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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: April 9, 2019 Re: Comm. No. 198/Bill No. 49 PLACE: Council Chambers Hilo, Hawai`i TIME: 1:02 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawai`i County Council Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 49, reports as follows: Bill No. 49, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim via Communication No. 198, dated March 21, 2019, is an Ordinance amending Ordinance Number 10-64, which reclassified lands from project district to project district at Ponahawai, South Hilo, Hawai`i, covered by Tax Map Key: 2-3-037:001, 2-3-044:019, and 2-3-049:053. The property is located on the west (mauka) side of the Komohana Street—Ponahawai Street intersection and northeast(makai) of Mohouli Street Extension. At the March 7, 2019 Windward Planning Commission public hearing, the applicant, Wailani Development, LLC, requested amending q se veral conditions with the intention to make the Wailani Project District development less costly. The amendments focus on, "reducing some of the infrastructural requirements, allowing options to address infrastructural requirements, allowing the ability to time the infrastructure improvements to be concurrent with the actual development the improvements are designed to serve, and increasing the residential uses while decreasing the commercial components of the project." In addition to a time extension, the applicant was requesting to modify Condition D (Increase Maximum Residential Units from 518 to 700), Condition E (Reduce Maximum Commercial Area from 480,000 to 420,000 square feet), Condition I (Modify Master Plan Amendment Process), Condition N (Delete Underground Utility Requirement), Condition L (Time Extension for Construction), Condition P (Modify Construction/Completion Requirement of Ponahawai Street Extension), Condition Q (Modify Access Requirements), Condition R(Modify Curb, Gutter, Sidewalk Requirement), Condition KK(Waive Fair Share Requirement for Affordable Housing Units), Condition 00 (Administrative Time Extension). Applicant Dr. Peter Matsuura of Wailani Development, LLC and Planning Consultant Sidney Fuke appeared before the Planning Committee. Mr. Fuke began his presentation addressing some of the public testimony that had been presented regarding the project and recapped an "archeological perspective" of surveys and plans that had been completed before grubbing and grading had occurred. He noted the preservation of several acres of the lot and spoke to concerns of water drainage, giving specifics of what was done to adhere to existing codes and regulatory requirements. PC Report No.:20