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<br /> <br />LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I <br /> <br />MINUTES <br />MAY 19, 2016 <br /> <br />The Leeward Planning Commission met in regular session at 9:31 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i <br />Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, <br />Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Keith F. Unger presiding. <br /> <br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Keith F. Unger, Nancy Carr Smith, Scott Church, Collin <br />Kaholo, Barbara Nobriga and Sonny Shimaoka <br /> <br />ALSO PRESENT: Danny Patel (Counsel for the Commission), Duane Kanuha, (Planning <br />Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Planner), Maija Jackson <br />(Planner), Christian Kay (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) <br /> <br /> <br />And approximately 80 people from the public in attendance. <br /> <br />A quorum was present. Chair Unger called the meeting to order, and introduced the <br />Commissioners and staff to members of the public. He described the procedure for public <br />testimony. <br /> <br />Chair Unger announced that at the request of the applicant, which had come in this morning, the <br />Commission would postpone the hearing on Agenda Item No. 4 (Bolton, Inc., SPP 16-188) until <br />a future meeting. He said that there would be no presentation by staff, the applicant, or the <br />petitioner for a contested case hearing, but that public members who wished to provide oral <br />testimony would be able to do so when the agenda reached that particular item. <br /> <br />Chair Unger further announced that Agenda Item No. 5 (Pālamanui Global Holdings, LLC, <br />Amend REZ 05-10) was also postponed, and that likewise the Commission would only hear <br /> <br />public testimony regarding that application as well. <br /> <br />STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC – No statements were presented under this section of the <br />agenda. <br /> <br />NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br /> <br />1.APPLICANTS: DANIEL SHEEN (formerly TAKESHI KUDO) (Amend SPP 714) <br />Request to amend Special Permit No. 714, which allowed the establishment of a coffee mill, <br />office and general store on .643-acre of land situated in the State Land Use Agricultural <br />District. The amendment request seeks to extend the permitted operational hours for the <br />general store from its current 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. period to a proposed 5:00 a.m. to <br />10:00 p.m. operation. The property is located along the west (makai) side of the Hawai‘i <br />Belt Road (Highway 11), approximately 900 feet south of the Middle Keʻei – Highway 11 <br />junction, Honaunau, South Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 8-4-006:053. <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />