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ON PLANNING
DATE: June 20 , 1988 Re : Comm . 1647
PLACE : Councilroom
TIME: 1 :30 p .m .
Chairman and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No . 581 ,
regarding the County General Plan and General Plan Land Use Pattern
Allocation Guide Map amendment request of Palace Development
Corp. /Hawaii Ka 'u Aina Partnership, Kahuku, Ka 'u, Hawaii , reports as
follows:
Bill No . 581 amends the County of Hawaii General Plan, as originally
adopted by Ordinance No. 439 and as amended by Ordinance Nos . 456 ,
475 , 484 , 539 , 822, 851 , 854 , 868 , 878 , 83-20 , 83-27, 84-40 , 87-49,
87-52, 87-68 and 87-128 .
The bill redesignates approximately 3 , 244 acres of land, identified
as TMK: 9-2-01: 72, 75 & 76 , from Conservation and Extensive
Agricultural to Resort, Medium Density and Low Density Urban,
Industrial and Open. The General Plan Land Use element is also
amended to include Kahuku as a Major Resort area .
Your Committee heard testimonies from approximately 20 speakers speak
in support of the bill .
Councilman Russell Kokubun inquired of the Planning Director as to
the kinds of permits that the developer will be required to secure
prior to commencing construction of the proposed marina . The
Planning Director stated that the developer will be required to
secure several different permits from various County, State and
Federal agencies . Examples of permits which will be required are
Special Management Area (SMA) permits , grading permits and permits
from the Department of Health and Army Corps of Engineers .
Councilman Kokubun questioned the applicant ' s planning consultant as
to whether he is aware of the fact that the proposed project is
located in Zone 2 , which is defined by the project ' s Environmental
Impact Statement as "several areas that are adjacent to and downslope
from the active rift zones of Kilauea and Mauna Loa and therefore
subject to burial by lava flows of even small volume erupted in those
rift zones --- On Mauna Loa , long and voluminous lava flows have
repeatedly entered the areas included in Zone 2, covering about
5 percent of those areas since 1950 and about 20 percent within
historical time (USGS, 1987) . " The applicant 's consultant informed
Councilman Kokubun that he is aware of the fact that the proposed
project is located in Zone 2 .
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Councilman Kokubun informed the applicant's representative that while
he applauds the applicant 's offer to provide sites within the subject
property for public facilities such as police , fire and schools , he
inquired as to whether the applicant would be receptive to amending
Condition D by inserting the word "useable" before sites . The
applicant ' s representative answered in the affirmative . Therefore ,
your Committee has amended Condition D to read as follows:
" (D) Provide useable sites within the subject property
for the County and/or State for [ such] public
facilities such as police , fire , solid waste transfer ,
schools , andmedical services; "
Councilman Kokubun explained that the reason for recommending this
amendment is that he is aware of a development which also had land
set aside to accommodate public facilities; however , the area which
was set aside contained fallen lava tubes and other topographical
features which rendered the land unuseable .
The applicant' s representative stated that they are in contact with
various agencies regarding this situation and assured the Committee
that they will be providing useable land.
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose
of Bill 581, Draft 2, and recommends that it pass first reading.
Note: Underscoring and brackets are used in this committee report
only and does not appear in Draft 2 of Bill 581 .
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