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initial entitlements were given. At that time, they had access conditions, they talked about a
<br /> density,projected density, be it resort type or non-resort activity where you're looking at a
<br /> projected density of 6,000. It's not necessarily saying that that is ultimately what's going to
<br /> happen, but you know, that's the projected density and based upon that, mitigations relative to
<br /> view plane,relative to coastal access, so-on and so-forth. I would assume presumably were
<br /> addressed.
<br /> We can appreciate the need for maybe more like open space,but I think Ann did the boost
<br /> [indecipherable] calculation in terms of when you introduce the landscaping requirement and the
<br /> net result of the open space area, she can discuss specifically in terms of the percentage that the
<br /> project before and after will have in terms of the actual open space. The view plane, the open
<br /> space, also kind of translates to view plane, and if you saw the graphic that was provided by the
<br /> staff relative to the view plane from Mamalahoa Highway,which is a very critical guideline or
<br /> criteria for SMA considerations. You know, like view plane. And so, if you look at that and you
<br /> look at the before and after,you know I, maybe I, I have glasses so I can really see that well,but
<br /> I couldn't really see remarkable differences between the before and after. And I kind of beg the
<br /> Commission to look at the criteria for the SMA, and the relevant one is view plane, and from a
<br /> public,public areas. And the public area is the Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway.
<br /> VITOUSEK: Agreed, and you know, I think that that there is quite a change when you look at
<br /> the Waikoloa Road south intersection. It goes from looking at open space to looking at
<br /> timeshares. And that's a, that's a substantial change for our community. So, I say again that you
<br /> know, I think this is a good project,but this is the community giving up something. Giving up
<br /> open space to allow this to happen, and so I think that it's important that we analyze the existing
<br /> conditions that are in place and see if there are conditions that we can do to mitigate.
<br /> One of the effects of the SMA being increased traffic, increased traffic of the SMA, of the
<br /> Special Management Area additional demand for those resources. So I, I don't think it's been
<br /> answered yet whether we looked at, if the current public access provisions are working right
<br /> now. Are they?
<br /> Okay.
<br /> BOUSLOG: Can I respond to couple of your questions, Chair Vitousek? First of all, with
<br /> respect to open space, yeah, I think the key criteria is from public vantage points, which is why
<br /> we looked at it from Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway. And what you saw on our visual impact
<br /> assessment is that you see housing along the horizon and part of that is affected by the 800-foot
<br /> set back, which of course, will remain and it's a really substantial setback. But, in addition to that
<br /> this you know,keep in mind that Waikoloa does have entitlements in place for 2,900 more units,
<br /> quite a few of them, including the, the buildout of Hilton Grand Vacations. Where already
<br /> entitlement zones within what's now "Area B" and there's another side, maybe seven units there.
<br /> And where those would have been built was actually much closer to the 800-foot setback then
<br /> what we planned. By replanning"Area B",were able to pull a lot of the units even further back
<br /> than 800 feet from the highway, and that's why those, the highway view of them starts to become
<br /> less visually impactful.
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