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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 BRIAN R. COOK DEVELOPMENT, INC. A regularly advertised hearing on the applications of (SLU 10-29/REZ 10-129) was called to order at 12:06 p.m. in the King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel, Ballroom I, 75-5660 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Frederic Housel presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Frederic Housel, Brandi Beaudet, Lani Bowman, Geraldine Giffin, Wayne Iokepa and Richard Nelson ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Thomas Hickcox STAFF PRESENT: Brandon Gonzalez (Deputy Corporation Counsel), BJ Leithead Todd (Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), Maija Cottle (Staff Planner), Deanne Bugado (Planner, West Hawaii Division) and Kiran Emler (Department of Public Works) And approximately 200 people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: BRIAN R. COOK DEVELOPMENT, INC. (SLU 10-29/REZ 10-129) Applications for a State Land Use Boundary Amendment from Agricultural to Urban and a Change of Zone from Agricultural 5-acres (A-5a) to Single-Family Residential 7,500 square feet (RS-7.5) for approximately 14.707 acres of land. The property is located adjacent to and north of Pualani nd Estates Subdivision and mauka sincere condolences of Hawai‘i Belt Road, Kahului 2, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-5-17: 41. HOUSEL: Moving to Item 2 on our agenda. We have an application for State Land Use boundary amendment from Ag to Urban and a change of zone from Agricultural 5 acres to Single-Family Residential 7,500 square feet. Is there any public testimony on this item? I don’t see any. Mr. Darrow, would you like to proceed? DARROW: Sure. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If I could direct your attention to our presentation. Our next applicant is Brian R. Cook Development, Inc. They are requesting a State Land Use boundary amendment and a change of zone. The area of this application is in a similar location as our first application within the North Kona District. I’m going to, if it’s okay with you folks, to speed up things, not going to as greater detail. Basically, the subject property is identified with a black outline. Previously, this was the first application and, again, as earlier stated, this would be the third application; so they are all in that general location. This is a closer view of the subject property. We have Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway running in a north-south direction, as well as Huallai. As you can see, the actual parcel has an access off Huallai Road. This is the State Land Use designation map identifying the property as Agricultural, and within the Urban Expansion Area for the General Plan LUPAG designation. And the subject property, this is the Kona Community Development Plan identification of the nearest Transit- Oriented Development, which the subject property is identified as being within this TOD. This is 1 EXHIBIT C