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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION
<br />COUNTY OF HAWAI `I
<br />DRAFT HEARING TRANSCRIPT
<br />JUNE 185 2020
<br />A regularly advertised hearing on the application of KONA COUNTRY CLUB, INC.
<br />(AMEND REZ 09-000098) was called to order at 10:15 a.m. via live -stream meeting, with
<br />Chairperson Nancy Carr Smith presiding.
<br />COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE: Nancy Carr Smith, Perry Kealoha, Max Newberg,
<br />Mark Van Pernis, Michael Vitousek and Faith "Faye" Yates
<br />ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: J Yoshimoto, Esq. (Counsel for the Commission), Michael Yee
<br />(Planning Director), John Mukai, Esq. (Counsel for the Planning Director), Christian Kay
<br />(Planner), Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager), Maija Jackson (Planner), Jessica Andrews
<br />(Planner), Alex Roy (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary)
<br />APPLICANT: KONA COUNTRY CLUB, INC. (AMEND REZ 09-000098)
<br />Application for a time extension to Condition D (Time to Complete Construction) of Ordinance
<br />No. 09 159, which reclassified 51.058 acres of land from an Agricultural 5 -acres (A -5a) to a
<br />Multiple -Family Residential 30,000 square feet (RM -30) zoning district. The subject property is
<br />located mauka of the Mamalahoa Highway Bypass, between the Highway and the Kona Country
<br />Club mauka golf course, Keauhou Resort, Keauhou, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 7-8-010:101.
<br />Secretary's Note: "- - -" indicates that there were technical and/or internet difficulties, which made
<br />the conversation inaudible.
<br />CARR SMITH: We're moving on to application for the Kona Country Club, Inc. This is to
<br />amend REZ 09-000098, application for a time extension to Condition D, time to complete
<br />construction, of Ordinance No. 09 159, which reclassified 51.058 acres of land from Agricultural
<br />5 -acres to Multi -Family Residential 30,000 square feet, which is RM -30, zoning district. The
<br />subject property is located mauka of the Mamalahoa Highway Bypass, between the highway and
<br />the Kona Country Club mauka golf course in the Keauhou Resort, Keauhou, North Kona,
<br />Hawaii. TMK is (3) 7-8-010: Parcel 101.
<br />All right, Christian, I think you're presenting this one. Please go ahead.
<br />KAY: Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. Can everybody hear me? Okay, great. I'm going to go
<br />ahead and share my screen now—give me one moment, please. And, can everybody see the
<br />screen there? Okay, thank you. As the Chair stated, this is an application for an amendment to a
<br />Change of Zone. If I can turn your attention to the image here. The subject 51.058 -acre parcel
<br />outlined here in black, is located in the North Kona District of Hawaii Island, again, mauka of
<br />the Mamalahoa Bypass, which is running generally north -south through the slide, and makai of
<br />the Kona Country Club golf course indicated here in green.
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