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<br />LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION
<br />COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
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<br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT
<br />MARCH 20, 2014
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<br />NA KĀLAI WA‘A (SPP-14-157)
<br />A regularly advertised hearing on the application of was called
<br />to order at 9:35 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044
<br />Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chair Geraldine Giffin presiding.
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<br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Geraldine Giffin, Brandi Beaudet, Thomas Hickcox,
<br />Barbara Nobriga and Thomas Whittemore
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<br />ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Richard Nelson, III
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<br />ALSO PRESENT: Duane Kanuha (Planning Director), Margaret Masunaga (Deputy Corporation
<br />Counsel), Jeff Darrow (Planner), Maija Cottle (Planner), Ron Whitmore (Planner),
<br />Bethany Morrison (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary)
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<br />And five people from the public in attendance.
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<br />APPLICANT: NA KĀLAI WA‘A (SPP-14-157)
<br />Application for a Special Permit to allow educational uses and special events including, but not
<br />limited to, classrooms, camping, meetings, seminars, community gatherings and related activities,
<br />and activities in conjunction with the ethno-botanical garden on 10 acres of land situated within the
<br />State Land Use Agricultural District. The subject property is located on the west side of Hawi Road
<br />approximately 2,200 feet makai (north) of Akoni Pule Highway (State Highway 270)-Hawi Road
<br />intersection, Ka‘auhuhu Homesteads, North Kohala, Hawai‘i, TMK: 5-5-008: 044.
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<br />GIFFIN: So then, without any further ado, let’s go onto our first agenda item. The applicant is Na
<br />Kālai Wa‘a. They are requesting a Special Permit, and it is to allow educational uses and special
<br />events including, but not limited to, classrooms, camping, meetings, seminars, community
<br />gatherings and related activities, and activities in conjunction with the ethno-botanical garden on ten
<br />acres of land situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. Jeff?
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<br />DARROW: Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning, Members of the Planning Commission. It’s
<br />been a long time; we were discussing, it’s been since November, since we last met. It’s great to be
<br />back. If I can direct your attention to our presentation this morning. As mentioned, the applicant is
<br />Na Kālai Wa‘a, and they are requesting a Special Permit. For reference this application property is
<br />located within the North Kohala District of Hawai‘i. More specifically, we are looking in the area
<br />of Hawi Town that’s in the center of the map. Running from an east-west direction through the
<br />middle of the map is the Akoni Pule Highway, and running in a north-south direction is Hawi Road.
<br />The subject property is identified with a black outline in this general area. The State Land Use
<br />Boundary Map identifies the subject property as Agricultural, which is the area on the map
<br />identified in green. Your pink areas are identified as Urban Development. The General Plan Land
<br />Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map, or the LUPAG Map, identifies this area for Low Density Urban
<br />uses. This is actually where they would like to see the commercial core in the orange areas in the
<br />middle of Hawi Town, and the outskirts are set aside more for residential and community type
<br />activities. This is a closer view of the location map. Again, for reference, we have the Akoni Pule
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