2019-03-07 Hearing Transcript - Liliuokalani Trust SPP 18-202

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They've provided a site plan here which shows the layout of the proposed buildings. You can see that the buildings here are up front next to the road along with the parking area. And, this will be the gardens, the rain gardens, the terrace, the outdoor educational facilities in the back in trying to keep with the natural topography of the parcel. So, the idea is to minimize the amount of grading and land -moving activities and utilize the flat area up front for the construction of the buildings, and this kind of undulating topography in the back as for their gardening and other activities. County zoning is A -20a, which is common for this area other than the A -la's, which is a residential subdivision just behind the parcel. It's zoned State Land Use Agriculture. It is in the LUPAG General Plan as Medium Density Urban. Here is an aerial photograph. As you can see, it is completely undeveloped. There are no structures. There's nothing there other than a small swale that runs along the road diverting storm water from this area down towards a culvert. This is a topography map I threw in just to kind of show, and it's a little hard to see, but you can see the flat area, or flatter area up front where they are going to do the construction of the buildings and then the sloping in the rear of the parcel which is going to have the agriculture. And, again, their attempt is to try to maintain as much of that topography as possible. Here's a street view looking north. This would be looking towards the elementary school which would be on your left. The parcel is on your left right here, and then the elementary school is just up here. The next view is to the south. The parcel in question is on your right, and then you can see the high school over here. The Planning Director is recommendation is to approve the Special Permit, and at this time, I wanted to let the Commissioners know that we did submit updated amended conditions essentially just to clean up, but the one condition that is of substance is the 10 -year, they asked for ten years to do the construction, so we have provided that time for them to do that with another ten years after as for an extension. So, it was an increase in the time necessary to develop this type of facility, which could take some time due to a number of reasons from funding to just development. That's it. Any questions? CLARKSON: Are there any questions from the Commission to staff? RAFFIPIY: Question on the conditions, the Condition D and E. Just for my clarification. Condition D, so the first ten-year extension, if there's an extension, will be granted by the Planning Director, and if they come back later on for another ten-year extension, that will be granted by the Commission. Is that what it is? ROY: Yes. RAFFIPIY: Okay, thank you. EXHIBIT A 2