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REPORT OF THE <br />LEGISLATIVE APPROVALS AND ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE <br />DATE: February 21, 2023 <br />PLACE: Council Chambers <br />Kailua-Kona, Hawai i <br />TIME: 10:00 a.m. <br />Council Chair and Members <br />Hawaii County Council <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Re: Comm. No. 97/Bill No. 24 <br />Your Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions, to which was referred Bill No. 24, reports <br />as follows: <br />Bill No. 24, transmitted by Mayor Mitchell D. Roth, via Communication No. 97 dated January 19, 2023, <br />amends Section 25-8-33 (City of Hilo Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning) of the Hawaii <br />County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), by changing the district classification from Agricultural <br />— three acres (A -3a) to Single -Family Residential — 15,000 square feet (RS -15) at Hilo, South Hilo, <br />Hawaii, covered by Tax Map Key: 2-4-003:035. The subject area is approximately 3.1285 acres, and <br />the applicants are Matthew C. Wung and Eric J. Wung. <br />The Windward Planning Commission forwarded its favorable recommendation for this change of zone <br />request, which would allow the applicant to subdivide the property into five lots ranging in size from <br />20,080 to 45,363 square feet. The property is located at 862 West Kawailani Street, approximately <br />1,000 feet west of its intersection with Komohana Street, Waidkea, South Hilo. <br />Thomas Yeh, Esq., representing the applicants, appeared in Hilo Chambers and gave an overview of <br />the project. Mr. Yeh requested a change to Condition H and added that the Department of Public <br />Works had no objection to this request. <br />Council Member Susan L. K. Lee Loy stated that she and Council Member Jenn Kagiwada share the <br />area that this project area sits within, and Ms. Lee Loy offered to work with the applicants to revise <br />this Condition. <br />Council Member Michelle M. Galimba stated that she agrees with the change to Condition H and <br />believes that it would be appropriate for the removal of time limitations for this project. <br />Planning Deputy Director Jeff Darrow was available via zoom and stated that he is amenable to <br />changing Condition H. <br />Council Member Kagiwada voiced concerns regarding existing sewer lines in the area of the <br />project and future plans for expansion, to which Committee Chair Holeka Goro Inaba then requested <br />that the Department of Environmental Management be available at first reading to respond to <br />Ms. Kagiwada's questions. <br />LAAC Report No. 11 <br />