2005-12-02 Planning Commission Minutes

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this particular area because the project services a need for the area, referring to the University expansion and the University Terrace project. He added that interest is being generated for a physical therapy office in the area at some point in the future. Specifically relating to Commissioner Siracusas inquiry about the balance of the property, Mr. Fuke said the owner felt doing a 24-acre project would be too substantial at this point, not knowing what the market is going to be like. He added that at the time the property was proposed to be zoned RS-7.5 one thought was to possibly have a walkway path meandering along the Alenaio Stream bed. For the Commissions information, Mr. Fuke explained that they got into this project when there was a lot of controversy surrounding the University Terrace Project and held several informal meetings on their project with some of the major objectors to the Terrace Project and perhaps that is the result of no one being present today to testify on the matter. Mr. Fuke confirmed for Commissioner Watanabes information that the State Land Use designationisurbanforthisarea. InresponsetoCommissionerMcCallsinquiry,Mr.Fukesaidfromhisresearchtheplanforthe sewer is to extend the line from Punahele Street down along Komohana Street to Ponahawai Street. He said as the line would have to be improved from the intersection of Kapiolani and Ponahawai Streets down to Kilauea Avenue possibly the project could dovetail in terms of cost- sharing for the wastewater system. There was no one in the audience wishing to testify on the application. At this time, Mr. Yuen amended Condition N to include final plan approval in the last sentence. It was moved by Commissioner Watanabe and seconded by Commissioner Springer to send a favorable recommendation to the County Council for the reasons and with the conditions recommended by the Planning Director, with Condition N amended to read, To ensure that the Goals and Policies of the Housing Element of the General Plan are implemented, the applicant shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 11, Article 1, Hawai i County Code relating to Affordable Housing Policy. This requirement shall be approved by the Administrator of the Office of Housing and Community Development prior to final plan approval or final subdivision approval for any new residential structures. A roll call vote was taken and motion carried with six ayes (Watanabe, Springer, McCall, Salavea, Siracusa and Alameda) and three absent and excused (Galdones, Graham and Iwashita). REPEAL OF ORD. 487The Commission took up the following at this time, 4:41 p.m., PLANNING DIRECTORwith no one from the public in attendance. PONAHAWAI, SOUTH HILO INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR Repeal of a 24.495-acre, identified by Tax Map Key: 2-3-36:18, from Change of Zone Ordinance No. 487, which incrementally zoned a 50.988-acre area from an Agricultural 1-acre (A-1a) to a 6