2019-04-04 Hearing Transcript - Admin Matters Item 1

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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAII HEARING TRANSCRIPT APRIL 4, 2019 A regularly advertised hearing regarding a discussion on permit or ordinance condition deadlines and consequences of not complying with condition deadlines (Administrative Matters, Item No. 1) was called to order at 10:45 a.m. in the County of Hawaii Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii with Chairman Joseph Clarkson presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Gilbert Aguinaldo, Joseph Clarkson, Donn Dela Cruz, Donald Ikeda, Thomas Raffipiy, John Replogle. ALSO PRESENT: Michael Yee (Planning Director), Malia Hall (Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Windward Planning Commission), Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager), Maija Jackson (Planner) (from 11:31 a.m.), Christian Kay (Planner), Jessica Andrews (Planner), and Sarah Hata-Finley (Commission Secretary). And 1 member from the public in attendance. CLARKSON: Please proceed, Mr. Darrow. DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, Members of the Planning Commission. Again, thank you Donald for all your years of service. We're going to miss you, but we hope that you will join us again in the future. There's always a hope. Well, this is our second discussion on this matter. We met with the Leeward Planning Commission on March 21st and had a very lively discussion. There was an entire room of people at the Leeward Commission. We had approximately 20 people from the public testifying on this particular matter. What we did do is forward the Planning Commission, the Windward Planning Commission, all the testimony that came in for the Leeward, so you may see duplicates because I think they additionally sent it on their own again. We tried to get the transcripts available to the Commission, but unfortunately, our secretaries have been experiencing quite a bit of meetings where there's a lot of transcripts that need to be done, and she wasn't able to get it done prior to this meeting. But, once it is done, we will make it available to the Commissioners. Our goal, again, is to discuss this matter with both Commissions, get feedback from both Commissions, and then look towards some changes in the future to our rules and code regarding condition compliance and time extensions. So, with that, we'll begin our discussion on permit or ordinance condition deadlines and consequences of not complying with condition deadlines. So, first thing we'll do is we'll look at the different areas of code and rule regarding condition compliance as well as time extensions. So, when our Zoning Code under [Section] 25-2-44, there's a section called, "Conditions on change of zone." It says, "Within any ordinance for a change of zone, the council may impose conditions on the applicant's use of the property subject 10V1111.11 11