REP PC 080 2022/10/18 (2020-2022)

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i i PORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: October 18, 2022 Re: Comm. No. 1037/Res. No. 576-22 PLACE: Council Chambers Kailua-Kona, Hawaii TIME: 2:33 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Resolution No. 576-22,reports as follows: Resolution No. 576-22, transmitted by Planning Director Zendo Kern, via Communication No. 1037, dated September 28, 2022, accepts a grant of public access and preservation easement from Kuleana Spirits, Inc. The subject parcel is on Tax Map Key: 5-5-006:010. The project area is approximately 43.854 acres. Resolution No. 576-22 was introduced by Chair Ashley Kierkiewicz, by request. Deputy Corporation Counsel Jean Campbell appeared before Your Committee in the Hilo Chambers to represent the Planning Department. She explained that this property is across from the property adjacent to the Upolu Airport Road in North Kohala. The requirement for the public access easement was established in 2002 after a settlement agreement. In 2018, the access easement was expanded to include a preservation element with the approval of a Special Management Area(SMA)use permit. The SMA use permit had a provision to provide pedestrian and vehicular traffic public access that is compliant with the historic preservation requirements from the State Historic Preservation Division preservation plan. The vote was then taken on the motion to move this measure to Council with a favorable recommendation and passed with eight"ayes," Committee Member Tim Richards absent. Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 576-22, and recommends its adoption. 's AYES WOES ABs EX Respectfully submitted, CHIING X DAVID X COMMITTEE ON PLANNING INABA X KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X KIERKIEWICZ X KIMBALL X ry-ryE LEE LOY X ASHLEY L. KIERKIEWICZ, CHAIR RICHARDS X PC REPORT NO 80 VILLEGAS X ADOPTED: C