2005-03-04 Planning Commission Minutes

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thatcrosses and a number of people have their coffee farms in that area; and Mr. Leonard is pointing that out on the map here. Why dont you point out, just on the map here, point out Road A, the Main Cane Haul Road for the Commissioners. Yes. And that road, that road leads into Pahala on the right-hand side, and it continues on and goes actually to Naalehu on the left-hand side. Some people know this as Kalaiki Road. Road B goes mauka from Road A and crosses Moaula Gulch right about where Mr. Leonard is pointing right now. And then the way theyve labeled it on the map, their main change is to Road F; and thats the reason for this change here on Condition X. Condition X-1 -. Okay, Condition, Condition X-1 is actually a standard item. Generally if you have a rezoning that leads to a subdivision or you have a subdivision, part of the subdivision is that you have to make these improvements in order to get to the point where you can, you can actually sell the lots to people; thats called Final Subdivision Approval. That, that point, and the reasonisthattheCounty,ofcourse,doesntwantpeoplegetting,buyinglotsinsubdivisions where the roads and other improvements have not been put in and theres no guarantee that they will be put in. As a standard matter the subdivider can either build the improvements or bond them, and a bond is posting of security that the improvements will be done. So this, to put this in the ordinance would be, is fine; and Im okay with that. We would have to look at the actual wording of this. We have a standard wording for the condition. Id have, I just have to make sure that this worded as the same as the standard condition that we have like this. ALAMEDA:Thank you. Any response? LEONARD:No, were in full agreement and, in terms of that additional language for Condition N in terms of that road meeting the approval of the Planning Director in consultation with the Department of Public Works. So with those changes, were in full agreement with the, with the recommended conditions. If its appropriate, at this time, wed like to give you a little bit of background if we could about the process that has been followed in terms of getting to what has been presented to you, if, if it meets your pleasure. ALAMEDA:Sure. LEONARD: And Id like to turn it over to Peter Savio who can give you some background on, on the work that theyve been doing with the community. ALAMEDA:Mr. Savio. SAVIO:Thank you. Again, just so everybody understands, when I came to Pahala, its probably about three years ago, and I came what amounts to a blank sheet of paper and asked the community what they wanted. This design that you are deciding on today was actually decided by the community. 9