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PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT NOVEMBER 9, 2012 CONNECTIONS NEW CENTURY A regularly advertised hearing on the application of PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL/CBESS (SPP 12-138) was called to order at 9:45 a.m. in the County of Hawai‘i Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Zendo Kern presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Zendo Kern, Dean Au, Ronald Gonzales, Raylene Moses and Stephen Ono STAFF PRESENT: Ivan Torigoe (Deputy Corporation Counsel), B. J. Leithead Todd (Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Phyllis Fujimoto (Staff Planner), Maija Cottle (Staff Planner), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), Sarah Hata-Finley (Staff –left at 11:45 a.m.) and Sharon Nomura (Secretary) ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Wallace Ishibashi And approximate 180 people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: CONNECTIONS NEW CENTURY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL /CBESS (SPP 12-138) Application for a Special Permit to develop a K to 12 charter school campus with dorm facilities and related uses on approximately 70 acres of land situated in the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is located on both the southwest and northeast sides of Edita Street near its intersection with Kaūmana Drive and adjoining the Pacific Plantation Subdivision in Kaūmana, South Hilo, Hawai‘i, TMK: 2-5-006:141. KERN: Next is applicant Connections New Century Public Charter School. Application for a Special Permit to develop a K to 12 charter school campus with dorm facilities and related uses on approximately 70 acres of land located on TMK: 2-5-006:141. With that we will go to staff presentation. Jeff, good morning. DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If I can direct your attention to our presentation, our next applicant is Connections New Century Public Charter School/CBESS. The area of this application is within the South Hilo District. More specifically we’re looking in the Kaūmana area. The subject property is identified with a black outline. It actually consists of two separate parcels being split by Edita Street. For reference, this white line running through the middle of the map is Puainako Street Extension. This line running in a northeast/southwest direction is Kaūmana Drive. The subject property accesses from Kaūmana Drive onto Edita Street. For access, we’ll come in on a closer view here so we can have a closer reference. Again, we have Kaūmana Drive on the upper portion of the map, Puainako Street Extension on the lower portion of the map. The subject property is identified with a black outline. The colors on the map, 1 EXHIBIT A