2021-04-01 Windward Planning Commission Minutes

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Change of Zone Ordinance No. 09-138, based on the Planning Director's recommendation, which shall be adopted. A roll call vote was taken, and the motion carried with seven (7) ayes (Lin, Aguinaldo, Au, Clarkson, Galimba, Raffipiy, Replogle) and no noes. This hearing item ended at 10:53 a.m. [SEE HEARING TRANSCRIPT EXHIBIT Q MINUTES Approval of Minutes of the March 4, 2021 Windward Planning Commission meeting At 10:53 a.m. it was moved by Commissioner Raffipiy and seconded by Commissioner Lin that the Minutes of March 4, 2021, be approved as distributed. A voice vote was taken, and the motion carried with all in favor. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 1. Discussion of recent Special Management Area(SMA) determinations, minor permits and enforcement action issued by the Planning Director. The Commission took this item up at 10:54 a.m. The Planning Director Zendo Kern returned to the meeting. Ms. Jackson stated the Department has received numerous SMA Assessments applications in the last 2 months and normally they receive about 4 to 5 applications per month and in both February and March they received about 9 applications per month. So, they have been receiving more than double the normal and it was reflected in the log provided to the Commission earlier this week. There are about 29 active applications of these about 9 are about to be approved or will see some kind of decision letter and they are trying to move forward and get these permits out quickly but there is a high volume at this time. In discussion, Commissioner Clarkson stated he did not see anything on the log but was curious about the enforcement action that Chair Replogle indicated. Ms. Jackson replied they have been giving the Commission an update on enforcement when there are enforcement actions and at this time there are no major enforcement actions taking place in East Hawaii related to SMA. This hearing item ended at 10:57 a.m. ANNOUNCEMENTS Ms. Jackson stated relating to SMA that the State Office of Planning who runs the Coastal Zone Management(CZM) Program for the state offered to do training for the Planning Commissions relating to SMA and shoreline setback regulations. She indicated they are coordinating to have a presentation be given to the Commission hopefully in May or possibly June and working on doing a Q & A after the Office of Planning's presentation so any specific questions can be answered relating to SMA and shoreline permitting on our island. She also mentioned a link was Page 3 of 4 Windward Planning Commission April 1,2021 Minutes