2014-07-03 Hearing Transcript - Scott Watson Amend SMA 450

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MIYASATO: We can discuss that when we bring that matter up on the agenda. We just want to address this testifier, you know. Any other questions, Commissioners? Commissioner Henkel. HENKEL: Ms. Kimata had a very relevant comment earlier about you know the trend of building what you want and then retroactively asking for permission. I’m alarmed that it seems like the last several meetings we’ve had, we’ve been dealing with this what seems to be the trend. I would be agreeable to a site visit. I think that would help me see what is actually going on so, that’s all I’m going to say. MIYASATO: Anything further, Commissioners? No? Thank you. OLYMPIA: And that site visit can be arranged through Daryn and the Commission. MIYASATO: Okay, thank you. OLYMPIA: Thank you very much again for letting me speak. The testimony of Mr. Olympia ended at 9:46 a.m. Regular Session at 11:09 a.m. MIYASATO: Okay, Item 5, Scott Watson. Staff? COTTLE: Thank you, Mr. Chair. The next item on the agenda is a request to amend a Special Management Area Use Permit. The Applicant is Scott Watson. The subject property is located in the South Hilo District. It’s shown on the slide and outlined in red. And this is the Pepe‘ekeō Point area. So, just to orient the Commissioners, you have the highway running in a north-south direction on the left side of the slide. And then we have Sugar Mill Road running off towards the sea in a makai direction. The area shown here in light purple is the Old Pepe‘ekeō Mill, the site of the proposed Hu Honua power plant. So, the subject property is located just to the northeast of the plant, and you can see there is a jog in Sugar Mill Road. Once it turns towards the north, it’s called Beach Road. This is a close up view of the property. It is zoned Single-Family Residential which is shown in the light yellow and kind of mustard color. The Mill is zoned Heavy Industrial which is shown in the purple, and the lands more mauka of Pepe‘ekeō Point are zoned Agricultural. This is the General Plan Designation Map for the area. You can see the property is designated Open along the shoreline, which is shown in the dark green, and Low Density Urban which allows Single-Family Residential uses. That’s the mustard color. Just for some background, Special Management Area Permit 450 was issued to Continental Pacific in 2004. This was to allow the development of an 11-lot subdivision known as the Pepe‘ekeō Point Subdivision. Condition 11 of the permit states in part that no house or other substantial structure shall be built closer to the ocean than 40 feet from the top of the sea cliff. 6 EXHIBIT E