2020-07-07 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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Location: 74-5606 Pawai Place, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 Ms. Newlon (Staff) commenced her Power point presentation for a mural on an existing trash and propane enclosure at the Brewery block, Lot 12 approved for two industrial buildings and a restroom building that was approved with an amendment to Plan Approval (PLA-16-001378) on March 7, 2019 with an update on May 18, 2020 to reflect the new configuration of the trash/enclosure and a few other modifications to the site, with a requirement to have the KVDC review the mural painted on the trash enclosure, since it did not receive prior review at the December 9, 2019 KVDC meeting for the previous amendments to this project. This was a request and we did do the Certificate of Occupancy for this request. Slides were used to help orient commissioners as to where the subject parcel painted mural would be. Slide 2 —Ms. Newlon shows an application by Queen Liliuokalani Trust and mentions that they own the whole subdivision in that area. Slide 3 —Letter of applicant saying that the sole subject of the Design Review Amendment request is approval of the as-built mural on the trash enclosure in the parking lot of the "Brew buildings" of the Pawai Place. The existing buildings and related improvements are approved and built. The landlord, Mattson Davis/Manini Holdings LLC, wishes to avoid graffiti—which would inevitably would otherwise end up on concrete block walls such as this, especially in the old industrial area. We respectfully ask that you approve the design feature. William McCowatt at Koa Architects LLC. Slide 4 —Ms. Newlon shows a Site Plan of the subject parcel. Shows the front building, Building B and Building A. Umeke's Restaurant plans on relocating and several other stores are waiting to reopen. Photos enlarged to display walls, shown on site plan. Slide 5 —Ms. Newlon shows drawings of a wall between the two properties that also has paintings on the wall. It shows dimensions of the wall, under six feet that did not require a permit, but it was shown on the site plan with a different configuration, a rectangle configuration. Slide 6—Slide shows the front of the new buildings. Ms. Newlon asks if there were any questions. Chairman Roth asks if there were any questions for staff Roz. No questions. Chairman Roth asked applicant if he had anything to present. Applicant William McCowatt said that it would definitely get more graffiti painted on it if it were just a plain cinder block wall. This artwork is a good thing in a lot of ways, it's not my favorite kind of artwork, but it certainly will deter graffiti and that is the main purpose for it being like that. Chairman Roth asks if there were any questions for Mr. McCowatt. Yes, Michaela Ikeuchi responded. Commissioner Michaela Ikeuchi asks applicant if they knew what kind of mural they had in mind. 2