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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br />DECEMBER 4, 2019 <br />A regularly advertised hearing on the application of THY WORD MINISTRIES WAIKOLOA <br />DBA THY WORD MINISTRIES KAT (USE 18-000075) was called to order at 9:02 a.m. in <br />the County of Hawaii Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii with <br />Chairman Joseph Clarkson presiding. <br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Gilbert Aguinaldo, Dean Au, Joseph Clarkson, Thomas <br />Raffipiy, John Replogle. <br />ABSENT & EXCUSED: Donn Dela Cruz. <br />ALSO PRESENT: Michael Yee (Planning Director), Malia Hall (Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />for the Windward Planning Commission), Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager), Maija <br />Jackson (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner), and Sarah Hata-Finley (Commission Secretary). <br />And 11 members from the public in attendance. <br />APPLICANT: THY WORD MINISTRIES WAIKOLOA DBA THY WORD MINISTRIES <br />KA`U (USE 18-000075) <br />Application for a Use Permit to allow the establishment of a church and related facilities on <br />3.098 acres of land within the Single -Family Residential -10,000 square feet (RS -10) zoning <br />district. The property is located on Arena Road, approximately 750 feet southeast of its <br />intersection with N5'51ehu Spur Road, N5'51ehu, Ka`u, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 9-5-021:035. <br />CLARKSON: The first and only item on the agenda is an application from Thy Word <br />Ministries. It's a Use Permit, No. 18-[0000]75, and Christian Kay will now make the <br />presentation about this application. <br />KAY: Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair, good morning, and good morning to the Members of the <br />Windward Planning Commission. I feel like it's been a couple of months since I've seen your <br />bright smiling faces so I'm glad to be back with you. <br />If I can turn your attention to the screen, as the Chair stated, this is a Use Permit application for <br />Thy Word Ministries Waikoloa doing business as Thy Word Ministries Ka`u. The subject parcel <br />here outlined in red is located in the Ka`u District of Hawaii Island; more specifically, in <br />N5'51ehu Town. <br />For reference, we've got Mamalahoa Highway running generally eastwest through the slide, and <br />the subject property takes access off of a series of private roads. This is the N5'51ehu Spur Road <br />here that turns into what's known as Arena Road that leads to the subject property. For further <br />EXHIBIT A <br />