2015-07-16 Leeward Exh E (GPA 14-002)

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT JULY 16, 2015 PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED AMENDMENT A regularly advertised hearing on the TO MAP 14 OF THE LAND USE PATTERN ALLOCATION GUIDE MAP OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I GENERAL PLAN was called to order at 10:54 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, Barbara Nobriga and Keith Unger ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Sonny Shimaoka and Thomas Whittemore ALSO PRESENT: Danny Patel (Counsel for the Commission), Duane Kanuha (Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Planner), Maija Jackson (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And six people from the public in attendance. INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR (GPA-14-002) An amendment to Map 14 of the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map of the County of Hawai‛i General Plan (adopted by Ordinance No. 05-025, amended by Ordinance Nos. 06-153 and 14-087) by changing the land use designation for portions of Kea‛au Village and immediately surrounding area as follows:  Low Density Urban to Medium Density Urban A-1: encompassing a contiguous area of approximately 475 acres from approximately 0.3 miles northwest (makai) of the intersection of Kea‛au-Pāhoa Bypass Road and Highway 11 (Volcano Highway) to and including the area in the vicinity of Ulupono and Milo Streets, extending south of Kukula Street and then in a westerly direction to the boundary of the Kea‛au Ag Lots Subdivision to the Highway 11-Old Volcano Highway intersection along the Old Volcano Highway leading to the Village core.  Important Agricultural Land to Medium Density Urban A-2: encompassing the triangular area of approximately 112 acres from Kukula Street-Kea‛au Bypass Road intersection south to the Kea‛au Bypass Road-Kea‛au Pāhoa Road intersection, and then approximately to the northeastern corner of the Kea‛au Ag Lots Subdivision. BEAUDET: Next item on today’s agenda, Initiator: Planning Director, General Plan Amendment 14-002. ARAI: Thank you, Commissioners. If I may direct your attention to the presentation screen. This particular amendment request to the General Plan LUPAG Map is for an area in Kea‘au located on the east side of the island, and we bring it to you today simply because it is an amendment to the General Plan, which is a County-wide policy, land use policy document, and it affords those 1 EXHIBIT E