2012-02-02 Windward Transcript Galan

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properties, there are actually two lots. They’re shown here in the black outline. You can see Pahoa Village Road running through the middle of the slide. And then you have the Pahoa Bypass off to the east side of the slide, and Post Office Road up at the top of the slide here. The properties are currently zoned Single Family Residential - 10,000 square feet, which is shown in the yellow. And then surrounding properties are zoned Village Commercial - 10,000 square feet, which is shown in the light pink. This is the General Plan LUPAG Map for the area. You can see the properties are located in an area designated Medium Density Urban, which is shown in the orange. And then just east, northeast of town is Low Density Urban, as shown in the yellow. This is a map of the Puna CDP for Pahoa Village. It’s a little hard to see but the subject property is located right around in this area here. And you can see it’s in the middle of the village. The dashed dotted line here is the boundary of the regional town center for Pahoa. And this is an aerial photo of the village. Again, the properties are outlined in red. There is an existing house on one of the lots and then the other lot is vacant. Just to give you some orientation here, this is the Pahoa Cash & Carry. And this structure here is the 7-Eleven in Pahoa. The applicants are requesting a change of zone from Single Family Residential – 10,000 square feet to Village Commercial – 7,500 square feet. They are requesting the change of zone in order to develop five detached two-story structures. They’re going to be approximately 960 square feet in size. And they’ll be used for retail and overnight accommodations. This is the applicant’s conceptual site plan. Again, you have the Pahoa Village Road on the bottom of the slide. They’re proposing a circular driveway, one way in, one way out. And then you can see the five proposed structures in the middle of the property, as well as parking in the back and on the side. These are their proposed floor plans. This is one of the boutiques which would be the retail area on the bottom floor. And then the upper level would be overnight accommodation bungalows. And this is the view of the property looking from the Pahoa Cash & Carry parking lot across the street to the existing structure. That structure would obviously be demolished to accommodate the proposed project. This is a view of Pahoa Village Road looking north. You can see the existing structure on the right-hand side of the slide. And this is a view looking southeast. Again, this is the existing structure on the left-hand side of the slide. The Director is recommending that the Commission forward a favorable recommendation for this change of zone. And we have received four new letters of testimony since the last hearing. One of them was submitted by Jennifer Bernard and Scott Wright; and you also have another one from th Mainstreet Pahoa Association dated January 24; and today you should have received a letter from Sandra Song, as well as a letter from Lori Mikkelson who is the applicant’s representative. Are there any questions? KERN: Are there any questions for staff? Seeing none, thank you, Maija. COTTLE: You’re welcome. 2 EXHIBIT B