2018-03-06 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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Ms. Schatz went over the design of the community pavilion and said it will have a buffer from the parking lot and will be opened up for community uses, not just a center for shopping. She said they will be adding sidewalks along the entry road off of Henry Street with landscaping, and that there will be lighting, since this will open up opportunities to walking to nearby residential areas. Ms. Schatz said there will be a tower element to act as a way finder, which is encouraged by the Kailua Village Master Plan. The tower element will be incorporated into the large retail building planned for Safeway. There will be a 25’ setback for DOT improvements off of Queen K that slopes down toward the large retail building area, and the view of the ocean will be unobstructed through the trees. In addition, she said the required 42” high chain link fencing below Queen K will be hidden by landscaping. Ms. Schatz said that the landscape plan has 30% coverage or 5 acres of landscaping. She introduced her landscape architect, Randall Tyler, who went over the proposed landscaping plan. He pointed out that they will have a wall of landscaping to screen the project from Queen Kaahumanu Hwy., and that the landscaping will be opened up to allow views to the ocean. He said that (1) the fence below Queen K will screened with landscaping; (2) ten monkey pod trees and True Kamani trees will be added along the perimeter; and (3) there will be accent trees and a grove of coconut trees. The coconut trees will be added to act as a way finder and add visual appeal. Randall said they are also using a lot of rock scape and large retention basins surrounded by landscaping and rubble rock – to salvage and reuse rock materials. He said they will use rock outcrops around the retention basins which would be surrounded by landscaping and native groundcover, such as sugar cane, which will be used to help as a wind break, as it had been used traditionally. Randall said another large retention basin will also have large Kamani trees and Hawaiian Hau trees incorporated into the design. Randall said that they are trying to use plant materials brought in by Hawaiians and recall Hawaiian culture. Randall said by introducing rock scape they reduce irrigation use in the landscape plan. He said there will be approximately 3’ high retaining walls used throughout the project, but they will be stacking rock walls, designed to look like the Kuakini Wall, to look more natural. The Commissioners discussed the various details presented on the project and focused on a few items such as the rock wall planned to buffer the gas station building. Commissioner Van Pernis recommended that the entire wall be made of rock, to end up with a higher rock wall, rather than having a rock wall topped with a wood fence. There was discussion of more landscaping to screen the gasoline pump area. Commissioner Roth brought up some ideas for the community pavilion and suggested ways to create more usable space and provide distance from vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Commissioner Roth also went over the roof designs and suggested that all the buildings have a 4- foot overhang along the perimeter and 2-1 pitch, similar as shown in the interior building roof designs. A Motion was made by John Hetherington, with input from Mark Van Pernis, to accept the revised submittal with the following conditions; 1) use roof lines as shown on Building no. 2 with pitch and overhang styles used in interior and exterior areas; 2) provide a vertical offset from Henry Street for Building no. 6; 3) expand the stage area for the community building to make more usable areas for gathering and relaxing; 4) increase the wall height of the rock wall to 42” above grade next to the gas station building; 5) increase the landscaping around Building no. 8 to provide a buffer to the gasoline pumps; 6) use landscape screening along the 42” high fencing along the 3