2015-06-18 Leeward Exh A (REZ 15-187)

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT JUNE 18, 2015 CHARLES E. LIPPS, JR. AND JANET S. A regularly advertised hearing on the application of LIPPS TRUST (REZ 15-187) was called to order at 9:35 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Brandi Beaudet presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Brandi Beaudet, Scott Church, Collin Kaholo, Sonny Shimaoka, Keith Unger, Thomas Whittemore and Barbara Nobriga (until 10:45 a.m.) ALSO PRESENT: Danny Patel (Counsel to the Commission), Duane Kanuha (Planning Director), Jeff Darrow (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And four people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT:CHARLES E. LIPPS, JR. AND JANET S. LIPPS TRUST (REZ 15-187) Application for a Change of Zone from an Agricultural-3 acre (A-3a) to a Family Agricultural-1 acre (FA-1a) zoning district for approximately 3.039 acres of land. The property is located on Hiona Street, approximately 1,000 feet west of its intersection with Māmalahoa Highway, Keopu rd 3, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-5-024:078. BEAUDET: First item on today’s agenda is application for rezoning, 15-187, Charles Lipps, Jr. and Janet S. Lipps, for rezoning of Ag-3a, requesting to rezone to Ag-1. Staff? KAY: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning. So, yeah, we have a change of zone application. The subject parcel is located in the North Kona District of the island. More specifically, this 3.039-acre parcel here outlined in red is located in the Keopu Heights area in Hōlualoa. For reference you see Māmalahoa Highway here going north-south on the slide and Hiona Street kind of east-west here. The subject parcel is immediately surrounded by other parcels that are zoned Ag-3. The subject parcel is zoned Agricultural-3 acres. Makai of the area and mauka of Māmalahoa Highway is Agricultural-1 acre, surrounding these areas is Agricultural-5 acres, and here about 250 feet to the south is Family Agricultural-3 acres. The State Land Use designation for the subject parcel and surrounding area is Agricultural. The General Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map designates the area as Important Ag Lands, not only the parcel but the surrounding area. The reason this was set as Important Ag Lands is because it’s part of what the General Plan designates as the Kona Coffee Belt. Relative to the Kona CDP, the subject parcel is outside of the Kona CDP Urban Area. It also does not fall within any Urban or Rural TOD designations or within any concurrency zones. 1 EXHIBIT A