HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE LAAC 2024/06/18 (2022-2024)
HOLEKA GORO INABA CINDY EVANS
Chair and Presiding Officer
JENN KAGIWADA
MATT KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER
ASHLEY L. KIERKIEWICZ
MICHELLE M. GALIMBA
HEATHER L. KIMBALL
Vice Chair
SUSAN L. K. LEE LOY
REBECCA VILLEGAS
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i, 96720
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE
APPROVALS AND ACQUISITIONS
th
28Session
West Hawai‘i Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A
Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i
June 18, 2024
10:30 a.m.
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ORDER OF BUSINESS
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
Pursuant to HRS § 92-3, oral testimony may be provided entirely at the beginning of the meeting, or
immediately preceding the agenda item being opened for deliberation by the committee.
ORDER OF RESOLUTIONS
Res. 543-24: ACCEPTS THE DEDICATION OF KIKAU PLACE AND KUAHIWI PLACE,
DESCRIBED AS ROADWAY LOT 369, PACIFIC HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION,
INCREMENT IV, IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP KEY: 2-4-006:091, SITUATED
ST
AT KŪKŪAU 1, DISTRICT OF SOUTH HILO, ISLAND AND COUNTY OF
HAWAIʻI, STATE OF HAWAIʻI, FROM HSC, INC., A HAWAIʻI
CORPORATION
The landowner seeks to dedicate the roadway and all improvements for public
roadway purposes.
Reference: Comm. 912
Intr. by: Mr. Inaba (B/R)
Res. 544-24: ACCEPTS THE DEDICATION OF ROADWAY “LOT 2,” BEING A PORTION
OF ROYAL PATENT 4475, LAND COMMISSION AWARD 7713, APANA 5
TO V. KAMAMALU, SITUATED AT KEOPU 3, NORTH KONA, ISLAND
AND COUNTY OF HAWAIʻI, STATE OF HAWAIʻI, A PORTION OF TAX
MAP KEY: 7-5-007:033, FROM D&L FUJIMOTO, LLC, A HAWAIʻI
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
The landowner seeks to dedicate the roadway and all improvements for public
roadway purposes.
Reference: Comm. 913
Intr. by: Mr. Inaba (B/R)
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BILLS FOR ORDINANCES
Bill 166: AMENDS SECTION 25-8-3 (NORTH KONA DISTRICT ZONE MAP),
ARTICLE 8, CHAPTER 25 (ZONING) OF THE HAWAIʻI COUNTY CODE
1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), BY CHANGING THE DISTRICT
CLASSIFICATION FROM AGRICULTURAL – 20 ACRES (A-20a) TO
FAMILY AGRICULTURAL – 5 ACRES (FA-5a) AT NORTH KONA,
HAWAIʻI, COVERED BY TAX MAP KEY: 7-3-024:003
(Applicant: Ryan Leese) (Area: 21.942 acres)
The Leeward Planning Commission forwards its favorable recommendation for
this change of zone request, which would allow the applicant to subdivide the
property into four lots. The property is located on the southwest corner of the
Kaloko Drive/Haō Street intersection in the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision.
Reference: Comm. 885
Intr. by: Mr. Inaba (B/R)
Postponed: June 4, 2024
(Note: There is a motion by Ms. Lee Loy, seconded by Ms. Kierkiewicz, to
recommend passage of Bill 166 on first reading.)
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Bill 169: AMENDS ORDINANCE NO. 02-131, WHICH AMENDED ORDINANCE
(Draft 2) NOS. 97-99, 94-34, 93-26, 91-96, 90-62, 88-4, 84-42, AND 84-23, WHICH
RECLASSIFIED CERTAIN LANDS FROM UNPLANNED (U) TO
MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL – 5,000 SQUARE FEET (RM-5) AND
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL – 15,000 SQUARE FEET (RS-15) AT
HOLUALOA 1 AND 2, NORTH KONA, HAWAIʻI, COVERED BY TAX MAP
KEYS: 7-6-021:004, 009-013, AND 015-017
(Applicant: Kona Three, LLC) (Area: approx. 175 acres)
The Leeward Planning Commission forwards its unfavorable recommendation for
the applicant’s request for a 10-year time extension to Condition I (Complete
Construction of the First Increment on RM Zoned Lands) and amendment to
clarify Condition N (Roadway Standards), which would apply only to Tax Map
Key Nos. 7-6-021:016 and 017, consisting of a total land area of 67.162 acres.
The subject properties are located along the east (mauka) side of the Queen
Kaʻahumanu Highway at its junction with Kuakini Highway, between Pualani
Estates subdivision to the north and Kona Vistas to the south.
Reference: Comm. 896.5
Intr. by: Mr. Inaba (B/R)
Postponed: June 4, 2024
(Note: There is a motion by Ms. Lee Loy, seconded by Ms. Kierkiewicz, to
recommend passage of Bill 169 on first reading.)
ADJOURNMENT
Note: B/R, when listed next to the name of an Introducer, signifies that the Council Member has agreed
to introduce legislation “By Request” on behalf of the requesting party. It does not necessarily signify
support of or opposition to the proposal.
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