HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0309.000 1998-2000 ,,,r w Virginia Goldstein
Stephen K. Yamashiro ~y~ ~ Direcrnr
Mayer
. - Russell Kokubun
° R ~ C ff Deparv DireUnr
're6''M'~~. L~`~~~U
„~9 f~flY 25 PSI 7 36
!~n>xttfg of ~ttfir ii
~OUNT'i CLERK
PLANNING DEPAR~1' OF HAW,NI
25 Aupuni Streeq Room 109 • Nlb. Hawaii 96720.4252
May 25, 1999 B08) 961.8288 • Fax (808) 961.8742
Ms. Anne L. Mapes
Belt Collins
680 Ala Moana Blvd., First Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813-5406
Dear Ms. Mapes:
Change of Zone Ordinance No. 380 (REZ 315)
Applicant: Mauna Lani Resort, Inc.
Subject: Annual Report
TIVII~: F~8-1:22 and 6-9-1• 'I S
This is to acknowledge receipt of your annual progress report in compliance with Condition R
of the above-referenced ordinance. Thank you for complying with the annual report
requirement. By wpy of this letter, we will forward your report to the County Council and
Planning Commission.
As a reminder, you are required to wmply with all conditions as stated in the above-referenced
ordinance within their appropriate timetables. Please note that your next annual progress
report will be due on or before August 10, 2000.
Should you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Phyllis Fujimoto or Susan
Gagorik of this department at 961-8288.
Sincerely,
,'VIRGINIA GOLDSTEIN
Planning Director
PF:gp
f:\wpav'm60\phyllixUmsuo•01.plcf
Comm. No. ~ O
~Ie No. Z N G / K F1
Ref. To:
Ref. Date hAY 2 ~ ,o^^^,^..,®
Ms. Anne L. Mapes
Belt Collins
Page 2
May 25, 1999
c w/ltr: „County Council
Planning Commission
West Hawaii Office
'
BELT COLLINS
April 8, 1999
' ` ' ' ' ~ ' Lu 1999-49-0200/99P-128
,,I
Ms. Virginia Goldstein, Director
Planning Department
County of Hawaii
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Dear Ms. Goldstein:
On behalf of Mauna Lani Resort, we are submitting the attached annual progress
report in compliance with Condition "R" of Hawaii County Zoning Ordinance 380.
Reflecting the general slow pace of development within Big Island master planned
resorts, there has been little new development at Mauna Lani Resort since the last formal
annual report was submitted to you in 1993. Essentially, some single-family construction
has occurred and improvements have been made to existing projects as ownership has
changed hands. In addition, the Resort decided not to go forward with The Cove project.
Recently, Mauna Lani sold the multifamily/resort development parcel adjacent to
Honokaope Bay to Sea Cliff Development. The company intends to develop the site as a
single-family lot subdivision called 49 Black Sand Beach. A model unit for this project has
been constructed.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
BELT COLLINS HAWAII LTD.
.a.~~~
Anne L. Mapes
ALM:If
cc: Sachiko Murano, Mauna Lani Service, Inc.
Attachment
J ~
BELT COLLINS HAWAII LTD. 680 ALA MOANA BOULEVARD, FIRST FLOOR, HONOLULU, HAWAII 9681 3-5406 U.S.A.
TEL: 908 521.5361 FAX: 808 538.78(9 EMAIL: hawaii®beltcollins.com WEB: www.belttollins.wm
PLANNING ENGINEERING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE • ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING
HAWAII SINGAPORE HONG KONG AUSTRALIA THAILAND MALAYSIA PHILIPPINES GUAM FLORIDA SEATTLE
Change of Zone Ord. 380
Annual Progress Report
Status of conditions of approval:
A. The overall development shall conform substantially to the plans submitted and the
representations made by the petitioner. Said plans shall be on file at the Planning
Department and shall consist of "File Exhibit 2" which is the accepted
Environmental Impact Statement and "File Exhibit 3" which is the revised
development plan;
Response: Overall development has substantially conformed to plans submitted
to the County of Hawaii. Subsequent zoning adjustments have resulted in some
reconfiguration of MLR development areas. Plans submitted as part of each
change of zone request are on file with the County Planning Department.
B. The total number of hotel units shall not exceed 3,000 rooms. Development of the
resort zoned districts shall occur in three increments, each of which shall not
exceed 1,000 hotel rooms. The effective date of zoning for the second and third
increments shall be after development has occurred in the previous increment.
Development is defined as building permits issued for an operational hotel and
twenty-five (25) percent completion of the number of hotel units allowed in the
previous increment;
Res once: The Mauna Lani Bay Hotel currently has 350 guest rooms, including
10 suites and 5 bungalows. With the addition of the 542-rooms at the Orchid at
Mauna Lani, the total number of hotel units is 892.
C. Development of the Multiple family Residential (RM) zoned districts shall occur in
ten (10) increments. Each of the first nine (9) increments shall not exceed 300 units.
