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DATE: May 4, 2010 Re: Comm. No. 798/Bill No. 242 <br />PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa <br />78 -128 Ehukai Street <br />Kailua -Kona, Hawaii <br />TIME: 1:30 p.m. <br />Council Chair and Members <br />Hawai`i County Council <br />Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 <br />REPORT OF THE <br />COMMITTEE ON PLANNING <br />Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 242, reports as follows: <br />Bill No. 242, transmitted via Communication No. 798 from Mayor William P. Kenoi, dated <br />April 21, 2010, presents a Request for Change of District Classification by Wailani <br />Development, LLC, at Ponahawai, South Hilo, Hawai`i, TMK: 2 -3- 037:001, 2 -3- 044:019, and <br />2 -3- 049:053. <br />Bill No. 242 seeks to amend Section 25 -8 -33 (City of Hilo Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 <br />(Zoning Code) of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), by changing the District <br />Classification from Project District (University Terrace) to Project District (Wailani <br />Development). <br />There was no public testimony. Applicants were represented at the meeting by Mr. Sidney Fuke. <br />Several of your Committee members praised the development, stating that it would bring new <br />life to the area, infusing the community with medical services, senior housing, commercial <br />enterprises and eateries. <br />Council Member Brenda Ford stated several objections to the projects; among the most <br />verbalized were her calculations that the developers would delay proceeding with the project for <br />21 years, and that the residential area would be a big cul -de -sac. <br />Mr. Fuke explained to your Committee members that the master plan was a conceptual plan <br />only, and that the developers were in the process of having further detailed studies done before <br />they proceed. Mr. Fuke reminded your Committee members that the change in project district <br />was necessary, since new owners were going to develop the area. Ms. Ford strongly reiterated <br />her concerns regarding timing of the project, flooding, location of various phases of the project, <br />and use of cul -de -sacs. Mr. Fuke and Deputy Director Margaret Masunaga were unable to <br />assuage Ms. Ford's concerns. Mr. Keola Childs from the Planning Department re- verbalized the <br />information provided by Mr. Fuke and Ms. Masunaga, and Council Member Ford yielded the <br />floor. There was no further discussion on the matter. <br />PC Report 82 <br />