2017-05-04 Hearing Transcript - Hilo Lagoon Centre (SMA 17-067)

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is zoned CG -7.5, also known as General -Commercial District, as well as adjacent properties in this salmon pink color. To the east, we have the Open zoning which is consistent for the Waiakea Fishpond area and for the Wailoa State Park. The area to the southwest is zoned Residential. Here's the State Land Use map. The pink is the State Land Use Urban District, and the blue is the State Land Use Conservation District, which is also consistent with the Waiakea Fishpond. This map identifies the General Plan also known as the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide or LUPAG. The bright red is the High Density Urban. The subject property is in the High Density Urban classification which is consistent for commercial offices and that's where we have the State offices as well. The Wailoa State Park LUPAG designation is consistent as being Open, and the Waiakea Fishpond as Conservation. This map indicates the Special Management Area or SMA in the red -hatched coloring. In this picture, the SMA covers only a sliver of the subject property, and that's in this area here. So, here's an aerial photo of the subject property. In the left side, we have a farther out view which you can see that the property curves around AupuniAupuni Street here. And, we've got the County Building here. We're in this building right here. We've got the State offices, the Judiciary building is here, and the other State offices are here. Okay, on the right side photo, this is a closer -up view of the same property. We can see that there's already existing PV panels on the rooftop of the Hilo Lagoon Centre, and in this area here, they're gonna be building the new, the proposed PV systems. And, here on this left side in the yellow, we have the four proposed shade structures that will have rooftop PV on it. The Applicant is requesting a Special Management Area Use Permit to install a solar photovoltaic system on the existing building roof and on four proposed shade structures in the parking lot at the Hilo Lagoon Centre on approximately 4.3625 acres of land where a sliver of the subject property is situated within the Special Management Area. The Applicant is proposing to install a total of 848 solar modules; 98 of which will be installed on the rooftop of the existing Hilo Lagoon Centre covering an area of 2,068 square feet. The remaining 750 modules and related electrical equipment improvements will be distributed on the four new shade structure rooftops, covering an area of about 15,824 square feet. The Applicant has provided this site plan of the subject property showing the existing and proposed structures. The proposed rooftop solar PV panels and related electrical equipment will be located here as shown on the previous map as well. And, here is where the four proposed shade structures with the rooftop will be located on that same property. The Applicant has provided this elevation plan which depicts the height of the shade structure relative to the height of a car parked underneath. The approximate height of the shade structure will be 14 feet. EXHIBIT A 2