2015-02-19 Leeward Exh A (Amend SMA 286 and Revoke SMA 456)

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JACKSON: Thank you. The subject property is situated in the North Kona District. The property is shown in the red outline on the slide. And just to orient the Commission, this is Ali‘i Drive running in a north-south direction, closer to the shoreline right along here, and then we have Kuakini Highway up higher mauka here, and then Kamehameha III Road coming down. So this area that’s shown in the pink color is the Keauhou Shopping Center, and then the subject property is just south of there shown in like a brown color. The colors on the map represent the zoning districts. The property is currently zoned Multiple-Family Residential with a minimum size of 3,000 square feet per unit. And then, as I said, just north of there is the Keauhou Shopping Center on property zoned Village-Commercial. And then you have some Open space zoning that’s the existing golf course, the Kona Country Club Golf Course, and then further mauka you have some Single-Family Residential lots. This is the General Plan Map for the area, and you can see again the subject property is just at the junction of Kamehameha III Avenue and Ali‘i Drive; it’s shown in orange, which designates the area for Medium Density Urban Development that allows residential development up to 35 units per acre, so the SMA permit is consistent with the designation. This is the Kona Community Development Plan Map. We have a Transit Oriented Development Area just north of the subject property, and this red outline here shows the Kona Urban Area; so areas within the red line are supposed to be where more of the urban development is located and then outside of the red line is more of where we want to see rural or agricultural development. And then this is an aerial view of the property. Again, you have Kamehameha III Road coming down towards the property, you have the Keauhou Shopping Center, Ali‘i Drive, and then this structure here is a healthcare center, and then the golf course that I mentioned earlier on the east side of the property. And then this development down here is actually the first phase of residential development that was approved by SMA Permit 286; this is called the Kaulana at Kona condominiums. And, so you can see that the remaining property, which is in this general area here, it kind of wraps around Kaulana, is currently undeveloped. And just to go back, actually let me go back even further here, so, it’s a little bit hard to tell on this slide here, I outlined both properties that are the subject of these first two agenda items, but you can see a little line dividing the two; this smaller property where the red dot is locating now is the subject of the second agenda item, SMA Permit 456, the larger 20-acre property is the subject of the first agenda item, SMA 286. Okay, so just for a little background, SMA Permit No. 286 was approved in 1989 and amended in 2002 to allow a 212-unit residential condominium project and related improvements on 26 acres. The first phase of the development consisting of 44 units was completed in 1991 and the project was known as Kaulana at Kona; the project was subdivided out from the original parcel. And just going back again, this is the Kaulana at Kona development. And then since that time the remaining 168 units have not been constructed. Then we have SMA Permit 456; this was approved in 2005, and it was to allow 16-unit multiple family residential project on the smaller 3.69-acre property. And construction of the project has not occurred yet. So the applicant is requesting to amend SMA Permit 286 to include the land area and the unit count that was permitted by SMA Permit 456. This amendment would allow a total of 184 units to be developed on the 24-acre property. Then the applicant also requests a time extension to start construction of the development within four years and complete it within nine years of the date of this amendment. And then should the amendment be approved, the applicant requests to revoke SMA 456. So they are basically trying to combine the two permits into one. This is the applicant’s site plan. We have Kamehameha III Road on the left side of the slide, left bottom, and it’s off of the site plan, but Ali‘i Drive runs in this area here off of the slide. And you 2 EXHIBIT A