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VITOUSEK: Thank you, sir, appreciate it. (Inaudible—microphone on mute) here it is, thank
<br /> you. Okay, thank you, Christian, appreciate it.
<br /> KAY: Sure.
<br /> VITOUSEK: Okay, we will move forward with the applicant's presentation. Applicant,please
<br /> raise your right hand. Please, do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter before the
<br /> Leeward Planning Commission?
<br /> FUKE: I do.
<br /> VITOUSEK: Thank you. Please state your name and the down that you live in.
<br /> FUKE: Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, members of the commission. My name is Sidney Fuke.
<br /> I live in Hilo, Hawaii. With me are also Rick North and Jack Straw, they are kind of like on
<br /> your screen as well. They are actually the developer themselves. If you wish, I would be more
<br /> than happy to proceed with my presentation.
<br /> VITOUSEK: Please do.
<br /> FUKE: Sure. As I mentioned earlier, I, on the screen also are Jack Straw and Ricky North of
<br /> Pacifica Big Island, LLC. They are here to, you know, respond to any questions that the
<br /> commissioners may have, which may be, you know, too sensitive that I can't. But, nonetheless, I
<br /> would like to initially note that the staff's background report and recommendation, they were
<br /> reviewed by the applicants, and they found that to be not only accurate but very comprehensive.
<br /> They found the proposed conditions acceptable as well.
<br /> I would like to just kind of add a few comments, if I may, Mr. Chair. Back in 2015, you know,
<br /> subsequent to the applicant acquiring the property, what happened was that they consolidated
<br /> two Special Management Area permits affecting two parcels of land. They are basically
<br /> contiguous, but except, you know, being separated by the small little private road lot. So if you
<br /> look at the combined area, you have like a total of, from an SMA permitting standpoint, a total of
<br /> 292 units allowed, of which 44 units were already developed, that's the Kaulana at Kona project,
<br /> part of the original SMA. Back in 2002 the original SMA for the Kaulana project was reduced
<br /> by 64 units. So effectively, what you have right now is, the maximum number of units that can
<br /> be developed on this consolidate properties is just like 184 over 24-plus-or-minus acres of land.
<br /> So that kind of amounts to like a density of roughly like about, you know, one unit for every
<br /> 6,000 square feet, as opposed to one unit for every 3,000 square feet, which is the current RM-3
<br /> zoning would allow. Back in February, actually March of 2015 when the effective time
<br /> extension was granted, there was a condition that required a Plan Approval be secured by March
<br /> of 2018, and that was complied with; the Plan Approval, as Christian had mentioned, was issued
<br /> for a 32-unit project and also for a rec center, both in the latter part of 2015. The zoning code
<br /> requires that if it's not exercised within a two-year period, then it becomes an automatic nullity,
<br /> and that's the situation there. The applicants then requested for an administrative time extension,
<br /> which then required them to secure a final Plan Approval by March of this year, 2021. The, back
<br /> in you know, the reasons for the delay, I think, you know, the staff had indicated it, so I kind of
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