2020-12-17 Leeward Planning Commission Minutes

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NEW BUSINESS 1. APPLICANT: AOAO KONA REEF, INC. (SMA-20-000076/ SSV-20-000012) Applications for a Special Management Area(SMA) Use Permit and a Shoreline Setback Variance to construct a 220-foot-long Concrete-Rubble-Masonry (CRM) wall approximately 1-foot inland (mauka) of the certified shoreline and within the shoreline setback area located seaward (makai) of the Kona Reef Condominium Complex on an approximately 2,500-square foot portion of a larger 3.08-acre parcel situated in the Special Management Area. The subject parcel is located at 75-5888 Alii Drive, Pua`a 3rd—Wai`aha 2nd, North Kona District, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 7-5-018:071. At 9:56 a.m. Chair Carr Smith reiterated her earlier announcement that this item was postponed until a future date. 2. APPLICANT: DPM ACQUISITION LLC DBA DIAMOND RESORTS INTERNATIONAL (FORMERLY PACIFIC MONARCH RESORTS, INC.) (AMEND SMA 388) Application to amend Condition No. 2 (Time to Complete Construction) of Special Management Area Use Permit No. 388, which was issued in 1998 to allow the development of a commercial/condominium complex and related improvements on 76,739 square feet of land. The property is located on the makai side of Alii Drive bounded by Alii Drive and Kahakai Road, south of Royal Kona Resort and north of Kona Reef Condominium, Pua`a 3rd, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 7-5-018:011. The Commission took up this item at 9:56 a.m. At about 10:00 a.m. Commissioner Van Pernis's microphone system failed, and the problem continued. Chair Carr Smith called a recess at 10:05 a.m. to have it resolved. She reconvened the hearing at 10:14 a.m. Chair Carr Smith called a recess at 10:57 a.m. She called the hearing back to order at 11:12 a.m. Action: It was moved by Commissioner Vitousek and seconded by Commissioner Newberg that the application to amend Special Management Area Use Permit 388 be approved, with amended conditions of approval concerning a site maintenance and security program and a project timeline as discussed at this hearing. A roll call vote was taken, and the motion carried with five ayes (Vitousek, Newberg, DeFranco, Kealoha, and Carr Smith), one no (Van Pernis), and one absent and excused (Yates). The hearing ended at 12:37 p.m. [SEE HEARING TRANSCRIPT EXHIBIT BJ Chair Carr Smith called a lunch recess at 12:37 p.m. She called the meeting back to order at 1:15 p.m. Referring to the preceding agenda item, Chair Carr Smith said that she wanted to apologize to the Commissioners, to the County, and to the applicant that the hearing had reached the point 2 Leeward Planning Commission December 17,2020,Meeting Minutes