HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE LAAC 2024/10/15 (2022-2024) ACTIONS
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
rd
33 Session
West Hawai‘i Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A
Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i
October 15, 2024
1:00 p.m.
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ORDER OF BUSINESS
CALL TO ORDER – 1:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
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immediately preceding the agenda item being opened for deliberation by the committee.
BILLS FOR ORDINANCES
Bill 198: AMENDS THE STATE LAND USE BOUNDARIES MAPS FOR THE
COUNTY OF HAWAIʻI BY CHANGING THE DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
FROM THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO THE RURAL DISTRICT AT
WAIMEA, SOUTH KOHALA, HAWAIʻI, COVERED BY TAX MAP
KEY: 6-4-024:027
Postponed: September 16, 2024
(Note: There is a motion by Ms. Kierkiewicz, seconded by Ms. Lee Loy, to
recommend passage of Bill 198 on first reading.)
POSTPONED TO JANUARY 7, 2025:
Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Kagiwada,
Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder, Kimball, Lee Loy,
Villegas, and Chair Inaba – 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Kierkiewicz – 1.
Excused: None.
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Bill 199: AMENDS SECTION 25-8-11 (LALAMILO-PUʻUKAPU ZONE MAP),
ARTICLE 8, CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE) OF THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY
CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), BY CHANGING THE
DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION FROM AGRICULTURAL – 5 ACRES (A-5a)
TO RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL – 0.5 ACRES (RA-0.5a) AND
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL – 10,000 SQUARE FEET (CN-10) AT
WAIMEA, SOUTH KOHALA, HAWAIʻI, COVERED BY TAX MAP
KEY: 6-4-024:027.
(Applicant: Kaupulehu Land, LLC) (Area: 5.349 Acres)
The Leeward Planning Commission forwards its favorable recommendation for
this amendment to the State Land Use Boundaries Map and an unfavorable
recommendation for the requested change of zone, which would allow applicant
to subdivide the property into eight lots consisting of three retail/commercial lots
fronting Māmalahoa Highway and five residential agricultural lots. This property
is located at 64-983 Māmalahoa Highway.
Reference: Comm. 1015
Intr. by: Mr. Inaba (B/R)
Postponed: September 16, 2024
(Note: There is a motion by Ms. Kierkiewicz, seconded by Ms. Galimba, to
recommend passage of Bill 199 on first reading.)
POSTPONED TO JANUARY 7, 2025:
Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Kagiwada,
Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder, Kimball, Lee Loy,
Villegas, and Chair Inaba – 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Kierkiewicz – 1.
Excused: None.
ADJOURNMENT – 1:23 p.m.
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