2012-10-18 Leeward Exh B - DPW Laaloa

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segment shown in green, which does not exist, currently exist on the ground. This is another view of the Kona CDP Concurrency Map. And, again, La‘aloa is located in this vicinity here; it’s in the Concurrency Zone M. And the proposed -. Anyway, maybe I’ll just stop it there. The applicant is requesting an SMA use permit application to extend La‘aloa Avenue as a two-lane, 60-foot wide collector roadway for approximately 1,900 feet to connect with Kuakini Highway to the east, or mauka, of the existing alignment. Currently, there are no connectors between Kuakini Highway and Ali‘i Drive for approximately three and a half miles between Royal Poinciana Drive to the north and King Kamehameha III Road to the south. I’m going to skip this real quick. Currently, we, the application and the Director’s background report was transmitted to the Planning Commission. We do have communication, recent communication, from the general public, which we did provide to you; and I believe that letter, or testimony, was from Alfred and Kathleen Lindsey. We also recently received a request by Mr. Eugene Clapp of Onouli Farm, who submitted a timely filed petition for intervention in a contested case proceeding. He is represented here today by Mr. Roy Vitousek. We did receive yesterday a request to postpone or continue today’s hearing in order to allow the petitioner additional time, or adequate time to prepare for the contested case proceedings, should standing be granted to Mr. Eugene Clapp and Onouli Farm. So with that, I stand ready to answer any questions that you may have. GIFFIN: Thank you, Daryn. Commissioners, any questions of staff regarding this agenda item? Hearing none, Randy, I would like to have the applicant come up, please. Thank you, Brandon. Could you please raise your right hands, and – I have to find my wording. Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth this morning before the Hawai‘i Leeward Planning Commission? GONZALEZ: I do. GIFFIN: And you, sir. KANAKA‘OLE: I do. GIFFIN: Great. Will you please give me your name and your capacity as part of the application. GONZALEZ: Good morning, Chair Giffin, Members of the Leeward Hawai‘i Planning Commission. My name is Brandon Gonzalez, Deputy Director for the Department of Public Works. I am here representing the, as a representative of the Department. And the Director, Warren Lee, sends his regrets for not being available; however, he is on leave at this time. So that’s why I’m handling this matter. To my right is Mr. Ryan Kanaka‘ole, the Department’s Deputy Corporation Counsel. KANAKA‘OLE: Well, that was my introduction. I represent the applicant, Department of Public Works. GIFFIN: Great, thank you. And thank you for being here. Brandon, would you like to begin? First of all, you might want to just give us some brief background to the application; and then if you had anything that you wanted to add to what Daryn said, I know the Commission would appreciate it. 2 EXHIBIT B