2015-11-05 Hearing Transcript - COH Mass Transit Agency SPP 15-182

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blue area here is the Panaʽewa Homestead area, and this is Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and then up here again is just the back end of the, of the sanitary landfill in Industrial zoning. The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map from the General Plan shows the subject parcel and most the surrounding area in Important Agricultural Lands. Also, there’s a portion of the 40-acre parcel that’s Extensive Agriculture, and in this mustard color, Low Density Urban. To the south of the subject parcel, you can again see the outline a little bit better on this slide showing the project area. State Land Use for the subject parcel and surrounding area is Agricultural with a little bit of Urban up in the top center here. Here’s an aerial photograph of the area. Again, you’ll see Hoʽolaulima Road or, or Panaʽewa Drag Strip Road that accesses the parcel. Again, outlined in yellow is the proposed project area. The applicant is requesting a Special Permit to establish and operate a base yard and maintenance facility on approximately 5.34 acres of a larger 40-acre subject property. The proposed development will include the construction of a 26,500-square foot building with 19,500 square feet of warehouse space for transit vehicle maintenance, washing, and repair for a fleet of 55 buses. And, also, there will be office space in this structure as well for a mass transit administration. Normal business hours are proposed from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. However, according to the applicant, mechanics may begin their work as early as 5 a.m. and stay as late as 11 p.m., depending on need. There will be approximately 11 employees shifted from where the current maintenance base yard area is at Schultz Siding to this area as well as office and administrative staff. Here is the applicant’s site plan. Again, Hoʽolaulima Road here. As you can see, there are going, proposing two driveway entrances. The building will be here, and parking and base yard area for the buses. Here are some site photos—just views of the project site. Again, this is Hoʽolaulima Road. In this case, the project is on, the project area is on the left hand side. It’s currently vacant and overgrown with vegetation. Here’s a view looking east on Hoʽolaulima Road with the project site on the right hand side, and then again looking left, pardon me, west on Hoʽolaulima Road with the project site being on the left hand side. I just wanted to give you an idea of the condition of Hoʽolaulima Road as well. The Director is recommending approval with conditions on this application. There are a few things I wanted to point out. We got this morning, it’s this a—this blue letter here from the Moku o Keawe Homestead Alliance, and just wanted to address the project as well as Condition 2 EXHIBIT H