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VITOUSEK: Seeing that, I will, I believe that the County's demonstrated that the applicant has
<br /> met the requirements for notification, and we will proceed with hearing this item today. Alex,
<br /> would you please proceed with your presentation on the agenda item?
<br /> ROY: Thank you, Chair and Commissioners. I'm going to go ahead and share my screen.
<br /> Hopefully everybody can see that. This is for the County of Hawaii Parks and Recreation
<br /> project at Magic Sands. Special Management Area Use Permit Application SMA 21-000080. I'm
<br /> going to start with this slide talking about the notification. The sign was posted at the site in
<br /> April 2021. The photograph is a photograph of the letter, I'm sorry I don't have, we typically
<br /> don't provide pictures of pictures of signs, but here it is. The first notice to surrounding notice
<br /> landowners was sent out on May 3rd, second notice to surrounding landowners was sent out May
<br /> 27d', the agenda was posted in the newspaper May 27h, and the background and recommendation
<br /> was posted to the Web on June 9h. Like I said, the photograph is of the photograph of the sign in
<br /> front of the comfort station, which is the focus of the project, and this is in the letter that was
<br /> submitted to the Planning Department.
<br /> I'm going to dive right in. This is the location of the project area. You can see here the red star.
<br /> So, it's approximately four miles south of Kailua-Kona proper. And it's Magic Sands Beach
<br /> Park, it's labeled on the map. I asked the Department of Parks and Rec to provide me with a kind
<br /> of outline of the Magic Sands and La`aloa Beach Park because there, there's some confusion and
<br /> I just want to make sure everything's clear. That the project area is on Magic Sands Beach Park
<br /> in those subsequent TMKs that are outlined. Of course, Alii Drive, La`aloa Beach Park, the
<br /> work that's on Parcel 36 within that is very minor and would be at kind of the top left-hand
<br /> corner of the TMK Parcel 36, kind of in this area there's just a little bit of work that's happening.
<br /> So, the remainder of this project is going to happen over here on the Magic Sands side, and
<br /> La`aloa will be left alone.
<br /> At this time the Department of Parks and Rec is hoping to conduct facility improvements which
<br /> include Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA)upgrades to the existing Magic Sands Beach
<br /> Park comfort station, which has been in existence on this beach since 1975. It includes the
<br /> demolition of the existing comfort station and reconstruction of an ADA compliant comfort
<br /> station, moved mauka, out of the VE flood zone, into the X flood zone. Construction of ADA
<br /> compliant parking spaces, new showers, accessible picnic table and grill area, a new accessible
<br /> walkway and ramp connecting the park to Alii Drive for safe access from Alii Drive down to
<br /> the beach park, and then additional work includes some utility improvements, water line
<br /> improvements, and pavement restriping.
<br /> The County zoning of the park and project area is Open, except for a small portion of parcel 36,
<br /> which is in the resort node, or V-1.25. The surrounding area, you can see is Single-Family
<br /> Residential; there's a large subdivision, RS-7.5, and then Resort node surrounds this beach park
<br /> with a sliver of agricultural land, and that's A-5a, so the 5-acre, Agricultural 5-acre, and then
<br /> Multi-Family Residential, the RM-3.5, there's a small bit mauka of the project area. So, in
<br /> essence the entire project area's surrounded by the resort node zoning. State Land Use is Urban,
<br /> except for the Ag lot, Parcel 31 located there. LUPAG has the entire project area and
<br /> surrounding mauka areas across Alii Drive as Open. There is Medium Density Urban and Low
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