HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-07-01 Windward Planning Commission Actions WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION
COUNTY OF HAWAII
ACTIONS
JULY 1, 2021
1. APPLICANT: CONNECTIONS NEW CENTURY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL/
COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION SUPPORT SERIVES (CBESS)
(SPP 12-000138)
DISCUSSION ONLY: Executive Session to consult the Commission's attorney on
questions and issues pertaining to the Commission's powers, duties,privileges,
immunities and liabilities concerning Intermediate Court of Appeals' January 31, 2020
Memorandum Opinion vacating the County of Hawaii Windward Planning
Commission's May 12, 2014 Decision and Order,which denied Special Permit SPP No.
12-000138, and remanding the Special Permit SPP No. 12-000138 back to the Windward
Planning Commission for further proceedings consistent with its Memorandum Opinion.
The subject Special Permit sought to develop a K to 12 charter school campus with dorm
facilities and related uses on approximately 70 acres of land situated in the State Land
Use Agricultural District. The property is located on both the southwest and northeast
sides of Edita Street near its intersection with Kaumana Drive and adjoining the Pacific
Plantation Subdivision in Kaumana, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-5-006:141.
EXECUTIVE SESSION ONLY
2. APPLICANT: KIRPAL MEDITATION AND ECOLOGICAL CENTER, LLC
(SPP 20-000220)
Application for a Special Permit to legitimize the operation of a meditation and
ecological center and retreat on 10 acres of land situated within the State Land Use
Agricultural District. The subject property is located at 13-260 Pohoiki Road,
approximately 0.5 miles west, or mauka, of the intersection with Kalapana-Kapoho
Beach Road, Pohoiki, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 1-3-008:005.
APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS
Minutes of June 3, 2021, meeting: APPROVED