2011-05-19 Leeward Exh B - UH Marine Center

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This is a General Plan LUPAG Map depiction showing the surrounding lands, as well as the subject property. As you may see, the subject property again is located here, outlined in black, and it’s designated largely Open by the General Plan, but a small portion is within an area designated for Low-Density Urban uses, basically Single-Family Residential uses. The proposed project site is located in this particular area. There is no specific recommendation by the South Kohala Community Development Plan aside from the fact that, as you can read here, the UH Marine Center is identified as a proposed use; so the Community Development Plan clearly anticipated that this proposed use would be established at this particular location. So with that being said, we find that the proposed project is consistent with the South Kohala CDP. This is the State Land Use district boundaries – the subject property, again, located here. This map up here is to depict the property entirely within the State Land Use Conservation district. Based on other maps that we have, we believe that the Urban district classification bisects the property in this general alignment. So we believe a portion is in Urban, a portion is in Conservation. Regardless of the alignment, the applicant has committed to applying for a Conservation District Use Permit once they have, if they are successful in obtaining a Special Management Area Use Permit from the Planning Commission. Through this SMA Use Permit request, the applicant is proposing the development of the property that will accommodate the Marine Education Center, which will be comprised of various individual structures. First is an academic center, which will house laboratories, administrative offices and classrooms; that structure will be one story in height. Second will be what they are referencing as the boat building on the site plan; that building will provide for small boat repair, storage facilities and other type of activities. There will be a 7,000-square foot auditorium building, one story in height again, that will also double as a dining hall. And – I’m going to skip this – but I’ll go down to the faculty building and accessory caretaker’s unit that is also a one-story structure. The only two-story structure on the property will be the dormitory facility that will be able to house up to 50 students, as well as twelve faculty members. This is the project site of the property, with Puakō Beach Drive located toward the bottom of the site plan and Puakō Bay located on the upper left hand corner. As you can tell from this, you see where they’ve depicted the approximate location of the Urban district and Conservation district boundary line. Access will be provided at two points here as shown on this conceptual plan to a parking lot that, if I remember correctly, I believe they had about 45 stalls being planned. Nearest to Puakō Beach Drive is the proposed academic building, again, the classroom building, here. Off to the right is the auditorium complex. Further makai you have the boat building, or maintenance facilities, in this location. Faculty building in this particular location here closest to Puakō Bay, and the dormitory, the two-story dormitory complex, located to the northern portion of the property. Now, the makai boundary of this five-acre project site is about 200 feet from the certified shoreline. Also, from the makai boundary of the project site is the Ala Kahakai Trail, and that trail is located no less than 80 feet away from the makai boundary of this project site. This is an aerial photo with the Puakō boat ramp located on the right hand side of this photograph, and the Puakō Beach Drive located toward the top. The project site is basically in this general location here, oops, I’m sorry, it’s further away from the shoreline, but it’s basically in this area here. As you can see, you see a portion of the Ala Kahakai Trail in this location. 2 EXHIBIT B