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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: August 18, 2020 Re: Comm. No. 1024/13ill No. 183 PLACE: Council Chambers Hilo, Hawaii TIME: 10:17 a.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 183, reports as follows: Bill No. 183, introduced by Committee Chair Ashley L. Kierkiewicz at the request of the Administration via Communication No. 1024, dated July 27, 2020, amends Ordinance No. 10-19 which re-classified lands from Agricultural 1 -acre (A -la) to Neighborhood Commercial 20,000 square feet (CN -20) at Ponahawai, South Hilo, Hawaii covered by TMK 2-3-037:019. The applicant is Brian Sugai, and the subject parcel is 43,560 square feet. The Windward Planning Commission, at its duly noticed meeting on July 2, 2020 forwards its favorable recommendation for this amendment via Communication 1024.1 from Planning Director Michael Yee, Dated July 29, 2020, which would allow a six-year time extension to Condition D (Time to Complete Construction). The applicant plans to develop an 8,900 square - foot, two-story office building, including one residential unit and a 36 -stall parking lot. The property is located adjacent to the Alenaio drainage channel on the east side of Komohana Street approximately 700 feet south of the Komohana Street-Ponahawai Street intersection. Appearing before Your Committee was Mr. Sidney Fuke, planning consultant representing the applicant, Dr. Brian Sugai, and Mr. Jeff Darrow of the Planning Department. Mr. Fuke provided an overview of the request, sharing that Dr. Sugai, a local podiatrist, has the intention of relocating his office from its current location to the subject site. Mr. Fuke noted that the property was rezoned in March 2010, and that the applicant secured the building permit and plan approval in 2011. He shared that a series of unfortunate events including, miscommunication with the Department of Public Works, and litigation with a contractor prevented the project from moving forward. Litigation was resolved in 2019, at which time the administrative time extension that had been granted had come to an end. Mr. Fuke noted that the applicant obtained the grading permit and building permit, and that financing was in place with a bank loan ready to consummate upon approval of this time extension. Thus, the applicant is seeking favorable action on this request. Planning Committee Chair Ashley Kierkiewicz noted that there is a positive recommendation from the Planning Commission. PC Report No. 53