2019-05-02 Hearing Transcript - Edmund C. Olson Trust SLU 17-049 REZ 17-223

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KAY: All right, we're going to do this "old school" today. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for coming today. So, as the Chair stated, this is a two -fold application, a State Land Use Boundary Amendment and a rezone request. The subject parcels are located in the South Hilo District of Hawaii Island; more specifically, in the Wainaku/Amau`ulu area. As you can see, we've got two parcels outlined in red here. Parcel 26 is the more makai parcel, and Parcel 27 to the north, direct north of the subject parcel, Parcel 26, is the Dodo Mortuary, and toward the bottom, indicated in the green color, to the south is the Clem Akina Park. Please track forward, Maija. JACKSON: I'm going to shut it down and restart. KAY: If we can have a break, sorry. Technical difficulties. Okay, I think we've got it now. The Applicant is requesting a State Land Use Boundary Amendment from Agricultural to Urban for a 14.95 -acre portion of Parcel 26 and a Change of Zone from Agricultural — 20 acres and Open to a Single -Family Residential — 10,000 square feet zoning district for the same land area. In addition, they're requesting a Change of Zone from Agricultural — 20 acres to a Family Agricultural — 1 acre zoning district for approximately 24.73 acres of land, and this includes a remainder of Parcel 26 and the entirety of Parcel 27. The Applicant's current proposed project includes plans to develop 51 total lots including 49 habitable lots, 30 in the Single -Family Residential — 10,000 square feet designation and 19 in the Family Agricultural designation. One approximately 1.7 -acre lot to expand Clem Akina Park and one approximately 2.11 -acre lot to preserve a historic era cemetery. I just want to note here, and it's in the Background and Recommendation, that the proposed zoning could allow for a maximum density of 89 lots via subdivision, and this is excluding land area to be set aside for roads, the park expansion, and the cemetery preserve. So, when we look at Changes of Zone, unlike some other permits that we do where it's very proposal specific, when we look at Changes of Zone, we want to look at the maximum density that could be allowed because if the Change of Zone passes, they're not required to develop this 51 -lot subdivision. They can realign it, add lots, subtract lots, things like that, up to what the zoning would allow. County zoning for the subject parcels as we said is currently Ag -20 on Parcel 27 in its entirety, and a split zoning for Parcel 26, Ag -20 and Open. That Open zoning coincides with the area to the north of Clem Akina Park. That area has been used historically as part of the park under a lease agreement with the previous owner and kind of unofficially with now this current owner, so again, part of the proposal is to formalize that additional area for park expansion. Just for reference again, we've got Wainaku Street running north -south through the slide, and Amau`ulu Road running east -west through the slide. Other zoning in the area to the north is Ag -3. We've got some Multi -Family Residential designations across Wainaku, makai, and across Amau`ulu. Some Single -Family Residential — 7,500 square feet and then some Resort zoning further makai. EXHIBIT A 2