2015-08-20 Leeward Exh B (REZ 15-188)

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT AUGUST 20, 2015 JEAN A. LORANT TRUST (REZ 15-188) A regularly advertised hearing on the application of was called to order at 10:18 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, Collin Kaholo, Barbara Nobriga, Sonny Shimaoka, Keith Unger and Thomas Whittemore ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Scott Church ALSO PRESENT: Danny Patel (Counsel for the Commission), Bobby Command (Deputy Planning Director), Jeff Darrow (Planner), Maija Jackson (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And four people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: JEAN A. LORANT TRUST (REZ 15-188) Application for a Change of Zone from an Agricultural-20 acres (A-20a) to an Agricultural-7 acres (A-7a) zoning district for approximately 21.095 acres of land. The property is located along the west (makai) side of Hao Street, approximately 1,500 feet from its intersection with Kaloko Drive within Kaloko Mauka Subdivision at Kaloko, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-3-026:003. BEAUDET: Second item on today’s agenda, Applicant, Jean A. Lorant Trust, REZ 15-188. Staff? JACKSON: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning everyone. The next item on the agenda is a Change of Zone request. The subject property is located in the North Kona District in the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision. You can see on the slide you have the Māmalahoa Highway running in a north-south direction on the left side of the slide, and then Kaloko Drive comes off of that in the mauka direction and weaves up Hualālai Mountain. The subject property is in the middle of the slide, outlined in red, and it’s located off of Hao Street. You can see the existing zoning is Agricultural-20 acres, which is shown in the dark green. And several of the properties nearby have been rezoned over the years, which is shown in the different color blue. The property just mauka of the subject property was rezoned to Agricultural-7 acres, which is what the applicant is requesting, and that was done in the late 90’s, I believe. And then other properties nearby were zoned to Agricultural-10 acres and that’s shown in the darker green here. The property is located in the State Land Use Agricultural District, as well as the majority of the subdivision. There are Conservation areas on Hualālai Mountain nearby that are primarily native forest. And the General Plan designation for the property is Important Agricultural Land, which is shown in the light green. The property is located outside of the Kona Urban Area identified in the Kona Community Development Plan; you can see the property here in the middle of the slide with a red dot. 1 EXHIBIT B