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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0042.049 2004-2006 ~ , January 3, 2004 ,,,,N~ ~ Council Members Pete Hoffinan & Angel Pilago e"vIRONME"r"` sr°°`es Planning Committee Co-Chairpersons 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Wht. FxwNK BRa"uT, FASLA Ceuxuav Dear Mr. Hoffman, Mr. Pilago, and Members of the Planning Committee: THOMAS WITTEN, ASLA PRES/DEM SUBJECT: PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE COUNTY GENERAL 2. srnN DUNCAN, AsLA PLAN FOR THE HONOKOHAU SMALL BOAT HARBOR; 8xecvrrvE vrcE-PRESmem~ TESTIMONY OF JAMES M. LEONARD ON BEHALF OF RussFJ.L YJ. CtmNC, ASLA JACOBY DEVELOPMENT INC. REGARDING BILL 163 ESECVJ[VE v/cE-PRES/DENT (DRAFTS 1, 2, AND 3) Vwcrxr SlncElcuw P'UNC1P"` Thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony on behalf of Jacoby r^"~ LHO".~./ucP Develo ment, Ina JDI related to their ro osed develo ment of the De artment PR/"cirnz P ~ ) P P P P xao oFF,cE of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) and Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) lands at Honokohau Harbor that represents a combined area csaN,.MUHn,u~H.A<eP of about 558 acres. My name is James Leonard, [ am a Principal with the sevroR Assocure planning firm PBR HAWAII which is assisting JDI in its planning for the ToM Scf¢a~,1.,A[CP expansion of the Honokohau Small Boat Harbor and associated mixed use AssaaerE development. RAYMOND T. Hton, ASLA Assocure xsvua xu[~AwA.ASLA Previously, myself and members of JDI's planning team had the good fortune to Ac9acure meet with the individual members of the Planning Committee to review JDI's planned development at Honokohau Harbor, so I won't take up your time today going over these plans, but did want to take this opportunity to emphasize the importance of the requested amendments to the County General Plan as a necessary step in the required entitlement process for the planned development of the harbor and State lands surrounding it. Se We are submitting for your reference two previous letters from the prior Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) to the County Council Planning Committee and a more recent November 30, 2004 letter to Mayor Harry Kim from BLNR Chairperson, Peter Young, regarding the requested ~i„.` revisions to the County General Plan. it JDI has entered into along-term lease agreement with DHHL to develop their p' lands and that BLNR has selected and initiated lease negotiations with JDI to ''i'' ~ ' develop the remaining lands that include the planned harbor expansion area and '3~8 adjacent State lands. JDI's planned development for the project site seeks to ~ ! I, 9i~ ? inte~ate the DHHL and DLNR lands as part of a comprehensive master planned ;i i development for the area. Comm. No. ~ ~ • 4 G I~ Ref. To: ru Ref. Date I Council Members Pete Hoffinan & Angel Pilago & Members of the Planning Committee SUBJECT: PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN FOR THE HONOKOHAU SMALL BOAT HARBOR; TESTIMONY OF JAMES LEONARD ON BEHALF OF JACOBY DEVELOPMENT INC. REGARDING BILL 163 (DRAFTS 1, 2, & 3) January 3, 2004 Page 2 We note that both DLNR and the Jacoby group have held meetings to get public input on the potential uses for the site. As noted in the November 30, 2004 letter from Peter Young to the Mayor, it was at these meetings that we heard from the public of their desire for expanded small boat facilities at the harbor and heard community support for the master planned mixed use development that includes resort, commercial, recreational, and cultural uses. We also note that, in their discussions with both State and the County representatives regazding the planned harbor expansion and related mixed use development, JDI has expressed their commitment to a harbor development that is planned in context to the overall regional infrastructure, and that addresses community concerns related to the current infrastructure needs, development of affordable housing, protection of the shoreline and coastal waters, sensitivity to the environment and cultural sites, and alleviating traffic congestion. We are providing this testimony to reemphasize the need for previously requested amendments to the County General Plan that aze needed as a prerequisite to seeking the necessary entitlements to implement the planned harbor development. These requested changes to the County General Plan, as shown in the attached exhibit, would allow for the planned harbor expansion, resort and urban uses, with an open area designation along the shoreline. We thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony and look forward to the opportunity to work with the members of this committee and County Council in the further planning at Kealakehe. I would be pleased to answer any questions that you or other committee members may have at this time. Respectfully Submitted, J MES M. LEONARD, AICP Cc: C. Martin, JDI R. Tong Wm F. Brandt, PBR HAWAII P. Young, BLNR Chairperson M. Kane, DHHL Chairperson Testimony_GP 010305.doc 7-4-08:10 \ ' PROPOSED REVISIONS: Federal -r'"'~ ' G-16 =Expanded Resort Node ~ ' G-17 =Open to Urban Expansion ~ .i--7-4-08:25 i_ - - Federal FUTURE -.r+'i}- HARBOR t~ - 91 - EXPANSION Honokohau D ~ Harbor G-17 _ ~a~` A. ~ ~ ~ t t i-1 ~ Y t State ~ r}. .