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adjacent to and north of the Kona Heights Subdivision — Unit II. Hienaloli, North Kona. Hawai' i. <br />TMK: 7-5-10:66. Aloha. Jeff. <br />DARROW: Aloha. Thank you. Ms. Chairman and Members of the Planning <br />Commission. If I can direct your attention to the location map, the area we're looking at is in the <br />North Kona area, more specifically the Hienaloli area. The Applicant in this case is Nani Kona <br />Aina, LLC, and as you had mentioned, they are requesting a State Land Use Boundary <br />Amendment from Agricultural to Urban, as well as a Change of Zone from Agricultural 5 -acres <br />to Single Family Residential - 10,000 square feet for approximately 14.533 acres. <br />The area is -,just to get your idea of where we're at, this is Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway running <br />in a northerly -southerly direction. This is Nani Kailua Drive running in a mauka-makai <br />direction. And the red dot signifies the parcel that we're looking at. Just to kind of bring your <br />bearings in the area, other subdivisions in the area, we have the Kona Heights Subdivision <br />identified here in green, and just south of that is the Kailua View Estates, and directly across <br />from the proposed request is the Keaolani Subdivision. <br />The Applicant intends to subdivide, if approved, intends to subdivide the parcel into 43 Single <br />Family Residential RS -10 zoned lots, and that's identified herein blue. The-, I just wanted to <br />bring your attention to several other rezonings in the area that have occurred recently. There was <br />one that occurred this year in March, that was approved for approximately 10 acres, and that was <br />from Agricultural 5 -acres to Single Family Residential -20, RS -20, as well as another located <br />near the highway that was for approximately 10 acres and, again, Agricultural -5 acres to RS -20, <br />and these are located directly makai of the parcel that we are looking at for the request today. <br />Another item that I want to bring to your attention is the Hienaloli Drainageway. As you can <br />see, we have -, in pink we have the shaded X area and then in orange, more specifically, we have <br />the Zone AE. A portion of that does appear on this map to go through the parcel in question. <br />We did receive a submittal this morning from the Applicant's representative, and if I could pass <br />this on to you. It's a -, if I'm not mistaken, I believe that's a revised map that -, for this <br />drainageway, and the -. So there -. It appears with the revision that only a small portion of the <br />parcel will be affected by this drainageway. <br />The Planning Director is recommending a favorable recommendation for both the State Land <br />Use Boundary Amendment and the Change of Zone be forwarded to the Hawaii County <br />Council. Are there any questions? <br />SPRINGER: Commissioners, is there any -? Commissioner Graham. <br />GRAHAM: Thank you, Jeff. It seems like one of the issues we are going to be dealing <br />with is the amount of traffic load on that Nani Kailua Drive intersection. I wondered if you had <br />any numbers for how large those other subdivisions are that are using the same road, how many <br />units might be in those other subdivisions that are already in place, not the new ones but the ones <br />already in place, Kona Heights or -? <br />2 <br />