The effective date of zoning for subsequent increments shall be after development
has occurred in the previous increment. Development is defined as building
permits issued for the multiple family residential units and construction partially
completed in the sense of having roofs on a minimum of fifteen (15) percent of the
units in the previous increment;
Rye ponse: Total number of multi-family units is currently 266, in four
increments.
Mauna Lani Terrace 80 Units
Nomura Hawaii Village 24 Units
Mauna Lani Point 116 Units
The Islands at Mauna Lani 46 Units
TOTAL 266 Units
1
Subsequent zoning actions have altered the number and configuration of
multiple-family sites. MLR is currently marketing a number of multiple-family
sites, but has no immediate plans to develop these sites itself. The recently
purchased Site G/Hotel 3 is scheduled for single-family lot development by Sea
Cliff Development, under the name 49 Black Sand Beach. MLR intends to
monitor development on its other MF sites to ensure that no increment exceeds
300 units.
D. The petitioner shall submit a plan for the development of a resort commercial
shopping area within the Village Commercial (CV) zoned district prior to the
effective date of zone for the second resort and/or third multiple-family residential
zoning increments, whichever is sooner; provided, however, that the Planning
Director, upon consultation with the Director of Research and Development and
upon the petitioner's submittal of a market feasibility study which demonstrates a
low commercial demand•for the CV zoned area even after the effective date of
zoning for the second resort and/or third multiple family residential zoning
increment, may extend the commence construction date;
Response: The commercial areas have been reconfigured and rezoned since
Ordinance No. 380. Commercial shopping areas have been incorporated within
the existing hotels. Additional commercial shopping areas will be added
contingent on an improvement of the overall market for commercial acreage.
E. The petitioner shall submit a subdivision plan and secure tentative subdivision
approval for the first hotel site, the golf course clubhouse site, the historic preserves,
public park, service area and the first multiple family residential site within one year
from the effective date of approval of the change of zone request. The petitioner
shall also be responsible for securing final subdivision approval;
Response: Complied.
F. The method of sewage disposal shall conform to the rules and regulations of the
State Department of Health;
Response: Complied.
G. Prior to the development of each increment, water shall be made available in
compliance with the rules, regulations and requirements of the Department of
Water Supply;
Response: Complied. The Lalamilo Water system, developed with the County of
Hawaii and Mauna Kea Properties, Mauna Lani Resort, Inc. is currently in use.
Other well sites have been secured on Parker Ranch land and drilling and testing
of Parker Wells 1 and 2 are complete.
z
H. A minimum of 53 acres of land shall be set aside for park and recreational purposes
for the petitioner's total proposed development encompassing 3,200 acres. The
actual amount of these recreational lands to be incorporated within the 771.5-acre
area covered by this rezoning action shall be determined by the Planning Director
as the development progresses. A minimum of 3.2 acres of this area shall be
developed concurrently with the first Multiple Family Residential increment. The
general location of this park shall be in the area designated on File Exhibit 3;
however, the exact location shall be determined at the time of subdivision approval
of the first increment. Minimum improvements of the 3.2 acre area shall include but
not be limited to grading and grassing which meet the approval of the Parks and
Recreation Director. This park area shall remain in private ownership and
maintenance until such time that the petitioner decides to dedicate the area to and it
is accepted by the County. There shall also be adequate assurance, as determined
by the Corporation Counsel, for the maintenance of the private park by recorded
covenant running with the land;
Res~nse: To date, Mauna Lani has opened approximately 70 acres of shoreline
park, historic preserve and fishpond areas, for public recreational enjoyment.
This includes a 3.2-acre public park with parking, picnic facilities, and comfort
station), approximately 35 acres in four historic preserves and 21 acres in
fishpond passive park area. Mauna Lani has also opened the Holoholokai Beach
Park and the Puako Petroglyph Archaeological Park. The Puako Petroglyph Park
is accessed from the Holoholokai parking lot.
I. The petitioner shall set aside three (3) historic sites preserved, totalling
approximately 23.6 acres, as designated in File Exhibit 3 and subject to the
approval of the Planning Director. The petitioner shall submit plans for the historic
preserves to the Planning Director for review and approval prior to undertaking any
research, restoration, reconstruction or development within the historic preserves.
Such plans shall include a proposed management and interpretation program and
the means of providing public access to the historic preserves. Further, any
alteration and/or salvage of archaeological sites recommended to be salvaged in
Bishop Museum Manuscript Number 081275 on file in the Planning Department
shall first be approved by the Planning Director. The petitioner shall also submit to
the Planning Department plans for interim control and protection measures for sites
which are not to be immediately salvaged, researched, or developed within one (1)
year of the effective date of approval of the change of zone;
Res~pnse: Complied.
J. The King's, or Mamalahoa, Trail shall be open for public access. Any breaching of
this Trail shall first be approved by the Planning Director. The number of breaches
in the Trail shall be limited to three (3). Such breathings shall be in the general area
as shown on File Exhibit 3;
3
Resnonse: Complied. The King's Trail (Mamalaloa) remains open to public
access.
