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PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT AUGUST 2, 2012 REGENCY SOUTH, INC. (USE 12-34) A regularly advertised hearing on the application of was called to order at 10:07 a.m. in the Hilo State Office Building, Conference Rooms A, B & C, 75 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Zendo Kern presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Zendo Kern, Dean Au, Ronald Gonzales, Wallace Ishibashi, Stephen Ono and Raylene Moses 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), and Sharon Nomura (Secretary) And six people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: REGENCY SOUTH, INC. (USE 12-34) Use Permit to allow the establishment of a 100-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation center and related uses on 17.61 acres of land situated within the Single-Family Residential (RS-15 and RS-10) district. The property is located on the east (makai) side of Kaūmana Drive between ‘Aipuni Street and Luana Way, Ponahawai, South Hilo, Hawai‘i, TMK’s: 2-5-006:012, 2-5-007:001, 008, 046 and 047. KERN: Moving on to Application No. 3, Regency South, Inc., Use Permit 12-34. Use Permit to allow the establishment of a 100-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation center and related uses on 17.61 acres of land situated within the Single-Family Residential (RS-15 and RS-10) district. The property is located on TMK’s: 2-5-006:012, 2-5-007:001, 008, 046 and 047. Maija, staff presentation. COTTLE: Thank you, Mr. Chair. KERN: Thank you. COTTLE: This next application is a request for a use permit. The subject property is located in the South Hilo district in the lower Kaumana area. You can see Kaumana Drive running through this, this slide along here; and then you have the Mohouli Street extension; and it turns to Ainako Avenue, heading off towards the west. The subject property is shown, outlined in red. It actually is made up of five parcels. There are three parcels that front Kaumana Drive, and then there's a sliver up towards the top, and then the bulk parcel, the larger parcel is shown here. The property is zoned Single-Family Residential - 15,000 square feet, and then the three lots adjoining Kaumana Drive are zoned Single- Family Residential - 10,000 square feet, which is shown in the light yellow. The Alenaio Stream runs along the east edge of the property. The topography of the property actually is higher along Kaumana Drive, and then it drops off towards the stream on the east side of the property. There's also some agriculturally-zoned properties shown in the light green to the northeast. And then just to the south is the Luana Gardens Subdivision, in this area here along Luana Way. The General Plan designation for 1 EXHIBIT B