2016-04-21 Leeward Exh A (Amend REZ 443)

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT APRIL 21, 2016 PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED AMENDMENT A regularly advertised hearing on the TO CHANGE OF ZONE ORDINANCE NO. 889 (AMEND REZ 443) 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 Keith Unger presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Keith Unger, Scott Church, Collin Kaholo, Barbara Nobriga and Sonny Shimaoka ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Brandi Beaudet ALSO PRESENT: Danny Patel (Counsel for the Commission), Duane Kanuha (Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And approximately 80 people from the public in attendance. INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR (AMEND REZ 443) The Planning Director has initiated an amendment to Change of Zone Ordinance No. 889, adopted by the County Council in 1983, which reclassified approximately 28 acres from the Agricultural-40 acres (A-40a) to an Agricultural-5 acres (A-5a) zoning district. The proposed amendment is to delete Conditions C and H which would remove the current agricultural use restrictions and instead allow agricultural land uses that are permitted by the State Land Use Law and the County Zoning Code. The properties covered by this ordinance are located north of Hawai‘i Belt Road and west of Kauakea Road in the Kauakea Subdivision, Pu‘ukapu Homesteads, nd 2 Series, South Kohala, Hawai‘i, TMKs: 6-4-017:023, 064-067, and 078 (formerly TMK: 6-4-017:023). UNGER: Agenda Item No. 1, Initiator, Planning Department, Amendment REZ 443. Staff? ARAI: Thank you very much. Good morning, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. And thank you, everyone in the audience, for attending. The first item on today’s agenda is a request from the Planning Director for a Change of Zone amendment to Ordinance No. 889. If I may direct your attention to the presentation screen. This is — UNIDENTIFIED PUBLIC MEMBER: Can we move the screen? Everyone here can’t really see it on this side. ARAI: I apologize. Given the capacity of the room, we are, part of the reason for the presentation is not to, not only to describe the proposal to the general public but also to the Commissioners, the very one who will be making a decision on the various applications today. So we want to make sure that we properly orient our Commissioners by going through our presentation. We 1 EXHIBIT A