2015-09-17 Leeward Exh A (REZ 15-192)

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 BRETT W. RITCHIE (REZ 15-192) A regularly advertised hearing on the application of was called to order at 9:38 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, Sonny Shimaoka and Keith Unger ABSENT AND EXCUSED: 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), Lucas Mead (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And approximately 60 people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: BRETT W. RITCHIE (REZ 15-192) Application for a Change of Zone from an Agricultural-20 acres (A-20a) to a Family Agricultural-1 acre (FA-1a) zoning district for approximately 5.94 acres of land. The property is located on the east (mauka) side of the Old Māmalahoa Highway across the street and northeast of the Matsuyama Food th Mart complex at Kalaoa 5, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-3-004:012. BEAUDET: First agenda item on this morning’s agenda is Applicant Brett Ritchie, rezone application, 15-192. Staff? JACKSON: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, everyone. The first item on the agenda is a request for a Change of Zone. The applicant is Brett Ritchie – oh, let me go up and adjust the screen. Okay, the subject property is located in the North Kona District in the Kalaoa area. You can see the property outlined in red in the middle of the slide. It’s located just mauka of the upper road and just mauka of the Old Government Road. As a point of reference, the Matsuyama Market is located in this pink area right here. So the subject property is located just mauka and north of Matsuyama Market. It’s currently zoned Agricultural-20 acres, which is shown in the dark green. Most of the properties around it are also zoned Agricultural with the exception of Matsuyama Market. The General Plan designation for the property is split just about in half; so the area shown in the yellow is Medium Density Urban, this allows for residential uses, some commercial uses, community uses; and then the light green area on the mauka end of the property is designated Important Agricultural Land. The State Land Use District for the property and surrounding area is Agricultural, which is shown in the light green. The area north, I’m sorry, east of that is Conservation, which is a forest reserve, and then you have the Urban area shown in the pink. This is the Kona Community Development Plan Map, 1 EXHIBIT A