2005-06-17 KPC REZ04-033 SMA04-009

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think in the big picture we have to look at what in this particular place is Kailua Village going to really look like in 10, 15, 20, 30 years. What do we want it to look like? Thats a community decision right? I mean it involves property owners but in the end thats a community decision. And I think we need additional Planning staff in order to help develop that vision in the next 3, 4, 5 years and I think and then we can you know step back and come to a common vision as to what that is and thats why I say theyll be less for us to do. GALDONES:Thank you for those comments. Commissioner McCall? MCCALL:Yeah, I may be expanding a little more I think if we just look at the current zoning. I mean if we just look at you know not talking about rezoning but if we just look at the current zoning that we have in Kailua when the properties were rezoned several years ago I dont know that the Planners really believed that you know 90 or 100% of these properties were going to be developed to their maximum potential. But I think, it seems to me now that may wellbethecaseinsomeoftheseareasandifthatsthecaseourPlannersneedtobelooking ahead towards that and- cause I dont think. It seems to me its a physical impossibility that if everything you know if every lot on- in Kailua that is built up to its zoning theres just things are going to come t a standstill and I think we need to look at that and see what needs to be done. I dont know what the answer but I think that- I think we need to, we do need to look a little bit closer at where were going. GALDONES:Commissioner Graham? GRAHAM:The Planning Director indicated that at the end of Commissioner Iwashitas comments that well his alternative was maybe to shut down SMA permits. Well, thats not what Im aiming at. I know a couple of years ago or a year and a half ago there was an agreement made at the Kohanaiki parcel, which wasnt shutting down it was generating community benefits of a scale equal to any loss that was incurred at the time. And I know the Council right now has been dealing with this other development- the Suffolk development one where we didnt vote that one through when it was proposed but the Council is putting in schools and some other conditions which sort of bring back to the community a comparable benefit and here were in a situation where were losing open space and where were generating increased congestion on the attempts to get to the beach. So I would like to see the Planning Department put together something comparable like you know if there was a fund set aside so the County would buy open space which were losing. And on each developer would pitch into that. If there was a fund set aside for you know highway development that would be necessary to make it so you can get to the beach that, that would be brilliant. Whatever, you know I dont have the expertise for that but I dont see any movement by the Planning Department to do that along any of these condominiums that were seeing along Alii Drive. YUEN:Lets- on the road reserve on this rezoning is a pretty significant community benefit. On the Suffolk and Puaa rezonings, Im actually, Im a little concerned with what the Council is doing because what I dont support an ad hoc kind of one by one negotiation of exactions from a developer that are unrelated to issues on the site. Talking about Kohanaiki. Thats an example where because of the public use of the shoreline and the sensitive anchialine pond area we put a lot of conditions that moved the project off the shoreline and EXHIBIT E 18