HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 028 2021/08/18 (2020-2022) REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: August 18, 2021 Re: Comm. No. 331/Bill No. 57
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
TIME: 9:01 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 57, reports as follows:
Bill No. 57 amends ordinance No. 13-98 which reclassified lands from Agriculture - 3 acres
(A-3a) to Single Family Residential— 10,000 square feet(RS-10) at Waiakea, South Hilo,
Hawaii, covered by Tax Map Key: 2-4-003:Portion 021. The Windward Planning Commission
forwards its favorable recommendation for approval, which would delete Condition C (Time
to Secure Final Subdivision Approval) in its entirety and amend Condition K(Fair Share
Contribution). The property is located along the north side of Kawailani Street, adjacent to and
east of the Life Care Complex.
Bill No. 57 was amended with the contents of Communication 331.2, which removed
Condition R to keep language consistent throughout the draft ordinance. Bill No. 57, Draft 2,
was then postponed on August 3, 2021,to address suggested roadway improvements submitted
via testimony by a neighboring property owner.
Your Committee took this matter up again on August 18, 2021, whereby Committee Member
Sue Lee Loy made a motion to amend Bill 57, Draft 2, with the contents of Communication
No. 331.4, which includes roadway improvements agreed upon by the neighbors and the
applicant. Planning Director Zendo Kern was present in the Hilo Chambers to discuss
Communication No. 331.4, which includes a 50-foot right-of-way, a 20-foot pavement
widening that will accommodate parking, and a 3-foot-wide asphalt-paved Swale for pedestrian
access.
Committee Member Aaron Chung asked if a traffic study was conducted for this project, to
which Director Kern responded that this project did not trigger the County criteria requiring one.
Committee Member Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder asked what the Planning Department uses to
assess whether to require a traffic study, and Director Kern informed him that Department
practice has been to require a study when 50 vehicle trips are generated, with one car assumed
per lot.
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Mr. Chung asked about more specifics on the roadway parking, where it will be located, and how
residents of the subdivision would access their lots. The applicant, Hank Correa III, was present
via Zoom to explain that parking will be made available opposite to the Life Care Center, and
that there will be further discussion with the Department of Public Works on accommodating
driveways affected by the roadway parking.
Public Works Director Ikaika Rodenhurst was present in Kona Chambers and shared that the
Department is supportive of the project and will continue to work with the applicants.
The vote was then taken on the motion to move this measure to Council with a favorable
recommendation and passed with 9 "ayes."
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 57, as amended
to Draft 3, and recommends its passage on first reading.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully Submitted,
CHUNG X
DAVID X COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
INABA X
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ X
KIMBALL X
LEE LOY x AS EY L. KIERKIEWICZ, CHAIR
RICHARDS X PC REPORT NO.: 28
VILLEGAS X ADOPTED: SEP 0 8 2021