2024-11-21 Moku Loa Hawaii Island Sierra Club Testimony (2)

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Hawaii County Scenic Resources Inventory and Mapping Project IN Mauka views from AN Drive in Kailua Kona document how building height and separation can be used to preserve view corridors towards Hualalai. The case study described in Appendix D documents an application that was made to the City's Planning Commission to install story poles, in accordance with a proposed story pole plan. The Applicant was seeking an approval from the Planning Commission to proceed with the story pole plan. The story pole analysis was intended to document the scenic resource impacts of a development comprising 67 single-family residences, two duplexes and a four-story hotel. Approximately 80% of the 77-acre site was to remain in open space. The Application to the Planning Commission comprised the following: • Development summary; • Project site plan superimposed onto an aerial photograph; • Documentation of views from the abutting roadways; • Architectural Sections of the project; • Story pole plans; and • Story pole plan with computer simulation of post development condition. (See: Appendix D, pages 14 through 19). Waikapu Country Town, Computer Generated Photomontage A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was filed with the State Land Use Commission to assess the impacts associated with the development of a 1 ,433 unit mixed-use development in Waikapu, Maui. The Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), Scenic Resource Protection Programs and Strategies Page 123