-t 1 t \ ~ - ~T ~ r t x~ 7-4-08:02 o Lili`uokalani Trust Estate Source: -County of Hawaii -State, Department of Hawaiian Home lands Remarks: ~ This map has been prepared for general planning Durposes only. It should not be used for boundary interpretations or other spatial analysis beyond the limitations of the data. LEGEND I~ TMK Boundary Q open Area: Existing Proposed Hawaii County General Plan Q Open Area: Proposed Kealakehe ® Urban: Existing ® Urban: Proposed NORTH LINEAL SCALE (FEET) 0 Resort: Proposed T50 ° ''500 ® (vtzroz t~ O/ ArN RIiR T.TOUIM. LINDA LIIICI2 ~1~91, ly,/p{pIMMKA FO01~1I1 m`hLIULO Y~AF DAII MV~ON OVVITYw610/.LnM DAV1Y OMKIOL. /ALFA WT ~OLIMI~FFO1FAlKM Aucwncvn~TAxm STATE OF HAWAII ~a~ ~ rANAaeaNr DEPARTMTNT OF WND AND NATURAL RESOURC63 Fw1~TAnFNA~ a/oLmaNr b.~l.,+ eosro~e aox al Ia..,..AI.F..,~ M10FICFYMYAIpI kIDNOLUI.U, NAWNI 96809 wnolweiwuowNFalwclwl Lw0 aAnwo Mayor Harry Kim November 30, 2004 County of Hawaii 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Re: Hawaii County General Plan Keahrkehe Dear Mayor Kim: 1 understand you are reviewing the General Plan and the update process. As you continue your review, we would like you to wnsider amendments around the Honokohau Small Boat Harbor at Kealakehe. We ask for your support in expanding the resort and other urban General Plan (GP) designations on state (DLNR) lands amend the Hanokohau Small Boat Herber. These GP designations will allow us to move forward with the development of the site. As you know, the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) recently conducted public meetings relative to its desire to make spproximatdy 350-acres of state land available for appropriate developmetn. We held a separate meeting specifically to get public input on potential uses for the site and heard from the public the desire to expand small boating facilities, including an expanded marina. In addition, the cownuoity expressed support for a masteo-plamted mix use development, including resort, commercial and recrcational uses. We recently concluded an RFP process to select a developer to implement this plan and arc starting negotiations on a lease for the sites The BLNR selected Jacoby Development, Inc. (JDI) to develop the site. I understand they have discussed with you certain GP amendments noting an expanded harbor, resort and urban uses, with an open designation along the shoreline, I believe these are consistem with the master-planned developme~ envisioned by the BLNR Thank you for your consideration of this request. Again, we ask for your support for expanding these uses at Kealakehe so the State may move forward with its planned development. ely, i? P ter T. Yotm n Copies: Chris P ~ g Director Chad Jacoby Development, Inc. ataaT a. c0l.oua-aaa~aw oavp~wA BOYIO OI Jlla wne wwlln cMY111Oc S yaNlT r, KAM60 PF*VM1 OMlRCF LVWL L wtM~ou STATE OF HAWAII Ter ~ ~ DEPARTMlNT Of LANp ANpNAI'VRAL RESOURCES ,ewu.ec ..n.ewien PA. ODA` 44+ .w.nc Nwu.e~s t{eNOLUW. NPWt,II 9SOOB q.riw u~ ax.n+rcw~w mw~pM ow uMt~ 1LL~a,nos RHF:BOR:WMY!vrnk w°~"~¦` xrwn+.au .w wc~~ chrq~ca.w.r a?MVR~NeQ~ ~0110UR •Na ML¢pi NOVCIr1~Cr 27, 2003 '~OL~r"°•Na W~~.c oerwus~ Kiuu'wpwrmo• w+o mn ryas Honorable Bobby Jean Ltithemd-Todd Planning Committee Chair Hawaii County Council 25 Auputti 6trest Hilo, Hawaii 94720 pear Councilperson 1-eithead-TOdd and Metabers of the Plainrsing Committee; SUB1lECT: HAWAiX COUNTY GENEI2AI. PLAN UPDATT HONOKOHAI[) SMALL BOAT HARBOR [n follow-up to my prier letrer of May 3I.. 2002, encloacd is an exhibit showing the proposed revfsiort: to the Gcadrot Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map (LUPAG) to allow for the planned expansion of the harbor facilities and provide oppoaRtnities for the harbor reload public, c~Trrcial and resort developtrteat. AS noted prevlona[y, such cttartga to the General Plan will allow DLNR Hosting Division to pursue Jillttre zo»lrtg ill this attx, thcrcby nilowits~ far income prodxina opppr<ur»ties to suppon the harbor activities and DLNR's programs for the maoagcmrnt and mslatett:act: of the harbor facilides. 