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REPORT OF THE
LEGISLATIVE APPROVALS AND ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE
DATE: April 30, 2024 Re: Comm. No. 817/Bill No. 150
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i
TIME: 9:01 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawai‘i County Council
Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
Your Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions, to which was referred Bill No. 150, reports
as follows:
Bill No. 150, transmitted by Mayor Mitchell D. Roth, via Communication No. 817, dated
March 19, 2024, amends Ordinance No. 10-101, which reclassified lands from Agricultural –
Twenty Acres (A-20a) and Single-Family Residential – 7,500 square feet (RS-7.5) to Single-Family
Residential – 15,000 square feet (RS-15), Single-Family Residential – 10,000 square feet (RS-10),
Single-Family Residential – 7,500 square feet (RS-7.5), and Open at Pahoa, North Kohala, Hawaiʻi,
covered by Tax Map Key: 5-5-019:025 and 027 (portions) (Applicant: Hawaiʻi Island Community
Development Corporation) (Area: approximately 18.38 acres).
The Leeward Planning Commission forwards its favorable recommendation for the applicant’s
request for a five-year time extension to Condition C (Final Subdivision Approval) for the
development of Phase 3 of the Kumakua Self Help Housing Project. The property is located along
the makai side of Akoni Pule Highway, approximately 600 feet west of Kohala High and Elementary
School Complex.
Planning Director Zendo Kern and Executive Director of Hawaii Island Community Development
Corporation Keith Kato were in attendance. Mr. Kato gave an overview of the project and stated
that they are ready to move forward.
Committee Chair Holeka Inaba stated that this extension of time went from five to ten years, and that
the recommendation for the ten years came from the Planning Department. Chair Inaba commented
that Condition K refers to the specific project that we are granting an extension for, and should
self-help not be developed, we would be allowing a future property owner to perform the bare
minimum. Mr. Inaba also stated that he is supporting this and requested a meeting with Mr. Kato
prior to the next meeting.
LAAC Report No. 56
LAAC-56 Page 2 April 30,2024
Your Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions is in accord with the purpose and intent
of Bill No. 150, and recommends its passage on first reading.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
EVANS X
GALIMBA x COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE
INABA X APPROVA S AND ACQUISITIONS
KAGIWADA X .4111
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ x HOLEKA GORO INABA, CHAIR
KIMBALL X
LEE LOY X LAAC REPORT NO.: 56
VILLEGAS X ___ ADOPTED: MAY 1 5 2024