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COMMI"CI~h:E ON PLANNING
DATi: April 1, 200 RE: C-167/Bill No. 69
PLACE: Councilroom
1lME: 2:09 p.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee nn Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 69 transmitted jointly with Bill
No. 70 be Mayor Harry Kim per Communication No. 167, dated March ~, 2003. regarding the
State Land Use Boundary amendment request by Pua`a Development, I,LC., at Pua'a 1st, North
Kona. Hawaii TMK: 7-5-1 n: 61. reports as follows:
Bill No. 69 amends the State Land Use Boundaries Map, 1I-7. by changing the district
classilication for approximately 9?62 acres of land from an Agricultural to an Urban zoned
district.
The irregular-shaped subject property, owned in fee by the applicant, is located between Queen
Kaahumanu Highway Exta~sion and Hualalai Road. adjacent and south of "I~he Pines residential
development and northeast of the University of the Nations condominium site, approximatel~~ 300
feet south of the Hualalai Road/Nani Kailua llrive intersection.
I~he applicant is proposing to develop the Pua'a Independent Living Residential Community that
will consist of 144 to 160 multiple-family residential units within nine sixteen-unit cluster
complexes. 'fhe goal of the project is to "create a residential development that encourages a strong
sense of community values. promotes social interaction and offers senior citizens a complete living
environment for their later years. Residential units will be clustered around courtyards. creating a
sense of privacy within the whole project. Streets are designed to be in scale with a traditional
neighborhood setting. reducing the speed of traffic and providing a sate pedestrian environment."
The LUPAG Map designates the area as Medium Density Urban. which allows for village and
neighborhood commercial uses up to three stories in height and residential and related functions
not to exceed a density of 35 units per acre.
'The subject parcel lies vt'ithin the Kailua Village Special District. On .lamiary 31, 2003, the Kailua
Village Design Commission approved the project and recommended that the applicant straighten
out the alignment of Hualalai Road as much as possible.
The subject parcel is not located in a Special Management Arca.
The subject property is located in lone "X", an area determined to be outside the 500-year hood
plain.
Access to the subject property will be Crom Hualalai Road. aCounty-maintained roadway with a
pavement width of 20 feet within an approximately 40-foot wide right-of-way. ~fhe applicant's
Communication 167
Bill 69
Page 2
plan indicates a single driveway access point along Hualalai Road.
Committee Member Dr. Fred Holschuh noted that on the bottom of page 15 of the EIS, the
sentence should read "....there will be no adverse impacts to any shoreline or mauka public
access..." because the subject parcel is located approximately 0.5 miles mauka of the shoreline.
Dr. Holschuh also suggested that they include smoke tree rnodules in their plans. and Brian C ook
responded that it was an "excellent idea' and he would discuss this suggestion at their next
meeting.
Your Committee did not entertain further discussion on this measure.
Your Committee concurs w ith the Planning Commission and the Planning Director for
recommending a favorable consideration for the State Land Use Boundary amendment request,
which would result in an appropriate land use pattern that would further benefit the general public.
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 69, and
recommends it pass first reading.
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Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd. CHAIR
-~ AUOI'II.D: APR16 2003