71u proposed revision to the LUPAG N.ap, as shown on the anached exhibit, ixlttda the following items: G-16 An exputaion of the existing Resort designation to e,+:tettd to the area of the proposed hatlwr expansion; and G-11 A change from Open >n Urban Expansion fnr the Stetc lands tatrroupding the existing harbor and plonnad harbor ezpaasion area. Also, under the Land Use Section of tht General }rlan Support Document, Dthibit "C", we request that the County Council reuin Honokehau as a MtDOr Resort area (}ionoltoluu-Minor) within nc~ lin of Resort Ares (prge 81). The proposed t+eNiaiens to the General Plan that are before the Counct~ would delete the resort designations that currsndy exist for this area Honorable Bobby Jean Leirhead-Todd Psge 1 November 27, 20Q2 Lesttly, to fi:rthtr suppers the plaaned expansioa and enhenumem of Honokohan Small Hoar Hsrhor, we request that the following Cotayc of Action lte added to Sation 5, Courses of Action for the Noreh Kona District, subsenion 7(b) relating to Airpons and Harbors; "Encourage the State's plaruied expansion of the Honokohau Small Boat Harbor includint provisions for public and private harbor related fseiNties," ~ similar wording as dcanred appropriate by the County Council. I thank you for your htrther consideration of this marrer. Please call W_ Masers Yautg as 587- 1966, if yov have any questions or require any additioaal information on this matter. very truly your8, 4Zi ~ . H T S. COLOMA-AQ Chairperson AsmelunanL ce: Oerald ptMello, Hawaii Lind board Member ' ~ OI yA+. ,If• BENJAMIN J. CAYETANO ~ ~ GIL9ERT B. COLOMbAGARAN GOVERNOR OF nAWNI CNMRPERSON EWRO OF LANG ANO 1MIURAE RESOURCES f ERIC T. HIRANO +.~.0 DEPDTr mRFCroR STATE OF HAWAII E~NTEYEDIRECSTO~R DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TREEOURLE~w ~ yENTH P.O. BOx 621 AOVATIL RESOURCES HONOLULU, HAWAII 96809 ~T~' A~ OCEN1 RECREATWN COMYISSIp1 d1 WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CONSERVATA]N AND gESOURCES ENFORCEMENT CONVEYANCES May 31, 2002 FOgESTRY ANO WN DIIFE HAIIOOIAWE ISIAHD RESFRVF CDYNISSNNI HISTORIC PRESERVATION EAHD STA1E PARKS Honorable Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd Planning Committee Chair Hawaii County Council 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Dear Ms. Leithead-Todd and Members of the Planning Committee: SUBJECT: Hawaii County General Plan Update Honokohau Small Boat Harbor The Department of Land and Natwal Resowces Boating Division is responsible for the management of the State's small boat harbors, including the existing harbor at Honokohau. The Division is responsible for the operation and maintenance of these facilities. Because of the limited State resources, we aze required to seek opportunities to develop resowces to fund these mandates. A key element of obtaining funds for the operation and maintenance of the harbors is the ability to develop and lease ancillary commercial/industrial areas around the existing harbors. In reviewing the proposed revisions to the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide map as shown on North Kona Map No. 3, it is our understanding that the mauka portions of the Honokohau Small Boat Hazbor are proposed io be revised from "Urban Expansion" to "Open". This is part of Proposed Revision No. G-14. Attached, please find an enlargement of a portion of North Kona Map No. 3 which shows the approximate boundary of the Honokohau Small Boat Harbor boundaries in relation to the Proposed Revision No. G-14. We respectfully request that the portion of existing "Urban Expansion" designation over the portion of the Honokohau Small Boat Harbor be retained and the Proposed Revision No. G-14 be amended accordingly. This will clearly allow the DLNR Boating Division to pwsue futwe zoning of this area to allow income producing opportunities to support the Harbor. We also note that the majority of the existing Honokohau Small Boat Hazbor and the adjacent State parcel south to the Queen Liliuokalani Trust is within the General Plan LUPAG "Open" designation. It is ow understanding that the existing harbor and related facilities are permitted Ms. Leithead-Todd Page 2 May 31, 2002 uses within this designation but expanded or more intensive uses may not be appropriate. If this is the case, we would also request that the LUPAG designation be revised to a category that would cleazly allow uses.within an urban expansion designation. Thank you for your consideration of this matter. Please call W. Mason Young if you have any questions or require any additional information on this matter, at 587-1966. Very tnily yours, GILBERT S. COLOMA-A Chairperson Enc.