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JOINT PUBLIC MEETING AND HEARING <br /> LEEWARD AND WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAI`I <br /> HEARING TRANSCRIPT (DRAFT) <br /> APRIL 20, 2023 <br /> A duly advertised hearing on proposed amendments to County of Hawaii Planning Commission <br /> Rule 8 Shoreline Setback and Rule 9 Special Management Area was called to order at 9:50 a.m. <br /> via live stream online meeting, with Chairperson Barbara DeFranco presiding. The Leeward <br /> Planning Commission members participated via interactive conference technology (ICT) from <br /> the West Hawaii Civic Center, Council Chambers, Building A, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole <br /> Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, and the Windward Planning Commission members participated <br /> remotely via ICT. <br /> LEEWARD COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Barbara DeFranco, Zaheva Knowles, <br /> Clement Kanuha III, Mahina Paishon-Duarte, and Michael Vitousek, <br /> WINDWARD COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Dennis Lin, Louis Daniele III, Lauren Balog, <br /> John Cross, Wayne De Luz, and Chantel Perrin <br /> ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Michael Dela Cruz (Leeward) <br /> ALSO PRESENT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS: Sinclair Salas-Ferguson, Esq. (Counsel to <br /> the Planning Commissions), Jean Campbell, Esq. (Counsel to the Planning Department), <br /> Zendo Kern (Planning Director), Maija Jackson (Planning Program Manager), <br /> Tracie-Lee Camero (Planner), Clinton Mercado (Planner), Alex Roy (Planner), and Noriko Sauer <br /> (Leeward Planning Commission Secretary) <br /> ALSO PRESENT VIA ICT REMOTELY: Melissa Dacayanan-Salvador (Windward Planning <br /> Commission Secretary) and Janice Hata(Zoom host) <br /> Proposed Amendments to Planning Commission Rule 8 and 9 <br /> Review and action of proposed amendments to County of Hawai`i's Planning Commission (PC) <br /> Rule 8 regarding the Shoreline Setback and PC Rule 9 regarding the Special Management Area <br /> (SMA) to conform with Act 16, which amended Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) <br /> regarding the Special Management Area and Shoreline Setbacks. The proposed amendments to <br /> PC Rule 8 and 9 seek to add sea level rise to the definition of coastal hazards, adds a definition <br /> of beach to enhance beach protection, restricts construction of shoreline hardening structures at <br /> sites with beaches, increases the minimum shoreline setback from 20 feet to 40 feet and includes <br /> the construction of a single-family residence on a shoreline parcel as "development". <br /> DEFRANCO: We are on to New Business, and this is the introduction of the <br /> agenda item. So, the proposed amendments to the Planning Commission Rule 8 and 9 review <br /> 1 <br /> EXHIBIT B (DRAFT) <br />