2013-08-01 Windward Planning Commission Transcript PD UH

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Management. And my kuleana is involved with the mountain, Mauna Kea; and that’s my jurisdiction up there. So I wanted to disclose that to the Commissioners and let everybody know that I can be impartial. And I just didn’t want to jeopardize anything with the University of Hawai‘i -. GONZALES: Well, Commissioner Ishibashi, do feel you can be impartial in chairing over this? ISHIBASHI: Yes. But I do disclose my position as an employee of the University of Hawai‘i. GONZALES: Very good. Does anybody have any objections to this? ISHIBASHI: I’m willing to answer any questions from the Commissioners and -. GONZALES: Okay. Well, if not, I’d like to turn it back over to the Chairman. ISHIBASHI: Thank you. It’s good. Okay. Ready, Mr. Arai? ARAI: Okay, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Anyway, if I may direct your attention to the presenta-, presentation screen before you. The last item on today’s agenda, again, is a Director, Planning Director initiated change of zone request for lands that encompasses the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. This is a location map that shows the project area. The project area, the area that you’re looking at is in the City of Hilo. This street located on the left side where my pointer is showing is Komohana Street. This street here running a little bit from left to right is Mohouli Street; this is Kumukoa Street which then goes through the University Heights Subdivision and turns into West Lanikāula Street. This street that adjoins this brown area here is Kapi‘olani; and then this is Kāwili Street which bisects the Waiakea High School Complex, as well as the existing University campus, which is basically bordered and perimetered by all of these major roadways within the City of Hilo. And at the very bottom of the map, as you may see where my pointer is showing, is Puainako Street. Off to the left here you may see the Puainako Street Extension that heads up toward the Saddle Road off to your left. Oh, maybe I should, let me back up just a bit. The colors that you see represented on this map that encompasses the University of Hawai‘i campus is Single-Family Residential-10,000 square feet, as indicated by the yellow color. The green color here is Agricultural 1-acre minimum lot size. I should note, and I apologize for not having a graphic on this, the entire lands encompassing the University of Hawai‘i’s main campus is on lands designated Urban by the State Land Use Commission. I should also note that lands to the left of Komohana Street or mauka is currently within the State Land Use Agricultural District. Focusing in on this particular graphic, which is also included in a draft ordinance that I presented to all of you earlier, it shows you the scope of today’s request, which includes designating those lands currently designated Single-Family Residential-10,000 square feet to the University District. On the opposite side of the Waiākea floodway -- which is indicated here by this lighter colored area and which is not a part of this change of zone request, I just want to make that emphasis -- you have some additional lands zoned Single-Family Residential that would be redesignated to the University District. And as you may recall the Agricultural designated area will also be rezoned to the University District. 2 EXHIBIT B