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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAI`I <br /> TESTIMONY TRANSCRIPT <br /> JUNE 15, 2023 <br /> Public testimony regarding the application of KA`UPULEHU LAND LLC (PL-SLU-2022- <br /> 000008 and PL-REZ-2022-000039)was heard at 9:38 a.m. in the West Hawaii Civic Center, <br /> Council Chambers, Building A, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, with <br /> Chairman Michael Vitousek presiding. <br /> COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Barbara DeFranco, Zaheva Knowles, Michael Dela Cruz, <br /> Clement"CJ" Kanuha III, and Michael Vitousek. <br /> ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Mahina Paishon-Duarte. <br /> ALSO PRESENT: Sinclair Salas-Ferguson, Esq. (Counsel to the Commission), Jean Campbell, <br /> Esq. (Counsel to the Planning Department), Zendo Kern (Planning Director), Maija Jackson <br /> (Planning Program Manager), Christian Kay (Planner), Alex Roy (Planner), Janice Hata(Zoom <br /> host), Noriko Sauer(Commission Secretary) and Melissa Dacayanan-Salvador (Commission <br /> Secretary). <br /> And approximately ten public members in the audience. <br /> APPLICANT: KAUPULEHU LAND LLC (PL-SLU-2022-000008) <br /> Application for a State Land Use Boundary Amendment from Agricultural to Rural for 2.653 <br /> acres of land. The subject property is located at 64-983 Mamalahoa Highway, approximately one <br /> mile east of its intersection with Kawaihae Road, Pu`ukapu Homesteads, South Kohala, Hawaii, <br /> TMK: (3) 6-4-024:027 (por.). <br /> APPLICANT: KAUPULEHU LAND LLC (PL-REZ-2022-000039) <br /> Application for a Change of Zone from an Agricultural-5 acre (A-5a) zoning district to a <br /> Neighborhood Commercial-10,000 square feet(CN-10) zoning district for 2.325 acres of land and <br /> from an Agricultural-5 acre (A-5a) zoning district to a Residential Agri cultural-0.5 acre (RA-0.5) <br /> zoning district for 3.024 acres of land. The subject property is located at 64-983 Mamalahoa <br /> Highway, approximately one mile east of its intersection with Kawaihae Road, Pu`ukapu <br /> Homesteads, South Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 6-4-024:027. <br /> Secretary's Note: Due to a problem with audio quality, the parts that cannot be transcribed are <br /> indicated as [indecipherable]. <br /> DEFRANCO: Okay testifiers on Zoom, are we ready to do this? <br /> HATA: Yes, Chair. We three (3)testifiers on Zoom. <br /> DEFRANCO: Okay. <br /> 1 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />