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<br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAI`I <br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br />SEPTEMBER 11, 2003 <br />A regularly advertised public hearing on the application of ERIC SOTO (SMA 03-007) <br />was called to order at 9:03 a.m. in the King KamehamehaÓs Kona B <br />- <br />Kamakahonu Ballroom IV, 755660 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, with First Vice- <br />Chairman Earl Fujikawa presiding. <br />PRESENT:Earl FujikawaABSENT & EXCUSED:Fred Galdones <br />Bill Graham Jeffrey McCall <br />Florence Kubota Bill Thibadeau <br />Aurelio C. Mina, Jr. <br />Francis Smith <br />Hannah Springer <br />Craig Masuda, Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />Christopher J. Yuen, Planning Director <br />Norman Hayashi, Staff Planner <br />Phyllis Fujimoto, Staff Planner <br />Jeff Darrow, Staff Planner <br />Kiran Emler representing Department of Public Works <br />And approximately 23 people from the public in attendance. <br />APPLICANT: ERIC SOTO (SMA 03-007) <br />Continued hearing on a Special Management Area Use Permit application to allow the <br />construction of a three and one-half story, 45-foot high, 12-unit multi-family residential <br />development and related improvements on approximately 15,203 squ <br />The property is located on the west (makai) side of Alii Drive, adjacent to and north of <br />the Sea Village Condominium complex, Kahului, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-5-19:30. <br />FUJIKAWA:The first on the agenda, we have the Applicant, Eric Soto (SMA <br />03-007), is a continued hearing on a Special Management Area Use Permit application to <br />allow the construction of a three and one-half story, 45-foot high, 12-unit multi-family <br />residential development and related improvements on approximately 15,203 square feet <br />of land. Staff? <br />HAYASHI:Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, Members of the <br />st <br />Commission. As you recall, on August 1, this matter was brought for a hearing before <br />the Planning Commission. At that time, we had received a Petition for Standing in a <br />Contested Case Hearing by the Association of Apartment Owners of Sea Village, Inc. <br />During that hearing, the Applicant and the AssociationÓs representative requested that the <br />Commission continue the hearing in order to allow them to sit down and talk about the <br />1 <br /> <br />