2006-03-24 TAmendment_to_SMA_Map

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PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAII HEARING TRANSCRIPT March 24, 2006 INITIATOR: PLANNING A regularly advertised hearing on the application of DIRECTOR regarding Amendment to the Special Management Area (SMA) Map was called to order at 9:04 a.m. in the King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel, 75-5660 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, with Vice-Chairperson William R. Graham presiding. PRESENT:ABSENT & EXCUSED: Hannah SpringerAndrew Iwashita Rodney H. WatanabeJeffrey McCall Allen Salavea Rene Siracusa Fred Galdones Ivan Torigoe, Deputy Corporation Counsel Norman Hayashi, Planning Program Manager Jeff Darrow, Staff Planner And approximately 0 people from the public in attendance. INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR Amendment to the Special Management Area (SMA) Map by delineating the location of the SMA boundary along the makai side of the Queen Kaahumanu Highway right-of-way from the area north of the Kona Industrial Subdivision to the Kona International Airport at Keahole AccessRoad. GRAHAM:ThenextitemonouragendaisinitiatedbyPlanningDirectorwhois not personally here today but Norman will be representing the Planning Department and Jeff. This is an amendment to the Special Management Area in the North Kona district by delineating the location of the SMA boundary along the makai side of Queen Kaahumanu Highway right-of-way from the area north of the Kona Industrial Subdivision to the Kona International Airport at Keahole Access Road. Well take just a minute for the Staff to get the presentation for us. HAYASHI:Okay Im ready Mr. Chair. GRAHAM:Thank you Norman go ahead. HAYASHI:Okay Ill just briefly go over the maps. First of all we have 2 maps on the board. This is the official SMA map that was adopted back in the 70s. This is the North Kona District and if you look at this map the yellow shaded areas are areas within the SMA. This is the Keahole Airport and this would be Kailua. So theres an SMA line that is along EXHIBIT B 1