2016-02-18 Leeward Exh B (SMA 15-062 & SSV 15-010)

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The location of this subject application is within the North Kona District of Hawai‘i. More specifically, we are looking in the area of the Kona Airport, which is identified at the lower portion of the map, as well as Kūki‘o Manini‘ōwali, as well as Kaʻūpūlehu subdivisions, which are located at the top right hand portion of the map. For reference, running through the middle of the map is the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway, and the subject properties are identified with black outlines. Mainly, we are looking at improvements to the Mahai‘ula area, as well as Manini‘ōwali, or Kua Bay. This is, the County zoning, as well as, is identified, the dark green is Open zoning for the County, the lighter green is Agricultural, the gray color is Industrial zoning and you have different colors for the Resort and Project District zonings that are located up in the resort area of Kaʻūpūlehu. Our next map identifies the State Land Use Boundary designations for the subject properties and surrounding areas. The subject properties are identified in blue, which is Conservation. The pink is Urban zonings and the green represents Agricultural type zone. This is our General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map. And the subject properties are identified with Conservation as well as Open, which is the lighter green and the darker green. This is an aerial photo mainly of the Manini‘ōwali area; for reference we have again the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway, our access road is in this general area, there is a full channelized intersection now, which takes you to the Kua Bay area, and we’ll zoom into that after. This is a close-up view; again, this is the access road, you have parking for approximately 50-plus cars, you have a turnaround area, showers, picnic facilities, and you have the actual bay area. This is an aerial photo of the channelized intersection that was part of the original Phase One project, which received a Special Management Area Use Permit back in 2003. This is an aerial photo of the Mahai‘ula area; again, for reference we have Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway on the right side of the map, and we have the access road down to the beach area, this is mainly unpaved two-lane road, there is some improvements near the highway. And again we are going to zoom in closer here; we have the section that we are looking at for this SMA Permit, as well as Shoreline Setback Variance, we have parking areas identified in these general areas. There is another area that people access that’s further to the north, but that’s not part of the improvements for this particular application, that would be this general area. This is an aerial photo of the intersection coming into the Mahai‘ula area. The applicant is requesting a Special Management Area Use Permit and a Shoreline Setback Variance for its facility improvements at Kekaha Kai State Park, Phase Two. This will be a three-acre portion of the 1,642-acre area along the coast in Kona on the Island of Hawai‘i. The applicant is requesting the Shoreline Setback Variance for five minor, freestanding facilities located within the shoreline setback area that are approximately 0.5 acre of land; these include the replacement of a dilapidated and hazardous ramp with a new, safe stairway at Manini‘ōwali and installation of one new accessible barbecue pit and refurbishment of three existing barbecue pits at Mahai‘ula. 2 EXHIBIT B