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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII <br /> HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br /> FEBRUARY 18, 2021 <br /> A regularly advertised continued hearing on the applications of AOAO KONA REEF, INC. <br /> (SMA 20-000076/SSV 20-000012) was called to order at 10:24 a.m. via online meeting, with <br /> Chairman Michael Vitousek presiding. <br /> COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Michael Vitousek, Nancy Carr Smith, Barbara DeFranco, <br /> Perry Kealoha, Max Newberg, and Mark Van Pernis <br /> ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Faith"Faye" Yates <br /> ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: Malia Hall, Esq. (Counsel for the Commission), Zendo Kern <br /> (Planning Director), John Mukai, Esq. (Counsel for the Planning Director), Alex Roy (Planner), <br /> Maija Jackson (Planning Program Manager), Rachelle Ley (Secretary to the Planning Director), <br /> and Noriko Sauer(Leeward Planning Commission Secretary) <br /> APPLICANT: AOAO KONA REEF, INC. (SMA 20-000076/SSV 20-000012) <br /> Applications for a Special Management Area(SMA) Use Permit and a Shoreline Setback <br /> Variance to construct a 220-foot long Concrete-Rubble-Masonry (CRM) wall approximately one <br /> (1) foot inland(mauka) of the certified shoreline and within the shoreline setback area located <br /> seaward (makai) of the Kona Reef Condominium Complex on an approximately 2,500-square <br /> foot portion of a larger 3.08 acre parcel situated in the Special Management Area. The subject <br /> parcel is located at 75-5888 Alii Drive, Pua`a 3rd–Wai`aha 2nd, North Kona District, Hawaii, <br /> TMK: (3) 7-5-018:071. <br /> VITOUSEK: Item one, the applicant is AOAO Kona Reef, Inc., Special Management Area <br /> SMA 20-000076 and Shoreline Setback Variance SSV 20-000012, applications for a Special <br /> Management Area Use Permit and a shoreline setback variance to construct a 220-foot long <br /> Concrete-Rubble-Masonry wall approximately one foot inland, mauka, of the certified shoreline <br /> and within the shoreline setback area located makai of the Kona Reef condominium complex on <br /> an approximately 2,500-square foot portion of a larger 3.08-acre parcel situated in the Special <br /> Management Area. The subject parcel is located at 75-5888 Alii Drive, Pua`a 3 and Wai`aha 2 <br /> Ahupua`a, North Kona District, Hawaii Island, TMK: (3) 7-5-018:071. <br /> This agenda item covers two applications, as the proposed project requires both permits. The <br /> Commission will vote on each application separately, but we will hear the applications together. <br /> I'd like to note that the Commission is in receipt of correspondence from the applicant's <br /> representative Mr. Raymond Pieri—did I pronounce that right? (no audible response) okay <br /> dated February IO'h, 2021. <br /> 1 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />