2016-06-02 Hearing Transcript - Jas W. Glover SPP 14-162 (LUC Remand)

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Zooming in a little bit again, the subject parcel is outlined in black. The zoning is Agricultural — 5 acres for the subject parcel and much of the surrounding area. We've got some Agricultural — 20 acre zoning to the south of the subject parcel and some Light Industrial zoning to the north of the parcel, and that's indicated in the gray color. The State Land Use Boundary designation for the subject parcel is Agricultural, indicated in green. To the north and west, there's some State Land Use Urban designations as well. The General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map designates the subject parcel a mix of three different designationsIndustrial indicated in gray; Important Agricultural Lands indicated in the light green color; and Extensive Agriculture indicated in the white color. Here is the Applicant's submitted site plan. On the subject parcel, which is roughly 148 [sic] acres, there are five existing Special Permits, four of which are indicated here, for quarry activities. The area that is being proposed for, for this Special Permit is the, essentially the area that is outside of these, these blue outlined areas. So, I forgot to mention before that the access to the subject parcel is along roughly a mile and a half, road access easement across State land from Rubbish Dump Road. Here's an aerial photograph of the area. Again, you can see the subject parcel outlined, in this case in orange. There are existing quarrying activities among those five Special Permits, existing Special Permit areas, and again the areas that are being proposed for this Special Permit are the, the vegetated areas that you see here around the existing quarries. Again, for reference, Hilo International Airport to the north, and then this Hawaii National Guard land to the south and to the west, again, with that access easement coming in from Rubbish Dump Road across State land. So, Special Permit 14-162 was originally approved July 3rd by the Windward Planning Commission and forwarded to, for its approval, to the State Land Use Commission for final determination. Special Permits for areas greater than 15 acres require approval for both the County, from both the County Planning Commission and the Land Use Commission. I should have mentioned that the permit area that's being requested is roughly 83 acres, so that's why it needed to go up to the Land Use Commission for approval. Pardon me, 85 acres. The Special Permit will allow the establishment of a new quarry site on approximately 85.338 acres within the 140.368 -acre property situated in the State Land Use Agricultural District. On November 20, 2014, the State Land Use Commission held a hearing to consider approving the Special Permit. Additional information was received at that hearing from the Hawaii Army National Guard, and the Applicant requested to amend conditions of the permit. On January 23rd, 2015, the Land Use Commission issued an order remanding the Special Permit back to the Windward Planning Commission for the expressed purpose of considering 2 EXHIBIT D