K. That prior to undertaking any actions or programs other than maintenance for the
Kalahuipua'a fishponds a program shall be submitted to the Planning Director for
review. The petitioner shall also provide public access to the fishponds meeting
with the approval of the Planning Director;
Rest: Complied. Public access to the Kalahuipua'a Fishponds is provided
during daylight hours through the Historic Park and Public Park trail system.
L. The petitioner shall provide a minimum of three (3) public accesses to the shoreline.
Public parking areas at the mauka end of each access shall be provided. Such
public access shall be provided in perpetuity and by recorded covenant running
with the land. The petitioner shall submit plans for the general locations of such
public accesses and parking areas to the Planning Director for review and approval
within one (1) year from the effective date of approval of the change of zone;
Resnonse: Compliance to date: In accordance with the approved access plan,
Mauna Lani made access B to the shoreline available at The Mauna Lani Bay
Hotel and Bungalows opening. The access improvements are complete and are
currently in use.
Shoreline access A, located north of Pauoa Bay and adjacent to Puako, was
constructed concurrently with the opening of the second golf course and the
Orchid at Mauna Lani. This access is through a public shoreline park
(Holoholokai Beach Park) constructed and maintained by Mauna Lani Resort.
A third access is being developed by Sea Cliff Development as part of its 49 Black
Sand Beach residential project adjacent to Honokaope Bay.
M. Access shall be off of the Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway. The access road shall
consist'of a 120-foot right-of-way with a 24-foot-wide pavement up to Intersection
"z" as designated on File Exhibit 3 on file with the Planning Department.The
petitioner shall also provide a channelized intersection, meeting the approval of the
State Department of Transportation, Land Transportation Facilities Division, and the
Chief Engineer, County Department of Public Works, at the Queen Ka'ahumanu
Highway. The channelized intersections shall be constructed concurrently with the
first resort increment;
Resnonse: Complied.
N. Construction of the golf course shall commence within one (1) year from the
effective date of approval of the change of zone request and shall be completed
within three years from the commencement of construction. The plans for the golf
4
course shall be submitted to the Planning Department for review and approval. The
golf course clubhouse facility shall be completed and be in operation with the
opening of the golf course;
Response: Complied. The Francis H. 1'i Brown Golf Course was opened July 29,
1981 and is now in full operation. An additional 18 holes were subsequently
added. All time requirements were met.
O. Any golf cart and/or golf course maintenance vehicle crossing of public
thoroughfares shall be in compliance with Article 5, Chapter 6 (Traffic Code), of the
Hawaii County Code, as amended;
Response: Complied. Golf cart and/or golf course maintenance crossings of
public thoroughfares are completed. Golf cart crossings for the north golf course
are tunnels under North Kaniku Drive.
P. The petitioner shall provide a minimum of twenty-eight (28) units for the purpose of
resort employee housing for the first 350 hotel rooms prior to the issuance of the
occupancy permit or the first operational hotel. The manner in which these units
are to be provided shall meet the approval of the Planning Director. Resort
employee housing requirements for subsequent hotel development shall be based
upon additional housing need studies prepared by the petitioner and shall be
determined at the time of full Planned Unit Development (PUD) approval;
Response: Complied. Mauna Lani's affordable 19 unit housing project, Noelani,
has been completed. The 24 affordable unit housing project, Noelani II, in
Waimea has also been completed.
Q. The petitioner shall provide temporary quarters for the construction workers on the
proposed 2.7± acre Multiple Family Residential parcel adjacent to the Limited
Industrial zoned district. Such housing may be converted to resort employee
housing at a later date, subject to the approval of the Planning Director;
Response: Complied with County approval.
R. The petitioner shall submit an annual progress report to the Planning Director
within thirty (30) days of the anniversary of the effective date of the change of zone
request. The annual report shall include but not be limited to a listing of the work
completed and in progress. The manner in which the stipulated conditions of
approval of the change of zone request are being met, the amount of direct
employment generated, any programs initiated which relate directly to the overall
development, and any additional information which would supplement and/or
alter the conclusion arrived at in the environmental impact statement identified in
File Exhibit 2;
5
Response: This annual report is submitted in compliance with this condition.
S. The petitioners reserve a minimum of ten (10) usable acres for a future school site.
The location of the school site shall meet with the approval of the Department of
Education and the Planning Director;
Response: The resort includes ample acreage for a future school site. A 10-acre
school site will be reserved in future development plans. However, given the
proposed construction of a new elementary school in Waikoloa Village, this site
may not be necessary for some time.
T. The petitioner shall submit an overall landscaping plan which includes the use of
native and indigenous plants for the first resort increment to the Planning Director
for review and approval within one year from the effective date of approval;
Response: Complied. An overall landscape plan, including the use of native and
indigenous plants, was submitted to the County Planning Department in
February, 1979.
U. All major utility lines within the development area shall be installed underground.
Temporary overhead lines may be permitted subject to the approval of the Planning
Director; and
Response: Complied. All major utility lines within the Resort's developed areas
are underground. Some overhead feeder lines are being used on a temporary
basis per approval of the Planning Director.
V. All other applicable rules and regulations including the Plan Approval process, and
conditions of approval of other permits shall complied with.
Response: Complied as new permit conditions require.
6