2018-10-18 Leeward Exh D (AMEND SMA 260)

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So our next applicant is KW Kona Investors, LLC, formerly known as Kona Village Resort. As mentioned, they are requesting an amendment to Conditions No. 5 and 6 of Special Management Area Use Permit No. 260. The location of this subject application is within the North Kona District, very close to our last application. Just for reference we have the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway running in a north-southeast-west direction. Our last application is in this general location. This current application is identified with the black outline in the pink, pinkish color. This area is known as, you might be familiar with it as Hualālai or Kaūpūlehu. It’s, tʻhere is the Four Seasons Resort, there is Manini‘ōwali, Kūki‘o, quite a number of developments in this particular area. The applicant is requesting time extensions to Special Management Area Use Permit No. 260 for Condition No. 5, which is time to secure Final Plan Approval, and for Condition No. 6, which is time to commence and complete construction of Phase II. Special Management Area Use Permit No. 260 was originally approved in 1987 to allow the expansion and renovation of the existing Kona Village Resort; this included construction of 54 new hotel units and related improvements. Phase I has been previously completed, which consisted of 29 units; these were 25 hotel units and four that were converted for administrative uses. Phase II consists of 25 additional units. Kona Village Resort was first established in 1959 as an isolated retreat-type resort with 71 hotel units, the Hale Samoa restaurant and support facilities. On October 14, 1976, SMA Use Permit No. 18 was issued by the Planning Commission, which allowed for the development of 29 additional hotel units for a total of 100 units. On August 25, 1987, SMA Use Permit No. 260 was issued by the Planning Commission for the renovation of the existing Kona Village Resort and the construction of 54 new hotel units, which was proposed to be done in two phases. There have been two time extensions granted by the Planning Commission for Phase II, which were approved in 1998 and 2003. The reasons for the request: The current time extension requests are a result of the Tōhoku Tsunami event, which occurred in March of 2011. This devastated a number of structures and improvements at the resort, which resulted in the resort being closed since this event. Additionally, the renovation work had to be delayed for a period of time due to foreclosure proceedings and litigation. This is what is identified as the Observed Building Damage Plan. There is a date on the map of July 19, 2011, shortly after the tsunami event. It’s difficult to see the colors on the map, but most importantly it’s the red, which were the units that were pretty much completely destroyed. These were all located in this general area on the south side of the project. The remaining yellow and blue were made up of damaged structures that could be repaired or renovated at this time. This next plan is, was submitted with the application. This is the Overall Site Plan. In this you’ll see a number of black, as well as yellow, identified structures; the black are existing, which are currently being renovated, or they are being relocated, as approved under the original permits 2 EXHIBIT D