2018-01-04 Hearing Transcript - Celestial Sanctum SPP 17-192

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are fully built out, the Applicant plans to hire up to one additional employee down from the originally requested ten additional employees. The reason for the request is in October of 2016, the owners purchased the subject property with the intention to create a wellness retreat center. They decided to purchase the property after searching Hawaii Island for many months trying to find the right type of location and environment for their center. Both have a history of working in the spiritual, health, and healing arenas and have experience operating a similar retreat center previously in California. The Applicants feel that the property's pristine beauty and relative seclusion make this the ideal location for a wellness retreat center. They relocated to Hawaii in 2016 and are currently living on the property and operating the facility as a 4 -bedroom transient vacation rental currently. The zoning for the subject parcel and surrounding parcels is Agricultural – 5 acres as indicated in green. The State Land Use boundary designation for the subject property and surrounding properties is Agricultural. Our General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map designates the subject parcel and surrounding parcels as Extensive Agriculture. Here are some aerial photographs of the subject parcel. Here on the left we've got the entire 25 - acre parcel outlined in red, and it's difficult to see here, but in the yellow -dashed line would be generally the permit area here. On the right-hand side, we've zoomed that in quite a bit. We got Luna Ikena Road running generally north -south through the slide. Here's the existing dwelling, and the, again, the permit area outlined in this yellow -dashed area. My understanding based on the Applicant's site plan is the yoga pavilion area would be generally located to the south of the subject—pardon me, the dwelling. Here's the Applicant's amended site plan. On the left-hand side again, you'll see the entire parcel outlined with the existing single-family dwelling here. Again, originally, they proposed six additional bedrooms and a gazebo area, but now they're proposing to delete that off of the, off of the request. Again, changes in the number of parking spaces as well, and on the right-hand side you see here, it's just zoomed in a little bit. The additional bedrooms will be, that are proposed, will be built in the current garage area. Again, four—from four down to two. Here are some site photos of the subject property. Here's a view of the existing dwelling. From Luna Ikena Road, here's a view of the area where the pardon me, I forgot to take out the attached bedrooms and gazebo are gonna be generally—this is going to be where the yoga pavilion will be built. And, here's a view of the driveway from Luna Ikena Road. Again, just for clarity, they are no longer proposing constructing detached bedrooms and a gazebo. Here's some photos of the access. Here's the intersection of Highway 11 and Luna Ikena Road in the upper left. And, here's some views of Luna Ikena Road generally just showing the condition and width. So, just for clarity sake, some of the testimony that we received in opposition talked about the widening of the road and the impacts of the widening of the road. Even though the Applicant is proposing a lower number of possible guests, the conditions for improvements at the intersection will not change nor will the conditions for the improvements of the road or maintenance of the road from the Fire Department change. So, that's—that along with everything else will stay the same relative to the request and the conditions. EXHIBIT C 3