2019-02-07 Hearing Transcript - Wailani Development Amend REZ 10-117

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JACKSON: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, everyone. Okay, the next item on the agenda is a request from Wailani Development, LLC to amend Change of Zone Ordinance No. 10-064. The subject property is located in the South Hilo District. It's shown on the slide outlined in red. And, you have Komohana Street running in a north -south direction on the east side of the property. Ponahawai Street running east -west down towards Hilo here. And, then the Mohouli Extension on the west side of the property, as well as Kaumana Drive along the north end of the area. So, the Wailani Project District was approved in 2010 to consist of a mixed use community to include a 180,000 square feet of medical office campus; 200,000 square feet of commercial space; a 100,000 -square foot business park; up to 333 senior housing units; up to 90 multiple family residential units; and up to 95 single-family residential lots as well as approximately 6.9 acres of active open recreational space and 19 acres of a passive open space including walking and bicycle paths and the Pu`u Honu cinder cone, as well as supporting infrastructure. The subject property is about 172 acres in size. So, in 2010, the original concept was to develop the project in three phases over 20 years. The Applicant is now requesting several amendments to their ordinance. The first amendment is to Condition D to allow an increase in the maximum residential units from 518 to 700, and to Condition E to reduce the maximum commercial area from 480[000] to 420,000 square feet. They are also requesting to amend Condition I by modifying the master plan amendment process; Condition N to delete the underground utility requirement; Condition L to request a time extension for construction; Condition P to modify the construction and completion requirement of the Ponahawai Street Extension; Condition Q to modify access requirements; Condition R to modify the curb, gutter, and sidewalk requirements; Condition KK to waive the fair share fee requirement for affordable housing units; and finally, Condition 00 to preserve the administrative time extension condition. And, I'll go through each of those individually. So, I'm not going to read through what each condition amendment is, but I'm just going to give you an idea of what the intent of each of the amendments are. You should have all of these in writing in your Background and Recommendation Reports, all of these proposed amended conditions. So, the intent of Condition, the amendment to Condition D, is to increase residential units in the project district from 518 to 700, and that would include any affordable housing units required per the affordable housing code. The next amendment was to Condition E, and that is to reduce the overall amount of commercial development in the project district from 480,000 square feet to 420,000 square feet. So, as I go through these, you'll notice some language is in brackets, and that's the language proposed to be removed from the condition, and any language that is underlined is proposed to be added to the condition. EXHIBIT B 2