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COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: September 18, 2012 Re: Comm.No. 706/Bill No. 255
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawai`i County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning,to which was referred Comm. No. 706/Bill No. 255, reports as
follows:.
Bill No. 255 transmitted by Council Member Brenda J. Ford via Communication No 706, dated
April 25, 2012, is an ordinance amending Ordinance No.08-150, which amended ordinance
No.465, which reclassified lands from Agricultural— 1 Acre (A-la)to Neighborhood
Commercial-7,500 square feet(CN-7.5) at Kealakekua, South Kona, Hawai`i, covered by Tax
Map Key: 8-2-013: portion of 002.
At the May 16, 2012, Planning Committee, Bill No. 255 was referred to Planning Director
Bobby Jean Leithead Todd and the appropriate Planning Commission for review and
recommendations.
In Communication No. 706.1,transmitted by Mayor William P. Kenoi, dated August 22, 2012,
Leeward Planning Commission Vice Chairman Lani Bowman concurs with Planning Director
Bobby Jean Leithead Todd's reasons for recommending favorable consideration,with further
modifications to Bill No. 255.
Council Member Ford moved to amend Bill 255 with the contents of Communication No 706.2
which amends Condition E regarding the frontage access road and adds a new Condition F
regarding a Traffic Analysis Impact Report. She explained that these conditions are only
triggered by specific actions such as add itional commercial development. The amendment
passed with a vote of nine ayes.
Council Member Ford stated that she had worked with Planning Program Manager Mr: Daryn
Arai to address the concerns regarding flooding and the shared frontage access road. She further
stated that the Farmers Market,which only sells locally grown or produced products,has lost
substantial revenue since being relocated off the highway and asked for the Council Members to
support and pass Bill 255, as amended,to allow the Farmers Market to return to its previous
location.
PC Rept. No. 66:
PC-66 Page 2 September 18,2012
Your Committee on Planning is in accordance with the purpose and intent of Bill 255,as
amended to Draft 2, and recommends its passage on first reading.
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AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted,
BLAS X
FORD X COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
HOFFMANN X
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IKEDA X
ONISHI X OP./ X114.40 .
PILAGO X }
SMART X PETE HOFFMANN,
YAGONG X PC REPORT NO. 66
YOSHIMOTO X ADOPTED:
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