2023-07-07 Windward Exh A (Item #1 & #2 Dennis Schmitz)

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The State Land Use designation for the map is Agricultural as well as Conservation and oh, okay. Sorry, on my screen I can't really see the Conservation, but I just wanted to make sure you guys can see the Conservation. It is located within the blue area along the makai portion of the subject property. The subject property to the north is located within the Urban district. The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map for the subject property does show that the property is located within an Industrial area shown in the gray and an Urban Expansion Area shown in the breakthrough. A small portion of it is within the Low Density Urban and the makai portion of the property is located within the Open District. The Planning Director did make an interpretation that the subject property is located within the Urban Expansion. In the following slides we'll show you a discrepancy that is currently within the LUPAG map as well as the Hamakua CDP. However, that is something that the Director has addressed in his letter to the applicant it is within the application packet, and it will be addressed with future General Plan changes as well as CDP changes. So, this is the Hamakua CDP Map which you can see that the subject property is located within the Important Agricultural Lands as well as the Open Area along the makai portion. So, this is kind of where the discrepancy is. However, the Director did make the interpretation that the subject property is located within the Urban Expansion. This is the current aerial photograph of the subject property. Currently on the property there is a house as well as a garage. The applicant does live within the house and plans to reside in that house as he does plan to subdivide the property. This is an aerial photograph of the subject property looking mauka. Based on the comments that were received from DOFAW, DOFAW had indicated there was a canoe landing located within the makai portion of the property. So, staff went out there and due to the steep nature of the cliff there were no good clear photos that we could get from the top of the pali. So, we thought of showing the Commission an aerial photograph from the shoreline. We could not find any remnants of the canoe landing; it is in the record that there was some sort of a canoe landing historically. There is a possibility that the canoe landing is submerged at this time and due to the steep nature of the cliff approximately 200 feet we were not, the Director was not recommending any public access requirements due to the safety of the property. Before you is the conceptual subdivision map. To the left of your screen you can see the ocean, portion of the property within the 40-foot setback from the top of the pali there is an existing fence that the applicant will be removing prior to subdivision. This just kind of shows the Commission the 4-lot subdivision that will all going to be within 5 acres. The access to the subject property is shown to you from the right side. The right portion of the screen which is going to be through a utility and roadway easements through the property owner that's to the mauka of this property, Mr. Cardoza. On your screen is a site photo. This is looking down at the property from Old Mamalahoa Highway. There's currently an agricultural easement that leads to this property as well as other properties in the area that the applicant currently uses to access his property. To the right of this is Mr. Cardoza's property that had come before the Windward Planning Commission. We really just wanted to show you these photos to show that the house you can see from Old Mamalahoa Highway. While there is a slope in the nature of the area, you can still kind of see the house as well as all the ironwood trees that do block the view of the shoreline and well of the sea from this area. 3 EXHIBIT A