2021-02-18 Leeward Exh A (SMA 20-076 & SSV 20-012)

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Have all the commissioners read the material that's been provided to us? (No audible response) Has our corporation counsel read the material and formed a legal opinion that aligns with the planning director's recommendation for these agenda items? MUKAL Yes, I think it's ready for your review and action. VITOUSEK: Thank you. We will have a presentation by the county Planning staff and then a presentation by the applicant. After the completion of the staff's presentation, there will be an opportunity for Commissioners to ask questions relating to the content of the staff's presentation. I ask that the commissioners wait until both staff and the applicant have presented before asking detailed questions about the agenda item, and at that time I'd like to allow each commissioner a reasonable amount of time to ask questions of the applicant and county staff. I believe that no more than 10 minutes per staff member, or per commissioner, is appropriate. And once each commissioner has had the opportunity to have their questions and concerns addressed, I'll seek a motion from the commission, after a motion and a second there can be an open discussion amongst the commissioners prior to a vote. Alex, are you ready for your presentation? (No audible response) Okay, go ahead. ROY: Okay, hopefully everybody can hear me and see the screen. I have a location this is for the AOAO Kona Reef, Incorporated, as the chair has said, Special Management Area Use Permit application and shoreline setback variance application. I'll be presenting the information for both of these applications in one presentation. Here we have a map of the project site, proposed project site. On left-hand side you see Kailua-Kona, it's south of Kailua-Kona center. And then here you've got the Kona Reef Resort, so it's kind of showing you where that is, south, or just north of Honl's Beach, which is a beach park on the Kona side. At this time, and as best as we can gather, the applicant is requesting to build a continuous 220-foot-long concrete-rubble-masonry, or CRM, wall within the shoreline setback area. The structure would be located entirely mauka of the certified shoreline and would be built to approximately ground level, would be approximately 12 to 18 inches wide at the top and anywhere from 24 to 42 inches wide at the base, depending on the plans you review. And the entire structure would be parallel to the mauka side of the certified shoreline by a buffer of 12 inches; so it'll be located 12 inches landward, or mauka, of the certified shoreline. The applicant's intent, the purpose for this project and the primary purpose for the wall is to prevent future erosion of the lawn area and to mitigate effects of rare storm or tsunami surges that could cross the shoreline. County zoning, it's in V-.75, which is Vacation, and then you can see that the surrounding area along—so this is Alii Drive—so pretty much everything north of that is in the same zoning. You have Residential south of that, RS-10, RS-10 across the street, Residential, this is Commercial, and then some Ag lands, so a majority Residential but with some intersperse Commercial and Vacation-type zoning. 2 EXHIBIT A