2021-11-09 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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new building and awning colors; bike racks; new propane tanks; raised courtyard on Pawai Place side; parking lot line adjustment on Kuakini Highway side; and reference to future signs. Applicant: Bill McCowatt Landowner: Lili`uokalani Trust Estate Lessee: Manini Holdings, LLC TMK: (3) 7-4-010:001, 002 and 018 Location: 74-5617, 74-5606, and 74-and 74-5599 Pawai Place, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 Ms. Newlon gave a PowerPoint presentation on the proposed exterior improvements. She noted that although the application packet included their signage plan, the applicant did not submit a sign permit application, which would have to go through a different process before it could be referred to the Commission; therefore, that particular item is for the Commission's information only and not for action at this time. She showed a picture of the existing walkway that connects their parking lot and Kuakini Highway through the 50-foot-wide landscape easement along the highway, for which the applicant is requesting after-the-fact approval; she said that this concept had been proposed over ten years ago but received a negative recommendation then from both the Planning Department and the Department of Public Works ("DPW") due to concerns about safety, ADA compliance, and highway traffic. She noted that the current application did not provide any new information to address those concerns. She described the proposed murals and their locations one by one and commented that the applicant appeared to be leading towards making artistic work part of the renovation project. She presented the submittal of six proposed murals that were images of the actual artwork that was being proposed versus the conceptual mural work that had originally been submitted with the application. Commissioner Smith pointed to the list of 13 items on Page 7 of the applicant's submittal and asked for clarification on whether or not those were the specific items that the Commission was being asked to consider at this time. Ms. Newlon reviewed the 13 items with her presentation slides and said that aside from the proposed signs, which would require a separate application to both the Commission and DPW, those listed items were subject to the Commission's action at this time. She noted, however, that the materials submitted by the applicant appeared to be incomplete, for instance, no design information on the tiki torches, bike rack, or propane tank was included. Chairman Roth called upon the applicant for his presentation. Mr. Bill McCowatt clarified in response to Ms. Newton's earlier comment that the tiki torches would be the four-to five-foot- high standard type, and that their locations were shown on the site plan for Lot 14. He stated that the storefront as renovated would look identical to the existing storefront that had been approved by the Commission a year ago. He described the outdoor dining area over the site plans and asked for a retroactive approval of the staircase path; he said that the path had been used heavily for years even as a rocky climbing trail, and that the applicant had put in a safer set of stairs, which from a design standpoint the Commission should find attractive. Regarding the proposed murals, he clarified that the initial submittal had only shown the theme and sample work because the murals had still been in the development phase at that time; however, as shown in the current 2 Kailua Village Design Commission November 9,2021,Meeting Minutes