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WATANABE: Thank you. Aloha mai kākou. Good morning, everyone. The application is for <br />an amendment to Special Management Area \[Use\] Permit 03-7. The applicant is Hale Pacifica <br />LLC. <br /> <br />This is the location on the SMA map; the subject property is located in the North Kona District, <br />just off of Ali‘i Drive. The property is outline in black – I’m sorry, it’s a little hard to see, it’s <br />here. <br /> <br />The applicant is requesting the following specific amendment to Condition Number 3 of SMA <br />Use Permit Number 3-7. New material is underlined. The condition at this time reads, “A <br />minimum of 20-foot wide access easement shall be provided for vehicular access and utilities,” <br />the new material would be, “except that if the development shall include four units or less, then <br />the existing 16-foot wide access shall be acceptable.” <br /> <br />According to the applicant, they do not intend to pursue a twelve-unit condominium project, but <br />rather have the flexibility to downsize the project to four units. Should the applicant decide to <br />build more than four units in total up to a maximum of twelve units, then the applicant will <br />adhere to the minimum 20-foot wide access easement for vehicular access and utilities as <br />required by the Department of Public Works and the Fire Department. The applicant feels that <br />downsizing will help to reduce traffic congestion on the subject property, driveway ingress and <br />egress, noise impacts and visual profile. The applicant further states that reducing the number of <br />units may be more compatible with the surrounding environment. <br /> <br />The Conditions that are being proposed are to remove the conditions from the last original <br />permit, and we are including new conditions and refreshing some of the other conditions. <br /> <br />This is the applicant’s original site plan. As you can see, this is a shoreline property. This <br />original project included twelve condominium units. <br /> <br />This is the applicant’s original proposed elevation plan. <br /> <br />This is the amended site plan. <br /> <br />This is the applicant’s amended elevation rendering showing the scale of the project. <br /> <br />The subject property is zoned Resort-Hotel District, or V-1.25. <br /> <br />This is the State Land Use Boundary Map. The subject property is located in the State Land Use <br />Urban District. <br /> <br />This is the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map, or LUPAG Map. The subject <br />property is designated as Open. <br /> <br />This is an aerial photograph of the subject property. As you can see from this picture, the <br />existing conditions there’s sort of like a hardened shoreline there with all the boulders. The <br />subject property would have access through this area here to the Ali‘i Drive. <br />2 <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />