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<br />LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION
<br />COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
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<br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT
<br />FEBRUARY 15, 2018
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<br />A regularly advertised hearing on the application of KS OWNER, LLC (USE 17-000073) was
<br />called to order at 1:32 p.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G,
<br />74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Keith F. Unger
<br />presiding.
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<br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Keith F. Unger, Nancy Carr Smith, Scott Church,
<br />Collin Kaholo, Perry Kealoha, Barbara Nobriga and Sonny Shimaoka
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<br />ALSO PRESENT: Malia Ho Hall, Esq. (Counsel for the Commission), Michael Yee (Planning
<br />Director), Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager), Maija Jackson (Planner), Christian Kay
<br />(Planner), Shancy Watanabe (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary)
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<br />And four people from the public in attendance.
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<br />APPLICANT: KS OWNER, LLC (USE 17-000073)
<br />Application for a Use Permit to allow the establishment of an 18-hole golf putting course on a
<br />portion of a 9.312-acre parcel of land within the Village Commercial – 10,000 square feet
<br />(CV-10) zoned district. Parking for the putting course will be provided on the adjacent
<br />4.503-acre property to the south in the parking lot for the Kings’ Shops. The property is located
<br />at 250 Waikoloa Beach Drive and is the location of the Kings’ Shops, which is on the northwest
<br />corner of Pohakulana Place and Waikoloa Beach Drive, Waikoloa Beach Resort, South Kohala,
<br />Hawai‘i, TMK: (3) 6-9-008:005 por and 6-9-007:001.
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<br />UNGER: Item Number 1, Applicant KS Owner, LLC, USE 17-000073, application for a Use
<br />Permit to allow the establishment of an 18-hole golf putting course on a portion of a 9.312-acre
<br />parcel of land within the Village Commercial – 10,000 square feet, CV-10, zoned district.
<br />Parking for the putting course will be provided on the adjacent 4.503-acre property to the south
<br />in the parking lot for the Kings’ Shops. The property is located at 250 Waikoloa Beach Drive
<br />and is the location of the Kings’ Shops, which is on the northwest corner of Pohakulana Place
<br />and Waikoloa Beach Drive, Waikoloa Beach Resort, South Kohala, Hawai‘i, TMK (3) 6-9-8:5
<br />portion and 6-9-7:parcel 1. Staff, for your presentation.
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<br />KAY: Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, everybody. Just if I can turn your direction,
<br />turn your attention to the screen, my first mistake, as I was told that this is a driver and not a
<br />putter, so I apologize. We’ll get right into it.
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<br />As we said, the subject parcels are located in the South Kohala District of Hawai‘i Island, more
<br />specifically, in the Waikoloa Beach Resort area. You can see here, they are across two different
<br />parcels; the parcel to the north outlined in yellow, unfortunately a little difficult to see, is the
<br />location of the Kings’ Shops and the area for the putting green is going to be roughly in the
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<br />EXHIBIT A
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