2011-05-19 Leeward Exh A - 327 Kona

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you have to have multiple landowners willing to go and do the development at the same time. And the reality is, with property owners along the corridor of a highway, is that one property owner may be ready to go because he’s got his financing in place, but the other piece of property, the owners of that one are not ready to go, either because they don’t have the financing or they haven’t quite figured out what they want to do with their property. And so there are going to be a lot of bumps in the way, and the reality is, I think, that in many ways it is working as a moratorium on most rezoning within the Kona Urban Area – then I don’t know if that was what people anticipated when it was adopted. FUKE: I’d like to also kind of point out that – this is the 327-acre area and this is the Kealaka‘a Street extension – the length of the Kealaka‘a Street extension is approximately three miles. So this is Stanford Carr’s development, this is part of the applicant’s property and this property is owned by Greenwell. So that’s why the County and the applicant, as well as, you know, collaborating with the two adjoining property owners in getting this road alignment set, and relative to like the Stanford Carr property, this property, the original alignment actually kind of bisected Stanford’s project, and so they kind of worked together to have the alignment maybe be situated at the lower end of Stanford’s property so as to make it more feasible for him to do it. So, you know, all of these efforts, I would think, would go out in a wash. And just, if the CDP continues to be interpreted or implemented, or maybe unimplemented in the way it’s been written, you know, it forces developers to not work together in getting these much needed infrastructure. BOWMAN: Any other questions? Just for the record, we have no one signed up to testify. Do I hear a motion? BEAUDET: I’d like to make a motion. BOWMAN: Okay, Commissioner Beaudet. BEAUDET: You might have to guide me on the proper language. But I would like to move for a favorable recommendation for the application, or for change of zone, REZ 10-134 (sic), 327 Kona LLC, but with the recommendation that the applicant and the appropriate County agencies collaborate with each other to establish recommended rights-of-ways and fair share improvement obligations. BOWMAN: And this is a favorable recommendation to the County Council, correct? BEAUDET: Yes. BOWMAN: Do I hear a second? WHITTEMORE: I’ll second. BOWMAN: Okay, Commissioner Whittemore, second. ARAI: Madam Chair? BOWMAN: Yes. 8 EXHIBIT A