2014-02-06HEARINGTRANSCRIPT-VINCENTTAI REZ13-167

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Hualālai Street extends, to provide access to the subject property which is shown in a black outline in a dark purple color. The dark purple color indicates the current zoning which is Multiple Family Residential with a density of 2,500 square feet per, per lot or per area that they can build. The requested zoning is RM-1.5 so the applicant is requesting a higher density. And you can see the property to the north, it’s in brown, is currently zoned RM-1.5 which is similar to what the applicant’s requesting. Surrounding properties to the south and the west are zoned single family residential 7,500 square feet. That’s shown in the yellow color on the map. The General Plan designation for the property is medium density urban. Medium density urban allows for single family residential as well as multiple family residential, and also community and commercial uses. So the request is consistent with the General Plan designation. The applicant’s requesting a change of zone from Multiple Family Residential 2,500 square feet to Multiple Family Residential 1,500 square feet. He is requesting the zoning in order to develop an affordable housing project known as “Hualālai Court” and that will consist of 88 affordable housing units. This is the site plan that the applicant submitted when he originally requested this zoning back in October, and the site plan has been changed after meeting with the community members, so I just want to fast forward over this one, and show you the current proposal. Now you can see a driveway access off of Hualālai Street, Hale Nani Street turns to the south in this area here, and then loops around to the residents of the Hale Nani neighborhood to the south. You can see the parking area for each of the units, and then the buildings are oriented mainly along the property lines off of the parking areas. So the difference between the previous plan and the current plan is you’ll notice one of the things that the neighbor’s requested was an additional setback, additional building setback. The Zoning Code requires a 10-foot setback, and so that’s reflected here in this plan. And you can see in the current proposal, the applicant has set back at least 20 feet from the property lines. He’s also proposing to keep some of the existing vegetation on the site, and that’s shown with these circles. Those are existing trees or shrubs that he is planning to keep on the property and not remove so that it will serve as a buffer between the neighbors along Hale Nani and the proposed development. This is an aerial view of the property. Again, you have Hualālai Street providing access to the property. This is Hale Nani Street, and these are the residences along Hale Nani Street. There’s currently a single family dwelling and pool on the property which will be demolished if the zoning is approved. And this aerial photo is from Google. It was from January of last year, and I think it’s pretty representative of the vegetation that is currently on the property. You can see the big trees and some shrubs. This is a view of the end of Hualālai Street so the subject property is far back in this area. You can see one of the concerns that’s been brought up by the neighbors is an increase in traffic. You can also see that there’s a big wall here at the corner of Hualālai Street and Hale Nani and that kind of limits the site distance. This is a very old wall that’s been there for many years. And then this is another view of that wall. This is Hale Nani Street and it curves around to Hualālai Street so the subject property is located off of the slide on the left side. 2 EXHIBIT E