what I mean? That would be grounds for some type of disciplinary action, so it really
<br />keeps it within that defined area which I feel is very important.
<br />One thing that I did want to mention is I have one other email of support that I was not able to
<br />get through `cause I thought it was going to come in as a letter but it's as an email so at some
<br />point here, potentially, I can, maybe we can take a quick five, and I could get that over to
<br />Christian. I just didn't want to do that while the presentation was happening.
<br />Outside of that, you know, the area makes, makes sense for it. It's up there in Volcano area.
<br />Accommodations are lacking on the Big Island. We really tried to address the concerns, and that
<br />was, you know, the road. So, the road needs to be improved. The intersection off of the
<br />highway needs to be improved. We kept the sound decibel levels down to a residential level
<br />around the site. And, you know, we're dealing with yoga and meditation, so it's not like very
<br />loud, loud activities. But, with that notwithstanding, we still wanted to make the conditions, so,
<br />you know, it was, it was pleasant. It's quiet. It's, you know, regulated, and people can't just do
<br />whatever they want to do.
<br />So, we really tried to address all of those issues. As you can see, they have a beautiful home up
<br />there. It's a beautiful property. Like I said, with the proximity to the National Park, a limited
<br />amount of overnight accommodations, this could be, you know, really good for the island in
<br />general with visitors, etcetera and, you know, bringing in money and obviously more options for
<br />the visitors.
<br />So, really, we're here to answer any questions. We think that the, the Recommendation and
<br />conditions are agreeable, and they make sense. So, I'll yield for now.
<br />HENKEL: Commissioners, any questions? Joseph?
<br />CLARKSON: Yeah, I read the easement that was attached to the Background Report which
<br />divides the responsibility for maintenance of the access road on a pro rata basis per parcel.
<br />However, if this permit is granted this one parcel will have the impact of many, many parcels
<br />due to the increase resident occupancy up to 21 people, additional people per day. Has the, the
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