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four ayes (Carr Smith, Vitousek, Yates and Unger), no noes and two absent and excused (Church <br />and Shimaoka). \[SEE HEARING TRANSCRIPT – EXHIBIT D\] <br /> <br />MINUTES <br /> <br />Approval of the Minutes of the September 20, 2018, Leeward Planning Commission <br />meeting. <br /> <br />At 12:20 p.m. it was moved by Commissioner Kealoha and seconded by Commissioner Yates <br />that the minutes be approved as submitted. A voice vote was taken and the motion carried with <br />all in favor. <br /> <br />ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS <br />1. Discussion of recent Special Management Area (SMA) determinations and minor <br />permits issued by the Planning Director. <br /> <br />The Commission took up this item at 12:21 p.m., with two people from the public in attendance. <br /> <br />Mr. Darrow drew the Commissioners’ attention to the latest log that had been distributed, and <br />explained that the entries with no highlight were for the Leeward Planning Commission whereas <br />the ones with yellow highlight were for the Windward Planning Commission. He reported in <br />summary that the new assessment requests listed there did not include those that had just been <br />received in the past few days, and that there were some controversial cases on the Windward side <br />while the ones on the Leeward side were relatively simple. He added that in Puna there were a <br />few applications relating to displaced victims of the lava event, and that the Planning Department <br />was trying to expedite those. <br /> <br />Director Yee extended the gratitude of the County Council and Mayor Kim for the expeditious <br />manner in which the Planning Commissions had reviewed Bill 108 relating to short-term <br />vacation rentals. He reported that the bill had passed the Committee on Planning by six to one <br />and was being forwarded to the full Council for its two readings. He said that both Planning <br />Commissions had made key recommendations that were now reflected in the bill; he noted in <br />particular two recommendations of the Leeward Planning Commission – the addition of <br />condo-hotels in the permitted areas and the removal of the Use Permit requirement on the <br />Village-Commercial zoned properties. He said that it was important that the County implement <br />a vacation rental ordinance, and that from there the County could move forward to dealing with <br />hosted vacation rentals and identifying other areas that are in need of vacation rentals. <br /> <br />In response to Commissioner Yates’ question about the Planning Department possibly hiring <br />new staff to implement the ordinance, Director Yee said that the bill called for the registration <br />fees and violation fines to go into a special account that would help fund implementation <br />activities, whereas most bills did not contain a provision as such and any collected money would <br />normally go to the general fund. He noted that both Planning Commissions had recommended <br />that the County Council provide enforcement resources. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br /> <br />