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<br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I <br /> <br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br /> AUGUST 4, 2011 <br /> <br />VERIZON WIRELESS (USE 11-28) <br />A regularly advertised hearing on the application of was called to order <br />at 10:47 a.m. in the County of Hawai‘i, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i, <br />with Chairman Zendo Kern presiding. <br /> <br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Zendo Kern, Dean Au, Wallace Ishibashi, and Raylene Moses <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Julie Mecklenburg (Deputy Corporation Counsel), B. J. Leithead Todd (Planning Director), <br />Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Phyllis Fujimoto (Staff Planner), Maija Cottle (Staff Planner) and Jeff <br />Darrow (Staff Planner). <br /> <br />And 15 people from the public in attendance <br /> <br />ABSENT & EXCUSED: Takashi Domingo and Stephen Ono <br /> <br />VERIZON WIRELESS (USE 11-28) <br />Application for a Use Permit to construct a 154-foot tall steel telecommunication monopole with 8-foot tall <br />panel antennas and related facilities on an approximate 750 square-foot portion of a 1-acre parcel situated in the <br />State Land Use Agricultural district and the County’s Agricultural 1-acre (A-1a) zoned district. The property is <br />located at 13-3474 Kupono Street, which is on the west side of Kupono Street, approximately 400 feet north of <br />the intersection of Kupono Street and Leilani Avenue in Leilani Estates Subdivision, Keahialaka, Puna, Hawai`i, <br /> <br />TMKERN: 1-3-36:Portion of 41. <br /> <br />KERN: Applicant No. 9, Verizon Wireless (USE 11-28), Application for a Use Permit to construct a 154-foot <br />steel telecommunication monopole with 8-foot tall panel antennas and related facilities on approximately 750 <br />square feet of land. Jeff. <br /> <br />DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Again, if I can direct your attention to our presentation, our next <br />applicant is Verizon Wireless. They are requesting a use permit to allow a 150-foot (sic) monopole. The area of <br />the application is within the Puna District, more specifically we’re looking at the Leilani Estates area. The black <br />line running through the left side of the map is the Kalapana-Kapoho Road, and that brings you access to Leilani <br />Estates. If you were travelling down Leilani Avenue you would be coming to Kupono Street, which is in the <br />middle of the subdivision just near the community center. <br /> <br />This is a closer up of the area. Identified in color is the zoning which identifies Agricultural 1-acre for the <br />County zoning. The State Land Use designation is Agricultural. Previously it would have required a special <br />permit. But with the change in the State Law the County has recently passed a requirement for a use permit <br />within the County Agricultural zonings for a telecommunication tower. <br /> <br />The area of the application or subject property is identified with a black outline. We have Leilani Avenue, <br />Kupono Street. This larger 5-acre property is the area where the community center is located. The Association <br />also owns these additional five lots. We’re looking at approximately 10 acres in this general location. <br /> <br />This is an aerial photo. It’s a little dark, sorry about that. It identifies Leilani Street on the bottom portion of the <br />map. You have Kupono Street. You have the community center identified in this particular area. This general <br />1 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br /> <br /> <br />