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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT FEBRUARY 5, 2010 TIMOTHY & PATSY WITHERS A regularly advertised hearing on the application of (SPP 09-94) was called to order at 9:10 a.m. in the County of Hawaii, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Rell Woodward presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Rell Woodward, Dean Au, Takashi Domingo, Andrew Iwashita, Zendo Kern, and Wallace Ishibashi. STAFF PRESENT: Brandon Gonzalez (Deputy Corporation Counsel), BJ Leithead Todd (Planning Director), Norman Hayashi (Planning Program Manager), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Phyllis Fujimoto (Staff Planner), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), Maija Cottle (Staff Planner), and Kelly Gomes (Staff to the Department of Public Works). And approximately 9 people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: TIMOTHY & PATSY WITHERS (SPP 09-94) Special Permit to allow the establishment of a visitor stand for the sale of novelty gift items, fruits, smoothies and snacks on 0.66 acre of land within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The area involved is located at 27-999 Old Mamalahoa Highway, Pepeekeo, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-7-11: portion of 6. WOODWARD: We’ll start with Agenda Item No. 1, applicant Timothy & Patsy Withers, Special Permit Application. Jeff. DARROW: If I can direct your attention to our presentation on the wall, our first applicant this morning is Timothy & Patsy Withers. The location of this application is going to be along the Hamakua Coast, in between Papaikou and Pepeekeo. What you’re looking at on the top of the map actually is Pepeekeo. The dark green zoning is identified as Agricultural zoning, so it might be difficult to see. I actually have a black outline of the subject property. The road that you’re looking at that’s running through the right side of the map is the old Mamalahoa Highway or what they call the Onomea Scenic Route, the Four Mile Route. Right in the middle of the map we have the Hawaii Belt Road. The subject application is approximately 20 acres in size and it’s just located just to the south of Pepeekeo; and, at this time, there is currently an existing single family dwelling as well as a fruit stand located on the property. This is a site plan of the property. The bulk of the property is used for growing fruit trees, all kinds of different fruit trees, that the applicants use for their business that has been in operation since about 1995, and you might be familiar with it. It’s called “What’s Shakin.” This is an 1 EXHIBIT A