2006-03-31 Planning Commission Minutes

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Commissioner Graham said he sees things going into the General Plan as a positive kind of thing that can fall by the wayside as although there is a plan it may never actually be implemented. Mr. Yuen said the reason things are put in the General Plan is the County would be adopting it as a basic concept, such as having a connector road. He said, as an example, if Parker Ranch Trust proposed an amendment to their rezoning ordinances that did not have a connector road and the General Plan showed the connector road, then that change to the current zoning ordinance for Parker Ranch should not be passed since it would be inconsistent with the General Plan. He clarified that it is true that just taking the connector road out of the General Plan amendment would not eliminate the requirement in the rezoning ordinance, as an amendment could be made to ordinance to include the connector road. In response to Commissioner Springers inquiries, Mr. Yuen said he did discuss with ParkerRancharoadthatgoesthroughneighborhoodsratherthanabypasstypeofroad but he has not seen any concrete plans. He said the Napoopoo-Mamalahoa intersection will be a major intersection with people going south on the Hokulia bypass will be the through traffic at that junction and people on the old highway going south are going to be stop controlled, noting he was not sure if the signal there is planned in the first round of improvements. In response to Commissioner Grahams inquiry, Mr. Yuen said he currently would not want to cancel out commercial zoning along the bypass through Waimea town at the moment. In response to Commissioner Siracusas request to avoid ill feelings, Mr. Yuen said the Department will notify property owners of the General Plan Amendment in the area of the Ainaloa Boulevard-Highway 130 intersection. Regarding the new course of action for the Waiakea House Lots area, Mr. Yuen said the amendment is intended to have medium density areas for commercial developments focused on the major streets, Kekuanaoa, Piilani, Manono and Lanikaula, while interior blocks should be zoned primarily for single- and multi-family residential uses. Commissioner Siracusa questioned how one measure progress toward achieving the goals, objectives and policies of the General Plan. Mr. Yuen said there are a lot of goals and policies in General Plan that is difficult to measure progress, but an annual review of rezoning actions and other land use changes, or an annual review of progress on capital improvements could be and has been done, noting he would rather not hire a new staff position just to work on annual reports. In response to Commissioner Springers suggestions, Mr. Yuen said he thought it was a good idea perhaps a year before the GP review begins to have a report of preparedness that the County is on track and ready to begin the 10-year review at a 10-year time. 2