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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: January 8, 2019 Re: Comm.No. 28/Bill No. 6 PLACE: Council Chambers Hilo,Hawai`i TIME: 1:40 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawai`i County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning,to which was referred Bill No. 6,reports as follows: Bill No. 6,transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim via Communication No. 28, dated December 7, 2018, amends Ordinance No. 07-26,which reclassified lands from Open(0)to Multiple Family Residential— 1,000 square feet(RM-1)at Waiakea, South Hilo,Hawaii, covered by Tax Map Key: 2-4-057:029,Portion 030 and Portion 031 (Formerly 2-4-057:001) (Applicant: Hawai`i Island Veterans Memorial, Inc.) (Area: 4.888 Acres). Mayor Kim forwarded the Windward Planning Commission's favorable recommendation to grant a 10-year time extension to Condition C (Complete Construction), and its unfavorable recommendation to defer the requirements of Condition B (Water Commitment) and delete Condition F (Install Street Lights and Traffic Controls). The applicant's current plan is to establish the Ka Hui Koa development project consisting of approximately 96 rental housing units and a community center, located at the north corner of the Kawili Street and Kapi`olani Street intersection. Representing the project before the Planning Committee was Bob Williams of Hawai`i Island Veterans Memorial, Inc. (HIVM),the project's planning consultant Yukie Ohashi, and co-project developer Marian Gushiken of EAH. Mr. Williams provided some history and a brief update of the project as it had originally been approved in 2007. He explained that the property had recently been divided into two sections,with one parcel designated for the HIVM veterans' center and clinic, and the other parcel being dedicated to 96 affordable housing units for senior veterans and/or their spouses. The parcel with housing is on lease to HIVM and EAH from the Department of Land&Natural Resources. The applicant accepted the recommendation of the Planning Department and Windward Planning Commission to meet all conditions laid out in the ordinance, in particular items the applicant requested be deferred or deleted: Condition B to fund the water commitment and Condition F to fund signalization near the project should the Department of Public Works deem work necessary. Committee Vice Chair Sue Lee Loy and Council Member Karen Eoff both voiced their appreciation for this project as a model of housing affordability and wrap around services to veterans. Council Member Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder asked about the electrical and renewable energy plans for the development and suggested consideration of solar energy to lower costs. PC Report No. 3