PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SMA-2021-000004)

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RKumuHouSMAAREAB&C.ck.10.25.21 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION WAIKOLOA LAND COMPANY SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION NO. PL-SMA-2021-000004 Upon careful review of the applicant's request against the guidelines for granting of a Special Management Area Use Permit, the Planning Director recommends that the applicant's request be approved. Since this recommendation is made without the benefit of public testimony, the Director reserves the right to modify and/or alter this recommendation based upon additional information presented at the public hearing. This approval recommendation is based on the following: The applicant requests a Special Management Area (SMA) Use Permit to allow the development of 900 multi-family residential timeshare units, community support facilities (including a community center, convenience retail center,maintenance operations center, additional employee and other parking), golf support facilities (including relocation of the golf clubhouse and driving range, and a new cart path), public parks and paths (including two gateway parks and open space features and pedestrian paths) and related improvements within approximately 133.8 acres of land, and to allow the development of a new brackish water irrigation source and distribution system to support the landscape irrigation needs of the project within 3.1 acres of land identified as "Area C" of the proposed Kumu Hou at Waikoloa(Kumu Hou)project. The conceptual plan for"Area B" is shown in Figure 10 of the application and shows the timeshare units within 17 two-story buildings. The timeshare units would be supported by up to 40,000 square feet of building area for up to two community centers providing sales and meeting facilities, a pool, and other private recreational uses. Additionally, a convenience retail center of approximately 3,000 square feet is planned near the community center and an approximately 32,000 square foot operations center is planned to support the back-of-house housekeeping and maintenance services in support of the timeshare units. Relocation of the golf driving range and the clubhouse serving the -1-