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<br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br />JULY 20, 2007 <br />A regularly advertised hearing on the PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED AMENDMENT <br />TO CHAPTER 25 RELATING TO SUPERSTORESwas called to order at 3:47 p.m. at the <br />- <br />Waikoloa Beach Marriott, Naupaka III, 69275 Waikoloa Drive, Waikoloa, Hawaii, with <br />First-Vice Chairman C. Kimo Alameda presiding. <br />PRESENT: C. Kimo Alameda ABSENT & EXCUSED: William Graham <br />Takashi Domingo Alvin Rho <br /> Andrew Iwashita Rodney Watanabe <br /> Shelly Ogata <br /> Rene’ Siracusa <br />QdkkVnncv`qc <br />Ivan Torigoe, Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />Brooks Bancroft, Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />Phyllis Fujimoto, Staff Planner <br />Jeff Darrow, Staff Planner <br />And approximately 10 people from the public in attendance. <br />INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR <br />Amendment to Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), as <br />amended, to create a “superstore” zoning district, which would be the only zoning district where <br />a “superstore” would be allowed. <br />ALAMEDA: We are moving onto the final agenda item for today. It’s a -, actually we <br />don’t have Mr. Yuen, so I -, Dr. Darrow? Will you be -? Okay. <br />DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. <br />ALAMEDA: All right. Mr. Darrow. <br />DARROW: The last item on the agenda, which may have caused some confusion <br />th <br />being that we sent in an addendum to our July 20 agenda out on a separate page. This was after <br />we had submitted the first agenda. But basically this is the Planning Director’s initiative <br />amendment to Chapter 25 to create a Superstore Zoning District, which would be the only <br />Zoning District where a superstore would be allowed. This is in response to the County Council <br />action to ban superstores. At our last hearing, there was a vote on the County Council initiative, <br />which did not pass; it was four votes to two. And therefore, an unfavorable recommendation will <br />be sent to the County Council on that request. The Planning Director’s initiated amendment was <br />heard at the last Kona, but it was not agendized.This time it’s been agendized, and therefore it’s <br />been published for East Hawaii and West Hawaii. And I guess that’s basically it. We did take <br />EXHIBIT F <br />1 <br /> <br />