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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAI`I <br /> HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br /> SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 <br /> A regularly advertised hearing on the applications of HUALALAI PARTNERS OF KONA, LLC <br /> (SLU 10- 27 /REZ 10 -127) was called to order at 9:40 a.m. in the King Kamehameha's Kona Beach <br /> Hotel, Ballroom I, 75 -5660 Palani Road, Kailua -Kona, Hawai`i, with Chairman Frederic Housel <br /> presiding. <br /> COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Frederic Housel, Brandi Beaudet, Geraldine Giffin, Wayne <br /> Iokepa, Richard Nelson and Lani Bowman (from 9:43 a.m.) <br /> ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Thomas Hickcox <br /> STAFF PRESENT: Brandon Gonzalez (Deputy Corporation Counsel), BJ Leithead Todd <br /> (Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), <br /> Maija Cottle (Staff Planner), Deanne Bugado (Planner, West Hawai`i Division) and Kiran Emler <br /> (Department of Public Works) <br /> And approximately 200 people from the public in attendance. <br /> APPLICANT: HUALALAI PARTNERS OF KONA, LLC (SLU 10- 27 /REZ 10 -127) <br /> Applications for a State Land Use Boundary Amendment from Agricultural to Urban and a Change <br /> of Zone from Agricultural 5 -acres (A -5a) to Single- Family Residential 10,000 square feet (RS -10) <br /> for approximately 14.968 acres of land. The property is located southwest of the intersection of <br /> Kahului - Hienaloli Road and Hualalai Road, north of the Sugar Cane Lane Subdivision, Kahului 2 °d , <br /> North Kona, Hawai`i, TMK: 7 -5 -17: 43. <br /> HOUSEL: The first item on the agenda is the applicant is Hualalai Partners of Kona, LLC. This is <br /> an application for a State Land Use boundary amendment from Agricultural to Urban and a change <br /> of zone from Agricultural 5 acres, Ag -5a, to Single - Family Residential 10,000 square feet, RS -10, <br /> for approximately 14.96 acres of land. And this land is located southwest of the intersection of <br /> Kahului - Hienaloli Road and Hualalai Road. Staff, would you care to present? <br /> Oh, okay, I'll make an amendment to that now. Not only are we going to take testimony for the <br /> first agenda item, but we are also going to take public testimony at this time for Agenda Items 2 and <br /> 3. And I won't read those at this time, but if you do want to testify on any of the 1, 2 or 3 items on <br /> this agenda, please plan to come forward very shortly. Thank you. <br /> It looks like we have a lot more attendees today than we usually do, that we are a little short on <br /> seating. So we will be opening up this other side here, and hopefully — oh, we put in a request — so <br /> we are going to try to open that up and provide seating for everybody to be able to be comfortable <br /> during the Planning Commission meeting today. <br /> (At this time, 9:42 a.m., the Commission took statements from the public on Agenda Items 1, 2 and <br /> 3 — SEE EXHIBIT B) <br /> ATTACH: Bills 327 & 328 <br /> 1 Ccrrrn. 1005 <br />