2016-11-03 Hearing Transcript - Tram Ngo REZ 16-212

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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAII HEARING TRANSCRIPT NOVEMBER 3, 2016 A regularly advertised hearing on the application of TRAM NGO (REZ 16-212) was called to order at 9:01 a.m. in the County of Hawaii Aging and Disability Resource Center Training Room, 1055 Kino`ole Street, Hilo, Hawaii with Chairman Gregory Henkel presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Joseph Clarkson, Donn Dela Cruz, Gregory Henkel, Donald Ikeda, Myles Miyasato, and Raylene Moses. ALSO PRESENT: Duane Kanuha (Planning Director), Malia Ho (Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Windward Planning Commission), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), Maija Jackson (Staff Planner), and Sarah Hata-Finley (Commission Secretary). And 6 members from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: TRAM NGO (REZ 16-212) Application for a Change of Zone from Single Family Residential -10,000 square feet (RS -10) to General Commercial -10,000 square feet (CG -10) zoning district for 16,911 square feet of land. The subject property is located on the west side of Kilauea Avenue approximately 90 feet south of the West Lanikaula Street- Kilauea Avenue intersection, Waiakea Houselots 2nd Series, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-2-025:012. HENKEL: The first item today is Agenda Item No. 2 which is Tram Ngo, REZ 16-212, and if I will have the presenteroh, there it is. There's a table over there, and that will be Maija Jackson. JACKSON: Good morning, Commissioners. The first application you're hearing is a Change of Zone request by Tram Ngo. The property is located in the South Hilo District just west of Kilauea Avenue. You can see Kilauea Avenue running in a north -south direction through the middle of the slide. And, then you have Lanikaula Street running east -west, and the subject property is shown here with a large black dot on it. I'll zoom in a little bit closer. So, the subject property is outlined in black. The large green area on the map here is the DLNR arboretum, and it's in the Open zoning which is shown in the green. The subject property is currently zoned Single -Family Residential, which is shown in the light yellow color. You can see a lot of properties to the north have been rezoned to General Commercial over the years. This property kitty corner is a dental office. The property just to the north, I believe, is a real estate or insurance office. And, then you have Tyke's Laundry and some restaurants directly north on Lanikaula Street. The General Plan designation for the property and surrounding area is High Density Urban. This allows high intensity commercial uses, multi -family residential uses. EXHIBIT A