2019-03-07 Hearing Transcript - Wailani Development, LLC Amend REZ 10-117

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JACKSON: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, everyone. Okay, the next agenda item is a request for a Change of Zone, an amendment to Change of Zone Ordinance 10-64, and the Applicant is Wailani Development, LLC. The subject property is located in the South Hilo District. It's shown outlined in red in the middle of the slide. You have Komohana Street running in a north -south direction on the east side of the property. You have Ponahawai Street running east -west from Downtown Hilo up to the project site. Mohouli Extension is on the west side of the property, and Waianuenue Avenue and turning into Kaumana Drive is on the north, north of the property. The Wailani Project District was approved in 2010 through Ordinance 10-64 to consist of a mixed use community to include 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, and up to 90 multiple -family residential units, up to 95 single-family residential lots, and approximately seven acres of active recreational open space, approximately 19 acres of passive open space including walking and bicycle paths and the Pu`u Honu Cinder Cone, and as well as supporting infrastructure on approximately 171 acres of land. The project was to be developed in three phases over 20 years. Currently, the Applicant is requesting the following amendments to the project district ordinance. Condition D, they're requesting to increase the maximum residential units from 518 to 700. Condition E, request is to reduce maximum commercial area from 480,000 square feet to 420,000 square feet. Condition I is to modify the master plan amendment process. Condition N is to delete the underground utility requirement. Condition L is a time extension for construction of the development and the Ponahawai Street Extensionah, that's Condition P, sorry modifying construction and completion requirements for the Ponahawai Street Extension. And, then Condition Q is a request to modify the access requirements. Condition R is to modify the curb, gutter, and sidewalk requirements. Condition KK is to waive the fair -share fee requirement for affordable housing units. And, Condition 00 is a request to amend the administrative time extension condition. And, I'll get into more detail on each of those here. So, the amendment to Condition D would just increase the overall housing units from 518 to 700 units. That would be inclusive of any affordable housing units required by the County Housing Code. And, then Condition E in order to offset traffic impacts from increasing the housing units, the Applicant is proposing to decrease the amount of commercial development on the site from 480,000 square feet to 420,000 square feet. The amendment to Condition I, I won't read the whole condition. You have it in your Background and Recommendation package, but the purpose of amending Condition I is to allow for amendments of the master plan to be made administratively, made and approved by the Planning Director administratively rather than going back through the Planning Commission and County Council for approval of amendments to their master plan. EXHIBIT C 2