2012-12-06 Windward Transcript Mile Marker 12

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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT DECEMBER 6, 2012 MILE MARKER 12, LLC (SPP 12-140) A regularly advertised hearing on the application of was called to order at 9:22 a.m. in the County of Hawai‘i, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Pro Tem Dean Au presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Dean Au, Ronald Gonzales, Wallace Ishibashi, Raylene Moses and Stephen Ono STAFF PRESENT: Ryan Kanakaole (Deputy Corporation Counsel), B. J. Leithead Todd (Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Phyllis Fujimoto (Staff Planner), Maija Cottle (Staff Planner), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), and Sharon Nomura (Secretary) And approximately 125 people from the public in attendance. \ APPLICANT: MILE MARKER 12, LLC (SPP 12-140) Application for a Special Permit to allow the establishment of a center for well-being, overnight accommodations and related uses situated on an 11.33-acre portion of a 43.57-acre parcel of land within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is located approximately 65 feet south from the 12 mile marker on the west (mauka) side of the Pahoa-Kalapana Road (Highway 130), Keahiala, Puna, Hawai‘i, TMK: 1-3-009:018. AU: First order of business, Applicant No. 1. Applicant No. 1 is MILE MARKER 12, LLC (SPP 12-140) Application for a Special Permit to allow the establishment of a center for well-being, overnight accommodations and related uses situated on an 11.33-acre portion of a 43.57-acre parcel of land within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is located approximately 65 feet south from the 12 mile marker on the west (mauka) side of the Pahoa-Kalapana Road, TMK: 1-3-009:018. Staff presentation, please. DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, Members of the Planning Commission, welcome. Our first applicant, first application has been deferred. We have submitted a letter to the Planning Commission dated Nov. 5, 2012 to the applicant’s representative. The reason we’re requesting for a deferral is that we had received a comment letter from the Department of Transportation requesting that the applicant submit a traffic impact analysis report. So prior to going toward with the application, we ask that the applicant come up the report and submit it to DOT, and we’ll wait for the results of that. And the reason is there are many times that the DOT will consider the report unacceptable and so they have to revise it. And at which time they accept it and come up with recommendations, we can move forward and make those recommendations part of the application. So at this time the Planning Department is asking for a deferral. Okay, any questions for staff, Fellow Commissioners? Okay, we do have two people here to testify, Clive Cheetham and Graham Ellis. Is this the correct application that you want to testify for? ELLIS: Yeah. Is it still appropriate to do it? 1 EXHIBIT A