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

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that this project can become more financially feasible. This is right, you know, in the middle of Hilo, and Hilo does need housing, affordable housing, so it is really a needed project for this area. Some of the conditions that would provide some relief would be deleting the underground utility requirement as well as waiving the fair share requirement for affordable housing units. And, then there are three conditions that the Director does not support but before we get to those, the Director is recommending some of his own amendments to the conditions. Some of these amendments are just to update the conditions since the Applicant has been working towards doing things like complying with SHPD requirements for the archaeological resources on the property, paying their water commitment fees, so a lot of these conditions are just to bring those up-to-date. So, the first suggested amendment the Director has is to amend Conditions J and K related to water supply to recognize the existing 200 water commitment units and the need for a revised water master plan. These revisions are based on Department of Water Supply memos dated December and January of 2019. Secondly, an amendment to Condition O to clarify that the entire Wailani Project District must connect to the County sewer system. This was based on a recommendation or a requirement from the Department of Health, Wastewater Branch, which they said that the entire project needs to connect to the County sewer, and they would not allow use of individual wastewater systems. Also, deleting Conditions FF, GG, and HH, and adding a new Condition EE. This is to just reflect that the Applicant has completed all of the archaeological inventory and mitigation plans for the property. There were two sites that SHPD recommended be preserved, and the Applicant has submitted a preservation plan for those two sites and has already implemented the interim preservation measures which was placing a buffer around those areas before they graded and grubbed the property. Lastly, the Director is recommending that Condition S be deleted. This is the language that currently exists in the ordinance for Condition S. And, the reason for deleting Condition S is because its counter to the standard planning practice of providing connectivity between subdivisions and communities, particularly since the roads within the subdivisions to the north are County roadways that can be widened to accommodate additional traffic. The Subdivision Code allows for relief from connecting local streets if there's topographical constraints. For example, the roads near Pu`u Honu, since Pu`u Honu is supposed to be preserved, obviously, it wouldn't allow for connection through, but some of the roads to the west such as South Wiliwili Street and Liko Lehua Street should be connected to the Wailani Project District. Connecting these multiple roadways would help disperse traffic through the Wailani Project District as well as the subdivisions to the north rather than having one connection where all the traffic goes through and affects just those owners on that one road. And, then back to the Applicant's amendments, the Director, again, is recommending unfavorable recommendation for Conditions P, Q, and R. And the reasons for the recommendation on Condition P—this had to do with deleting the timing requirement for EXHIBIT B 6