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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION
<br />COUNTY OF HAWAII
<br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT
<br />MARCH 7, 2019
<br />A regularly advertised hearing on the application of the LILI'UOKALANI TRUST (SPP 18-
<br />000202) was called to order at 9:03 a.m. in the County of Hawaii Aupuni Center Conference
<br />Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii with Chairman Joseph Clarkson presiding.
<br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Gilbert Aguinaldo, Joseph Clarkson, Donn Dela Cruz, Donald
<br />Ikeda, Thomas Raffipiy, John Replogle.
<br />ALSO PRESENT: Michael Yee (Planning Director), Malia Hall (Deputy Corporation Counsel
<br />for the Windward Planning Commission), Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager), Maija
<br />Jackson (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner), Alex Roy (Planner), Jessica Andrews (Planner), and
<br />Sarah Hata-Finley (Commission Secretary).
<br />And 43 members from the public in attendance.
<br />APPLICANT: LILI'UOKALANI TRUST (SPP 18-000202)
<br />Application for a Special Permit to establish of a community center and related improvements
<br />and activities on a 6.717 -acre parcel of land within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The
<br />property is located along the west side of Kea`au-Pahoa Road, approximately 700 feet south east
<br />of its intersection with Kukula Street and adjacent to the south of Kea`au Elementary School,
<br />Kea`au, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 1-6-003:103.
<br />CLARKSON: With that, we'll proceed to the first item on today's agenda, which is an
<br />application from Lili`uokalani Trust, and Alex Roy will make the presentation.
<br />ROY: Good morning, Commissioners. This application I'm presenting today is for the
<br />Lili`okalani Trust, Special Permit. This is to allow family outreach, counseling services,
<br />afterschool programs, recreational activities, youth programs, and special events in conjunction
<br />with the proposed community center complex.
<br />Location map here. Shows that it's just south of Kea`au, about eight miles south of Hilo right
<br />across the street from the high school. The proposed buildings they are proposing at this time is
<br />one-story, 4,600 -square foot music and cultural arts, performing arts building, a two-story,
<br />13,900 -square foot multi-purpose building, which includes, among other things, a commercial
<br />kitchen and some office space, a 14,400 -square foot gymnasium facility that will have storage
<br />and locker rooms. So, these are the buildings that are proposed.
<br />Also, they are proposing to construct a paved parking area with approximately 110 parking stalls
<br />to accommodate the community center, a 50 -foot wide paved access from the road, and then
<br />they're gonna also incorporate student gardens, community farming terraces, walking trails,
<br />outdoor classrooms, rain gardens, and other outdoor educational kind of uses.
<br />EXHIBIT A
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