2013-02-07 Windward Transcript Glover

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PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT FEBRUARY 7, 2013 JAS W. GLOVER, LTD. (SPP 12-145) A regularly advertised hearing on the application of was called to order at 9:10 a.m. in the County of Hawai‘i, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Dean Au presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Dean Au, Ronald Gonzales, Wallace Ishibashi, Raylene Moses and Stephen Ono STAFF PRESENT: Ivan Torigoe (Deputy Corporation Counsel), B. J. Leithead Todd (Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Maija Cottle (Staff Planner), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), and Sharon Nomura (Secretary) Approximately 24 people from the public were in attendance. APPLICANT: JAS W. GLOVER, LTD. (SPP 12-145) Application for a Special Permit to allow the establishment of a new quarry site on approximately 10.15 acres within a 140.368-acre property situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The project site is located east of the Hawaii National Guard Site and Hilo International Airport and approximately 3,800 feet west of the County's Sewer Treatment Plant Site at Honohono-nui, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-1-13:Portion of 4. AU: So for the first agenda item, we’re going to go right into applicant Jas W. Glover, Special Permit 12- 145; and we’re going to start off with staff presentation. Thank you, Jeff. DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, Members of the Planning Commission, welcome. COMMISSIONERS: Good morning. DARROW: If I can direct your attention to our presentation. Our first applicant this morning is Jas W. Glover, Ltd. They’re requesting a special permit. The location of this subject application is within the South Hilo District of Hawai‘i. More specifically, we’re looking in the general area of the Hilo Airport. The subject property is identified with a black outline, just southeast of the Hilo Airport area. Access to this area is from Volcano Highway, which is Highway 11, which is located on the left side of your map running in a north/south direction. You would come onto Leilani Street. This is near the area of the Glover operation’s base. And you would come in on Rubbish Dump Road, and then there’s an access easement roadway from the State that accesses the subject property. The different colors in the area represent zoning, and we’ll zoom in a little bit to identify those. This is the County’s zoning map of the area. The lighter green is zoned Agricultural 5-acres including the 1 EXHIBIT A