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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-02-06 Exh F Vladimir & Nadezhda Zosim SPP 19-208WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAII HEARING TRANSCRIPT FEBRUARY 6, 2020 A regularly advertised hearing on the application of VLADIMIR AND NADEZHDA ZOSIM (SPP 19-000208) was called to order at 5:16 p.m. in the County of Hawaii Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii with Chairman Thomas Raffipiy presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Dean Au, Joseph Clarkson, Thomas Raffipiy, John Replogle. ABSENT & EXCUSED: Gilbert Aguinaldo, Donn Dela Cruz. ALSO PRESENT: Michael Yee (Planning Director), Malia Hall (Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Windward Planning Commission), Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager), Maija Jackson (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner), Jessica Andrews (Planner), and Sarah Hata-Finley (Commission Secretary). And 3 members from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: VLADIMIR AND NADEZHDA ZOSIM (SPP 19-000208) Application for a Special Permit to allow the construction and operation of an adult day care facility on 1.001 acres of land in the State Land Use Agricultural District. The subject property is located on Lotus Blossom Lane in Hawaiian Ocean View Estates, approximately 200 yards from the intersection with Mamalahoa Highway, Ocean View, Ka`u, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 9-2-084:048. RAFFIPIY: Okay, let's move on with the last item. But before we do that, I just wanna thank everybody. Thank all the public, the owners, representatives, applicants that are here sitting through this whole day. I know you folks probably from South Kona area, Ka`u. Thank you very much for your patience. We really do appreciate it. It's been a long day and we realize that you come from far, so thank you. We'll go ahead and move into the next one. Application for Special Permit to allow the construction and operation of an adult, adult daycare facility on a 1.001 acre of land in the State Land Use Agricultural District. And, go ahead and make the presentation please. ANDREWS: Yes, this is for Vladimir and Nadezhda Zosim, Special Permit 19-208, Special Permit Application. Location is in Ka`u District. The subject property is here in red. This is Mamalahoa Highway. It's on Lotus Blossom Lane. The Applicants are requesting a Special Permit to allow construction and operation of an adult daycare facility for six seniors, to establish a senior care facility to provide residential services for three seniors. The senior care facility does not require a Special Permit since it is a permitted use for up to eight people, plus staff. The owners who will reside on nearby parcel will manage the adult daycare and senior care facility, and plan to employ three to four full-time caregivers from the local community. EXHIBIT F Zoning map shows that the property outlined in red there is A-1 a, one acre. Across the highway is A -3a, and commercial zoning here. The State Land Use boundary, State Land Use shows that it's Agricultural and there's two Urban sites nearby. The LUPAG map shows that it's Rural. There's Urban Expansion and Extensive Agricultural across the highway. This is the Applicant's proposed site plan. You can see the, the proposed structure in the center there, proposed parking, driveway, water catchment, the turn -around, and Lotus Blossom Lane on the left. Aerial photographs show the proximity to the highway and to the existing commercial retail spaces there. It's on Lotus Blossom Lane so the access drive would be right from here. Property outlined in blue. This is the, the view of the subject property from Lotus Blossom Lane, so that's the subject property looking up on the left and on the right, kind of an alternate view. And, this is looking southeast on Lotus Blossom Lane looking northwest on Lotus Blossom Lane. Planning Director's recommendation is approval with conditions. RAFFIPIY: Thank you, Jessica. Do we have any questions from the Commission for the staff? CLARKSON: I hate to ask this question in the interest of time, but I'm just curious. Quickly, why a residential senior care facility does not require any permit but having seniors during the day does? ANDREWS: So, the daycare is not a permitted use, and so that requires a Special Use Permit whereas the other is a permitted use, as I said on the slide up to eight people, yeah. RAFFIPIY: Thank you. Any other questions? Thank you, staff. Will the Applicant or representative please come forward? Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Planning Commission? MIKKELSON: I do. RAFFIPIY: Thank you very much. You can go ahead ma'am. State your name, where you reside, your association with the CLARKSON: It's on. MIKKELSON: Okay, thanks. RAFFIPIY Project, and please speak directly in the microphone. Thank you. MIKKELSON: My name is Lori Mikkelson. I live in Papa`aloa, Hawaii, and this is my friend and client, Nadia, for simplicity, and she's been working with senior citizens for twenty years, so that's the background, and her interests. I did work with the State to find out about the permitting, and it's a dual permit. If, if they go on beyond the, in the future RAFFIPIY: Could you please speak directly into the microphone. Thank you. EXHIBIT F 2 MIKKELSON: Sorry. If they go on beyond the future, if they, if it becomes successful enough that they need to add, then they will need to amend their Special Permit. Other than that, it's, its right. So in, in Ocean View, there's a lot of people who work in Kona, and there's a lot of older people that live down there, some with their families and some on their own, and they have no place to go during the day. So, this offers an opportunity for somebody to have a safe spot to be. And that's our story. RAFFIPIY: Thank you. Go ahead ma'am. N. ZOSIM: I'm Nadia and I just, in my previous life I have an adult family home with six that is in two adult family home for twelve years in State of Washington, in Vancouver, Washington. And here, I'm ten years working in a private caregiver and I see the needs especially in Ocean View, where is a lot elder people and the need to place to be in. That's why we decide to turn our property for daycare, and I hope it help the community and just— RAFFIPIY: Thank you very much. Did you receive the Planning Director's Background and Recommendation reports? MIKKELSON: Yes. RAFFIPIY: Do you agree with the Director's recommendation and its conditions for approval? MIKKELSON: Yes, we do. Yes. RAFFIPIY: Do you have any further comments about that? MIKKELSON: Not me, thank you. Do you? [To Ms. Zosim who shook her head "no. '] RAFFIPIY: Do we have any questions from the Commission for the Applicant? Thank you very much. As far as public testimony, there is none. Sign off for public testimony so CLARKSON: I move that public testimony be closed. REPLOGLE: Second. RAFFIPIY: Okay, it's moved and second that we close public testimony. All those in favor say aye. COMMISSIONERS: Aye. RAFFIPIY: Nay? None. Thank you. Now I need a motion for action. REPLOGLE: On the Applicant Vladimir and Nadezhda Zosim Special Permit 19-000208, I move that the application for the Special Permit docket number be approved based on the Planning Commission, Director's recommendation which shall be adopted. EXHIBIT F 3 CLARKSON: Second. RAFFIPIY: It is moved and second that the Special Permit be approved. Any discussion? ANDREWS: Okay, let's take a vote. RAFFIPIY: Go ahead and take a vote. ANDREWS: Chair [sic] Replogle? REPLOGLE: Aye. ANDREWS: Commissioner Clarkson? CLARKSON: Aye. ANDREWS: Commissioner Au? AU: Aye. ANDREWS: Oh, excuse me. Chair Raffipiy. Excuse me. RAFFIPIY: Aye. Thank you. ANDREWS: Motion passes. AU: Thank you guys for staying. HALL: Yeah, thank you for staying. RAFFIPIY: Thank you very much. The discussion ended at 5:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Sarah Y. Hata-Finley, Secretary Windward Planning Commission EXHIBIT F 4