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Home My WebLink About2008-07-18 TSTATE PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAII HEARING TRANSCRIPT JULY 18, 2008 STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT A regularly advertised hearing on the application of OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES (SLU 08-000019 and REZ 08-000078) was called to order at 10:05 a.m. in the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa, Keauhou III and IV, 78-128 Ehukai Street, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, with Chairman Rodney Watanabe presiding. PRESENT: C. Kimo Alameda ABSENT & EXCUSED: Lani Bowman Takashi Domingo Andrew Iwashita Shelly Ogata Rene’ Siracusa Alvin Rho Rodney Watanabe Rell Woodward Ivan Torigoe, Deputy Corporation Counsel Christopher Yuen, Planning Director Norman Hayashi, Planning Program Manager Phyllis Fujimoto, Staff Planner Jeff Darrow, Staff Planner Maija Cottle, Staff Planner Deanne Bugado, Planner, Kona Office And six people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES (SLU 08-000019 and REZ 08-000078) a.State Land Use Boundary Amendment for approximately 3.475 acres of land from the Agricultural to the Urban District; and b.Change of Zone for approximately 3.475 acres of land from Agricultural 20-acre (A-20a) to Single-Family Residential 15,000 square feet (RS-15). The property is located approximately 600 feet north (makai) of Akoni Pule Highway (Highway 270) and also makai of Takata Store, Kapua and Puehuehu, North Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: 5-4-8: portion 2. WATANABE: We are now on – we’re moving on time – Agenda Item No. 2. The applicant is the State of Hawaii Department of Accounting and General Services. This will be State Land Use 08-000019, along with REZ 08-000078. With that, I’ll turn this over to Mr. Darrow. DARROW: Good morning, Members of the Planning Commission, Mr. Chairman. If I can direct your attention to the screen for the next presentation. The applicant in this request is the Department of Accounting and General Services, State of Hawaii, referred to as DAGS. They are requesting a State Land Use Boundary Amendment and a Change of Zone for 3.475 EXHIBIT B 1 acres of land. The location of this application is within North Kohala. More specifically, we are looking at Akoni Pule Highway moving in an east-west direction; we have Kynnersley Road moving in a mauka-makai, or a north-south direction, as well as Hawi Road. The area of the application is identified with a black outline. The colors on the map identify zoning; the darker green color is signifying the Agricultural 20-acre zoning, and the darker yellow is signifying Single-Family Residential 15,000 square feet. This particular property has what we call split zoning; there are two different types of zoning on the property – we have Agricultural 20 acres as well as a portion of Single-Family Residential 15,000 square feet. Additionally, on the State Land Use designation we have Agriculture for the majority of the property and Urban for the Single-Family Residential. The applicant is requesting a State Land Use Boundary Amendment from Agricultural to Urban for that portion that is in the Agricultural zone to be able to make it all in the Urban zoning. Additionally, they are requesting a Change of Zone from Agricultural 20-acre to Single-Family Residential 15,000 square feet. And this will be for 3.475 acres of this 3.9-acre parcel of land. The reason for the request, the applicant is proposing to construct a new Kohala Public Library; this will replace the existing public library that is the only one in North Kohala, identified as the Bond Memorial Library located in Kapaau. This will be a single-story building approximately 5,875 square feet in size, and will have associated improvements including access and parking. This is a site plan submitted by the applicant. On the left side of the map we have Akoni Pule Highway; access will be directly from the Highway. You can see the paved portion identified in a light gray color. The red identifies the location of the new public library. This is a floor plan of the library itself. The Planning Director is recommending that the Planning Commission send a favorable recommendation for both requests to the County Council. Are there any questions? WATANABE: Fellow Commissioner, do we have any questions for staff? It doesn’t seem like it. So the applicant is here? PARK: Good morning, Mr. Chair. WATANABE: Good morning. May I swear you in. Would you raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Planning