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PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT JUNE 5, 2007 A regularly advertised hearing on the application of CYNTHIA KUULEI THOMAS (REZ 07-000065) was called to order at 9:27 a.m. in the County of Hawaii, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii, with Chairman William Graham presiding. PRESENT: William Graham ABSENT & EXCUSED: Takashi Domingo C. Kimo Alameda Alvin Rho Andrew Iwashita Shelly Ogata Rene’ Siracusa Rodney Watanabe Rell Woodward Ivan Torigoe, Deputy Corporation Counsel Christopher Yuen, Planning Director Norman Hayashi, Staff Planner Phyllis Fujimoto, Staff Planner Jeff Darrow, Staff Planner And approximately 12 people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: CYNTHIA KUULEI THOMAS (REZ 07-000065) Change of Zone from Single-Family Residential – 10,000 square feet (RS-10) to Industrial- Commercial Mixed – 20,000 square feet (MCX-20) district for 22,500 square feet of land. The property is located on the northwest side of the Lanikaula Street – Hinano Street intersection, st Waiakea Houselots 1 Series, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-2-36:90. GRAHAM: Our next agenda item today is a change of zone ordinance, an application for a Change of Zone. For that reason again we’ll be only forwarding a recommendation to the County Council. Commissioner Iwashita will rejoin us now for the rest of today’s meeting. This application, the applicant is Cynthia Kuulei Thomas. It’s a change of zone from Single-Family Residential – 10,000 square foot (RS-10) to Industrial-Commercial Mixed – 20,000 square foot (MCX-20) district for 22,500 square feet of land located on the northwest side of the Lanikaula Street – Hinano Street intersection, in the Waiakea Houselots area, South Hilo. Jeff? DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If I can direct the attention of the Planning Commission to our location map, again this application is within the South Hilo district. More specifically, we are looking at Hinano Street running in a north-south direction and East Lanikaula Street running in an east-west direction. This large white line is Kanoelehua Avenue. The area of the application is at the corner of Hinano Street and East Lanikaula Street. Just for reference, this is the warehouse structure on the corner of Manono Street and East Lanikaula that houses different businesses, the Hawaii Farm Supply, the Doc Stanley’s Repair Shop, Pacific Wheels Bike Shop. We have the Shopping Center located on the corner of Laukapu and East EXHIBIT A 1