2006-12-06 Planning Commission Minutes

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Commissioner McCall commented that it has been at least five years since the collection of fair share contribution started and the people who contributed to the funds haven’t seen anything out of it, so if there is any way the County Council can expedite the project. In response to Commissioner Watanabe’s query, Mr. Hayashi confirmed that a portion of Condition E, the entire Condition F and a portion of Condition G were inadvertently omitted from the proposed Conditions of Approval, and that they are the standard conditions for this subdivision. There was no one from the public wishing to testify on this agenda item. It was moved by Commissioner Watanabe and seconded by Commissioner McCall to send a favorable recommendation to the County Council, inclusive of all standard conditions for this general area. A roll call vote was taken and motion carried with six ayes (Watanabe, McCall, Siracusa, Graham, Iwashita and Alameda), one no (Rho) and two absent and excused (Galdones and Salavea). SMA 06-000015 The Commission took this item up at 1:50 p.m. with HOLUALOA approximately 5 people from the public in attendance LIKANA, LLC KILUA-KONA, NORTH KONA APPLICANT: HOLUALOA LIKANA, LLC (SMA 06-000015) Special Management Area Use Permit to allow the construction of a 128-stall commercial parking lot and associated landscaping on a 1.23-acre lot. The property is located on the southwest side of Kuakini Highway, adjacent to and north of the County’s Hanama Place complex, Kailua-Kona, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-5-6:1. Mr. Darrow oriented the Commission and public of the subject and surrounding properties on the location map and site plan, and summarized the request. He noted that there is another proposed condition to be added as No. 7, which has been presented to the Commission, which states, “If required by the Department of Public Works, the applicant shall submit a flood study prepared by a licensed professional civil engineer and submit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for a Letter of Map Change (LOMC)”. He also noted that the Planning Director recommended approval of the application with conditions. In response to Commissioner Watanabe’s query, Director Yuen, Mr. Darrow and Mr. Emler clarified that Flood Zone A indicated on the site map in this case means a generic term for all the A zones, such as AE, AO, AA, etc. Mr. Darrow stated that the current Condition 7 will be changed to reflect the specific zone that is AE. In response to Mr. Emler’s concern about the location of the proposed gate, Mr. Darrow stated that the site plan submitted by the applicant indicates the gate is located outside of 4