2020-01-08 Exh B Hearing Transcript - RTA Kilauea Lodge REZ 19-239

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This area here is from, the boundary here is a 12 -foot wide perpetual road easement that benefits both this property as well as the property above here, and that's the initial site plan showed some encroachment on that, and when we found that there was an easement there, we asked the Applicant to adjust their site plan. At any rate, the access is going to be coming off of Old Volcano Road here, as proposed to have the parking area, the retail building here toward the front of the property, and then the parking area here and gravel driveway to connect to the three proposed cottages in back of the property. Here are some existing site photos. Here is a view of the current driveway looking straight on. This is essentially on that corner of the property where the 12 -foot roadway easement is. There is currently about a 3 -foot high rock wall blocking that area. There's a condition that we put in the proposed conditions to indicate that that shouldn't be blocked or it shall not be blocked, and here on the right hand side, there's the location of the proposed retail store kind of coming in this front area here. Difficult to see, but here's some cars parked in toward the back of the property. This is the existing employee parking area and a view of the Old Volcano Road frontage looking toward Hilo with the existing Volcano, or pardon me Kilauea Lodge, generally in this area. And, here are some views of Old Volcano Road looking east toward Hilo. The subject property on the left-hand side, and a view of Old Volcano Road looking west toward the park, the Volcanoes National Park, the subject property on the right-hand side. The Director is recommending to forward a favorable recommendation to the County Council for this Change of Zone. There were a few other pieces of information that came in, actually, just one. Testimony from Janice Palma Glennie that came, that should have been handed to you this morning. She had concerns over the lack of a master plan for Volcano Village. I'm not sure if she's aware of the CDP and the Volcano Long -Range Plan that's already in place that has supported or has indicated that this is the right place for this type of commercial zoning. So, with that, I'm happy to answer any questions the Commission may have. CLARKSON: Questions from the Commission? As usual, I have a question. KAY: Okay. CLARKSON: It has to do with the access road for the parcel behind. If we could go back— okay, so the view of the current driveway, is that the, is that driveway now being used by the parcel behind for access? KAY: So, that parcel is currently vacant, so nobody is living back there yet, so it hasn't been used at this point, but the easement is there. CLARKSON: Okay. KAY: And that's why we put the condition there saying that shall not be blocked. So, in the future, should somebody want to build on that parcel there, they wouldn't be impeded. EXHIBIT B 3