Laserfiche WebLink
PC-1 Page 2 January 8, 2019 <br /> Council Member Karen Eoff noted her concerns, in particular Condition S, as it states that public access <br /> would be tied to the opening of a golf course. Council Member Maile David concurred with Council <br /> Member Eoff's remarks and questioned whether public access could proceed without a golf course. She <br /> explained that her issue lies within the fact that the ordinance and what is actually occurring are <br /> different. Mr. Lim assured her that he would submit progress reports to the Planning Department and <br /> include final details of the public access plan, including a contingency plan. Council Member David said <br /> she would like the ordinance to be changed to include the public access timing of not more than 12 <br /> months and the 20-year time extension and asked Mr. Lim's position on this. He noted that he would <br /> like a 20-year extension or even open-ended, so that KDA.&HI would not have to sit before the Council <br /> in this fashion again. Council Member David then brought up Planning Director discretion and the <br /> Planning Commission process,which provides both the public and the Council with an opportunity to <br /> follow the administrative review to grant time extensions, done in five-year increments, and noted that <br /> this was not done with this project. Mr. Lim stated KDA&HI would follow through with whatever is <br /> necessary. <br /> Committee Vice-Chair Lee Loy noted that another entitlement document,namely a Special Management <br /> Area Permit, also requires public access and is also being addressed by KDA&HI. She then asked for <br /> representatives from Corporation Counsel or the Planning Department to provide input. Deputy <br /> Corporation Counsel Amy Self explained that in her opinion the original conditions should be amended <br /> as the ordinance was essentially being used as a checklist for the Planning Department and it should <br /> reflect the current status of the project. Planning Program Manager Jeffrey Darrow said that this project <br /> has addressed department and committee recommendations over the years and that asking for a 20-year <br /> time extension legislatively and also through the Planning Commission would result in a 40-year <br /> extension. <br /> Committee Vice-Chair Lee Loy thanked the applicant for their work, noting that it took the SHPD six <br /> years to review and approve this project. She noted there should be no more hurdles for this project and <br /> reminded everyone that reports are provided to the Planning Department annually. She stated that <br /> applicant is committed to opening the shoreline to the public in less than a year's time and it should be <br /> permitted, and then committed to working with Corporation Counsel and the developer to craft the <br /> appropriate language and move this bill out of committee. Council Member Eoff also offered to assist <br /> with the rewording of the ordinance and wanted to be a part of the process. Mr. Lim stated they would <br /> prefer to work with the Council Members individually and that KDA&HI already had preliminary <br /> language in mind. <br /> Council Member Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder asked for more specifics about the public access, and it was <br /> clarified that the public did not have unsupervised access to the shoreline at this time. <br /> Council Chair Aaron S. Y. Chung then brought up a technical aspect of the process by asking if KDA& <br /> HI should have even been included in the rezoning ordinance,20 years later, if they had already been in <br /> compliance with county standards by submission of their annual updates to the Planning Department. He <br /> noted that while the bill makes things "cleaner,"there are no assurances of its passage,nor that more <br /> hurdles would not be placed in front of the developer in the future. Council Chair Chung said he would <br /> vote in favor of the bill, though he questioned the need for it. <br /> PC Report No.: 1 <br />