PD Recommendation Report Kamehameha Schools (PL-SPP-2023-037)

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and from 3:00pm to 8:00pm, Monday through Friday. Each program event is anticipated to have durations of up to three (3) hours. The estimated frequency of the alternate education programs is four(4)to six (6) times per week, however, these programs will not run concurrently at any time. Program events will not conflict with the preschool traffic during drop-off and pick-up times. According to the application,there are currently only three locations with a total of 80 seats available for preschool and early learning opportunities for the keiki in the H6naunau community. This leaves 68 percent of the children in the area without the chance of having an early learning opportunity before kindergarten.Data collected by the applicant between 2019 and 2022 indicates that less than one-half of all early learning applicants were able to be accepted. The shortage of available seats for early learning applicants creates an area of opportunity for keiki who would have otherwise been excluded. The grounds for approving a Special Permit are based on Rule 6-7 in the Planning Commission Rules. It states that the Planning Commission shall not approve a Special Permit unless it is found that the proposed use (a) is an unusual and reasonable use of land situated within the Agricultural or Rural District, whichever the case may be; and (b) the proposed use would promote the effectiveness and objectives of Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended. The proposed use is an unusual and reasonable use of land situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District and would promote the effectiveness and objectives of the State Land Use Law and Regulations and Chapter 205, HRS, as amended. The State Land Use Law and Regulations are intended to preserve,protect, and encourage the development of lands for those uses to which they are best suited in the interest of the public welfare of the people of the State of Hawaii. In the case of the Agricultural District,the intent is to preserve or keep lands of high agricultural potential in agricultural use. -2-