2023-01-19 Leeward Planning Commission Minutes

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Action on Petition of EWM Enterprises, LP, by and through Charles A.Anderson: It was moved by Commissioner Vitousek and seconded by Commissioner Dela Cruz that the petition be granted. A roll call vote was taken, and the motion carried with four ayes (Vitousek, Dela Cruz, Paishon-Duarte, and Knowles), no noes, and one absent and excused (Kanuha). Action on Petition of Kohala Makani Kai, LLC,by and through Charles A. Anderson: It was moved by Commissioner Vitousek and seconded by Commissioner Dela Cruz that the petition be granted. A roll call vote was taken, and the motion carried with four ayes (Vitousek, Dela Cruz, Paishon-Duarte, and Knowles), no noes, and one absent and excused (Kanuha). It was moved by Commissioner Vitousek and seconded by Commissioner Paishon-Duarte that the Commission hire a hearings officer to conduct a contested case hearing on these applications. A roll call vote was taken, and the motion carried with four ayes (Vitousek, Paishon-Duarte, Dela Cruz, and Knowles),no noes, and one absent and excused (Kanuha). Vice Chair Knowles stated that pursuant to Planning Commission Rule 4-6, the parties were required to participate in mediation first, and that the parties would select a mediator jointly or the Commission would appoint one if the parties failed to agree. This hearing ended at 10:46 a.m. [SEE HEARING TRANSCRIPTEXHIBITBJ Vice Chair Knowles called a short recess at 10:46 a.m. Chair DeFranco resumed her role as presiding officer and called the meeting back to order at 10:58 a.m. 3. APPLICANT: CHARLES STEVENSON,ANN STEVENSON & JOHN FUMO (PL-REZ-2022-000035) Application for a Change of Zone from an Agricultural-20 acres (A-20a) to an Agricultural-10 acres (A-lOa) zoning district for 22.665 acres of land. The subject property is located at 73-4375 Haleamau Street, approximately 570 feet northeast(mauka) of its intersection with Kaloko Drive, Kaloko Mauka Subdivision, Kaloko,North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 7-3-027:003. The Commission took up this item at 10:58 a.m.,with no public members in the audience. There were no testifiers in person or via Zoom at this time. Action: It was moved by Commissioner Vitousek and seconded by Vice Chair Knowles that a favorable recommendation be forwarded to the County Council, based on the Deputy Planning Director's recommendation, with the revision to Condition D.3. as requested by the applicant in their January 16, 2023, letter. A roll call vote was taken, and the motion carried with five ayes (Vitousek, Knowles, Dela Cruz, Paishon-Duarte, and DeFranco), no noes, and one absent and excused (Kanuha). The hearing ended at 11:40 a.m. [SEE HEARING TRANSCRIPT EXHIBIT C] 3 Leeward Planning Commission January 19,2023,Meeting Minutes