2021-07-15 Leeward Exh C (Amend USE 05-001)

Home

This is the location map showing the subject property as indicated by the red pointer. The property is located within the South Kohala District in the Waimea town center. You can see Lindsey Road running in a north-south direction on the left side of the slide and Kapi`olam Road, which is just off of Lindsey Road, fronting the property, which is on the north side. This slide is to provide the commission with a little history on Use Permit 05-001. Use Permit 05-001 was issued on December 7, 2005, to allow for the establishment of an elementary school on approximately two acres in a portion of TMK 6-5-4:25. Construction of the elementary school was completed in 2007. In 2010 the Use Permit was amended by the Planning Commission to allow for the expansion of the Parker School complex to include new athletic fields, a new gymnasium, renovation of two residences and warehouse, and an elementary school addition and new middle school on the remainder of TMK 6-5-4:25 and TMKs 6-5-4: 26, 28 and 63. Just last year the Leeward Planning Commission voted to allow Parker School a time extension in order to complete construction of the school complex. The applicant is currently requesting to defer the improvements to Kapi`olam Road to be built prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for the future middle school, rather than prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for the gymnasium, which has been funded and is ready for construction. The requested amendment will amend condition 11 to read, "Prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for the middle school, the applicant shall provide the following improvements meeting with the approval of the Department of Public Works, at no cost to the County," and it goes into, "a. Provide pavement widening, concrete curb, gutter and sidewalk, and incidental drainage improvements along the south side of Kapi`olam Road from Lindsey Road to the middle school entrance and along the east side of Lindsey Road from Kapi`olam Street to the existing sidewalk at the edge of the school's property," and, %. They shall install streetlights along the south side of Kapi`olam Road from Lindsey Road to the middle school and any necessary signs and markings." The applicant's stated reasons for the request are: Due to COVID-19, the school is currently struggling to maintain their present enrollment, and thus may not be able to complete construction of the middle school as anticipated in their current master plan; however, the school has secured funding for the gymnasium through private donations, some which are contingent on completing construction within a certain timeframe. As such, the off-site pedestrian improvements along Kapi`olam Road are required to accommodate a significant increase in enrollment. With no growth in the current enrollment, the school would like to build the gymnasium complex for the use by their existing student body and defer the off-site pedestrian improvements to a later date. That later date is, should the middle school be constructed to accommodate a significant increase in enrollment, the conditions for improvements to Kapi`olam Road would still 2 EXHIBIT C