Commission? PARK: I do. WATANABE: Yes. And could you state your name and address for the record, and you may begin with your comments. PARK: My name is Gerald Park. I’m a planning consultant in Honolulu, and I’m the agent for the Department of Accounting and General Services. My address is 1221 Kapiolani Boulevard. EXHIBIT B 2 WATANABE: Thank you. Mr. Park, have you had an opportunity to review the Planning Director’s recommendations, and do you have any comments on the conditions that are proposed? PARK: Yes, I have reviewed the Planning Director’s recommendations on the conditions, as has staff at the Department of Accounting and General Services. We do not have, we accept the conditions as proposed by the Planning Director. I do, however, would like clarification on one condition; and that would be Condition M. It talks about a Unified Impact Fee assessment. WATANABE: I think I’ll defer that one to the Director. This is standard, though, yeah? Condition M. PARK: Mr. Chairman. We weren’t sure if this Condition applies to the library or if it applies to residential development that could take place on the property at some future time. There is no residential development being proposed as part of this action. YUEN: Yes. It does not apply to the library; if there was any future residential development, as this is a residential zone and the library isn’t taking up the entirety of it, it would apply. I have to say that there would be some question as to whether this Code applies to a State project; but we can cross that bridge if and when we ever come to it. WATANABE: Yeah, I think also you have a restricted deed in there, which would preclude you from creating a residential project under the State; I believe you’d have to transfer the property back to the Bond Estate, yeah? PARK: The property on which the existing Bond Memorial Library now sits, once the State moves that facility to this new facility, the property on which the existing library sits reverts back to the Bond Family or Bond Trust. WATANABE: Okay, there are two separate parcels then. I got confused, I’m sorry. Okay. Aside from that, no objections? PARK: We have no objections to the conditions. WATANABE: Okay, thank you, Mr. Park. Do we have any questions for Mr. Park? Okay, seeing none, you may be seated then. PARK: Thank you. WATANABE: Thank you. Yes, Mr. Woodward. No? Motion? Discussion? WOODWARD: I’ll make a motion, if there -, you have no testifiers? WATANABE: Good point. No, I have none. For the record, no one signed up to testify for this. EXHIBIT B 3 WOODWARD: Okay. Well, I would like to make a motion. Are we voting on the Boundary Amendment or -? WATANABE: Let’s take this separately, and start with the Land Use first; and then we can proceed to the zoning change. WOODWARD: Okay. Well, you know, nobody can oppose mom, apple pie or the public library. So – I mean, this is a slam-dunk as far as I’m concerned – and I would move that in the matter of State Land Use Boundary Amendment, SLU 08-whole bunch of zeros-19, that we send a favorable recommendation to County Council. RHO: Second. WATANABE: Thank you. It’s been moved and seconded. Do we need to have any further discussion on this? It doesn’t look like it. Mr. Darrow. DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With that, I’ll take the roll. Commissioner Woodward? WOODWARD: Aye. DARROW: Commissioner Rho? RHO: Aye. DARROW: Commissioner Alameda? ALAMEDA: Aye. DARROW: Commissioner Domingo? DOMINGO: Aye. DARROW: Commissioner Ogata? OGATA: Aye. DARROW: And Mr. Chairman? WATANABE: Aye. DARROW: The motion passes, six to zero. WATANABE: Continuing on? Mr. Woodward. WOODWARD: May I make another motion? And that is with regard to the Change of Zone application, REZ 08-whole bunch of zeros-78, that we send a favorable recommendation to County Council. EXHIBIT B 4 RHO: Second. WATANABE: Thank you. Well, I don’t suppose we need any further discussion on this. So Mr. Darrow. DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With that, I’ll take the roll call. Commissioner Woodward? WOODWARD: Aye. DARROW: Commissioner Rho? RHO: Aye. DARROW: Commissioner Alameda? ALAMEDA: Aye. DARROW: Commissioner Domingo? DOMINGO: Aye. DARROW: Commissioner Ogata? OGATA: Aye. DARROW: And Mr. Chairman? WATANABE: Aye. DARROW: The motion passes, six to zero. WATANABE: Yeah so, Mr. Park, you’ll be notified in writing by the Planning Department. PARK: Thank you very much for your support. WATANABE: Thank you. The discussion ended at 10:15 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Noriko Sauer, West Hawaii Secretary EXHIBIT B 5