HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE LAAC 2025-07-22 2024-2026 ACTIONS
HEATHER L. KIMBALL MICHELLE M. GALIMBA
Chair & Presiding Officer
JAMES E. HUSTACE
HOLEKA GORO INABA
DENNIS “FRESH” ONISHI
JENN KAGIWADA
Vice Chair
MATT KĀNEALIʻI-KLEINFELDER
ASHLEY L. KIERKIEWICZ
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
12Session
West Hawai‘i Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A
Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i
July 22, 2025
1:00 p.m.
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LAAC-12 July 22, 2025
ORDER OF BUSINESS
CALL TO ORDER – 1:04 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 67: AMENDS SECTION 25-8-33 (CITY OF HILO ZONE MAP) ARTICLE 8,
CHAPTER 25 (ZONING) OF THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016
EDITION, AS AMENDED), BY CHANGING THE ZONE MAP
CLASSIFICATION FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL -10,000
SQUARE FEET (RS-10) TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL-10,000 SQUARE
FEET (CG-10) AT WAIĀKEA, SOUTH HILO, HAWAIʻI, COVERED BY
TAX MAP KEY: 2-2-022:022
(Applicant: Correa Ohana, LLC) (Area: 33,180 square feet)
The Windward Planning Commission forwards its favorable recommendation for
the requested change of zone, which would allow the applicant to demolish the
existing single-family dwelling and garage and construct a multi-family apartment
complex. The property is located at 1198 Kinoʻole Street.
Reference: Comm. 375
Intr. by: Council Member Kimball (B/R)
; and
Comm. 375.1: From Planning Director Jeffrey Darrow, dated June 24, 2025, transmitting a
PowerPoint presentation for Bill 67.
POSTPONED TO AUGUST 5, 2025:
Ayes: Committee Members Hustace, Kagiwada,
Kierkiewicz, Onishi, Villegas, and Chair Kimball – 6.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Members Galimba, Inaba,
and Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder – 3.
Excused: None.
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LAAC-12 July 22, 2025
ADJOURNMENT – 1:58 p.m.
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