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~,r<~,.~.y„~ Harry Kim ~ Christopher J. Yuen M~~~nr Director ~+iE•o ~;.+t•~ BradKurolcawa,ASLA LEED®AP C~uuxYt~l [r{ ~~tCUEttt Deputy Director PLANNING DEPARTMENT 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720-3043 (808) 961-8288 FAX (808) 961-$742 December 22, 2006 a Honorable Pete Hoffmann, Chair ~ r c ' and Members of the County Council - ro HAWAPI COUNTY COUNCIL ~ ~ 333 Kilauea Avenue ~ Hilo, HI 96720 ct~ Dear Chair Hoffmann and Members of the County Council: SUBJECT: BILLS 220 aad 221 (Gardner Rezoning) The Planning Department continues to oppose the proposed self-storage facility on Highway 130 near Pahoa. It passed the Planning Committee on Dec. 19, 2006, with a favorable recommendation, as a "Draft 2" , by a 5-4 vote. We have the following additional comments: 1. Draft 2 of Bi11221 does not actually require that the self-storage facility take its sole access with the county firelpolice site that is adjacent. This may have been the expectation of the Council, but it is not an express condition of Draft 2. 2. The condition of Draft 2, that the applicant construct a service road across the county property to serve as an access to the adjacent property, triggers an environmental assessment under Chap. 343, Hawaii Revised Statutes, because this proposes a use of county or state property. The environmental assessment must be completed before any final action is taken on the rezoning. 3. It is not cleaz what the legal status would be of the "service road" across the county property. The proposal would result in traffic that uses the self-storage facility crossing county property on a "service road" shared between the county and the self-storage facility. The county could face liability for an accident that Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.