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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON PLANNING <br /> DATE: September 18, 2012 Re: Comm.No. 706/Bill No. 255 <br /> PLACE: Council Chambers <br /> Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i <br /> TIME: 10:30 a.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawai`i County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Planning,to which was referred Comm. No. 706/Bill No. 255, reports as <br /> follows:. <br /> Bill No. 255 transmitted by Council Member Brenda J. Ford via Communication No 706, dated <br /> April 25, 2012, is an ordinance amending Ordinance No.08-150, which amended ordinance <br /> No.465, which reclassified lands from Agricultural— 1 Acre (A-la)to Neighborhood <br /> Commercial-7,500 square feet(CN-7.5) at Kealakekua, South Kona, Hawai`i, covered by Tax <br /> Map Key: 8-2-013: portion of 002. <br /> At the May 16, 2012, Planning Committee, Bill No. 255 was referred to Planning Director <br /> Bobby Jean Leithead Todd and the appropriate Planning Commission for review and <br /> recommendations. <br /> In Communication No. 706.1,transmitted by Mayor William P. Kenoi, dated August 22, 2012, <br /> Leeward Planning Commission Vice Chairman Lani Bowman concurs with Planning Director <br /> Bobby Jean Leithead Todd's reasons for recommending favorable consideration,with further <br /> modifications to Bill No. 255. <br /> Council Member Ford moved to amend Bill 255 with the contents of Communication No 706.2 <br /> which amends Condition E regarding the frontage access road and adds a new Condition F <br /> regarding a Traffic Analysis Impact Report. She explained that these conditions are only <br /> triggered by specific actions such as add itional commercial development. The amendment <br /> passed with a vote of nine ayes. <br /> Council Member Ford stated that she had worked with Planning Program Manager Mr: Daryn <br /> Arai to address the concerns regarding flooding and the shared frontage access road. She further <br /> stated that the Farmers Market,which only sells locally grown or produced products,has lost <br /> substantial revenue since being relocated off the highway and asked for the Council Members to <br /> support and pass Bill 255, as amended,to allow the Farmers Market to return to its previous <br /> location. <br /> PC Rept. No. 66: <br />