TMK 7-5-018-071 - KVDC Design - Kona Reef Condos

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I wo;, PLANNING DEPARTMENT County of Hawaii 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 RECEIVED NOV 1 G 2020 November 16, 2020 TO: Kailua Village Design Commission C/O County of Hawaii Planning Department 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy #E, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 SUBJECT: CONCRETE RUBBLE MASONRY (CRM) WALL DESIGN REVIEW Shoreline Setback Variance Application (SSV 20-000012) Special Management Area Use Permit (SMA 20-000076) APPLICANT: AOAO KONA REEF, INC. TAX MAP KEY: (3) 7-5-018:071 Dear Design Commission Members, It appears that the passive aggressive attitude some of the Hilo Planners have toward me because I am not a "Planning Consultant" has bled over to the Kona office. I have been mandated by Rosalind Newlon to submit pictures of a rock wall. Weeks ago, when she called me, I clearly told her that I would not be submitting any because the already submitted pictures of the project location showed the before and after construction views. It now appears that she decided not to submit the application without the pictures for review as I instructed thereby causing an unnecessary month-long delay of the project and her to eventually get her way, (passive aggressive). She has also now mandated that I copy and submit the reply letter from the State of Hawaii Office of Planning for the project because she saw some wall dimensions referenced in it. In lieu of that letter I have copied excerpts from the SSV Application. Some you have already seen. Proposed Project: AOAO Kona Reef, Inc. proposes to build a continuous 220 -foot -long concrete -rubble masonry (CRM) wall within the 40 -foot shoreline setback area of their property. The primary purposes of the wall are for erosion abatement reasons and to protect the Kona Reef property from the damages that hurricane storm waves and tsunami surges can wreak and to prevent the ensuing massive pollution of the ocean environment. All construction would take place entirely on Kona Reef's private property above the State Certified Shoreline. The structure is not meant to serve as a seawall to deflect wave energy or to hold soil in place against the eroding action of waves. The proposed project will not alter existing physical characteristics, views, or ambiance of the property or the surrounding areas. It also will not adversely impact shoreline processes and has very little potential to cause long-term adverse impacts or to cause adverse cumulative or secondary impacts to the immediate environment or surrounding areas. Page I of 4 OVER