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PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAII HEARING TRANSCRIPT APRIL 1, 2004 A regularly advertised hearing on the AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 25 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TOURISMwas called to order at 5:38 p.m. in the County Building, Councilroom - Room 201, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaii, with Second Vice-Chairman Hannah Springer presiding. PRESENT:Hannah Springer ABSENT & EXCUSED: Fred Galdones C. Kimo Alameda Jeffrey McCall Bill Graham AndrewIwashita Allen Salavea Rene Siracusa Rodney Watanabe Ivan Torigoe, Deputy Corporation Counsel Christopher J. Yuen, Planning Director Norman Hayashi, Planning Program Manager Phyllis Fujimoto, Staff Planner Jeff Darrow, Staff Planner And no one from the public in attendance. INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR Amendment to Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code relating to Agricultural Tourism. The purpose of the draft bill is to specifically address the permissibility of agricultural tourism or its impacts in the various zoning districts. SPRINGER:Our final item is Agenda Item 11. The initiator is the Planning Director. Its an amendment to Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code relating to Agricultural Tourism. The purpose of the draft bill is to specifically address the permissibility of agricultural tourism or its impacts in the various zoning districts. HAYASHI:Thank you, Madam Chair. I think the Planning Director will be addressing this particular bill. Thank you. SPRINGER:Youre welcome. Thank you. Mr. Yuen? YUEN:Yes. We have a staff member, Larry Brown, who has been working on this and was going to present this. He has a bad sore throat, and so I told him to go on home. We also, at that point we werent, you had done a little quicker than we thought we were going to get done with the last couple of items. EXHIBIT J