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JOINT PUBLIC MEETING AND HEARING <br /> LEEWARD AND WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAI`I <br /> HEARING TRANSCRIPT (DRAFT) <br /> JUNE 2, 2023 <br /> A duly advertised hearing on proposed amendments to County of Hawaii Planning Commission <br /> Rule 8 Shoreline Setback and Rule 9 Special Management Area was called to order at 9:43 a.m. <br /> via live stream online meeting, with Chairperson Dennis Lin presiding. Windward Planning <br /> Commission members participated via interactive conference technology (ICT) in the Hawaii <br /> County, Council Chambers in Hilo, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaii, and Leeward Planning <br /> Commission members participated via ICT remotely. <br /> WINDWARD COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Dennis Lin, Louis Daniele III, Lauren Balog, <br /> John Cross, Wayne De Luz, and Chantel Perrin. <br /> LEEWARD COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Barbara DeFranco and Mahina Paishon-Duarte. <br /> ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Michael Dela Cruz (Leeward Planning Commission), Zaheva <br /> Knowles (Leeward Planning Commission), Clement Kanuha III (Leeward Planning <br /> Commission), and Michael Vitousek(Leeward Planning Commission). <br /> ALSO PRESENT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS: Sinclair Salas-Ferguson, Esq. (Counsel to <br /> the Planning Commissions), Jean Campbell, Esq. (Counsel to the Planning Department), <br /> Zendo Kern (Planning Director), Maija Jackson (Planning Program Manager), <br /> Tracie-Lee Camero (Planner), Clinton Mercado (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner), and Melissa <br /> Dacayanan-Salvador (Windward Planning Commission Secretary). <br /> ALSO PRESENT VIA ICT REMOTELY: Noriko Sauer (Leeward Planning Commission <br /> Secretary) and Janice Hata(Zoom host). <br /> Proposed Amendments to Planning Commission Rule 8 and 9 <br /> Review and action of proposed amendments to County of Hawai`i's Planning Commission (PC) <br /> Rule 8 regarding the Shoreline Setback and PC Rule 9 regarding the Special Management Area <br /> (SMA) to conform with Act 16, which amended Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) <br /> regarding the Special Management Area and Shoreline Setbacks. The proposed amendments to <br /> PC Rule 8 and 9 seek to add sea level rise to the definition of coastal hazards, adds a definition <br /> of beach to enhance beach protection, restricts construction of shoreline hardening structures at <br /> sites with beaches, increases the minimum shoreline setback from 20 feet to 40 feet, includes the <br /> construction of a single-family residence on a shoreline parcel as "development" and changes <br /> SMA application requirements related to historical resources. <br /> 1 <br /> EXHIBIT B (DRAFT) <br />