HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-12-07 S. Fuke Response to Cindy Inman Email From: Sidney Fuke
To: cindyvahf byahoo.com
Cc: Plannina Internet Mail; Roy.Alex
Subject: SMA Permit Application for subject property identified by TMK:7-8-018: 011
Date: Saturday, December 7,2024 9:46:59 AM
Attachments: SPO Attachment-Plans(Oct.4.2023).odf
Aloha Cindy,
Please see my response to your questions, in as noted
below. I trust that the responses adequately answered your
questions.
Further, please note that I am copying the Planning Department
and its staff, so that this entire email tread will be officially part of
the record.
Thank you for your comment and Happy Holidays!
Sid Fuke
From: Cindy Inman <cindyvghf@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2024 5:28 PM
To: sidneyfuke@gmail.com <sidneyfuke@gmail.com>
Subject: SMA Permit Application for subject property identified by TMK:7-8-018: 011
Hello Sidney,
I have a few concerns regarding the SMA Permit Application for subject
property identified by TMK:7-8-018: 011.
1) Is this going to be a super tall building that will block anyone's view
of the Ocean? The main reason people like us own property in Hawaii is
because of the Ocean and the beauty that surrounds it. Will it be an
eyesore worse than it already is due to this area already looking like an
abandoned piece of property that the homeless have been making home
for years now? The project will be utilizing the existing foundation
and/or footprint of the previously approved plan. The height will be a
little lower than the previously approved plan and capped at 45 feet
per the Zoning Code. However, as evidenced by the conceptual plans
which were enclosed with the notice you received and attached for your
convenience, the design has been modified somewhat to make it visually
less obtrusive. The attachments show the previously approved and
proposed plans. When developed, the issues you noted of"eyesore"
associated with the abandoned/partially completed structure and
"homeless" will have been successfully addressed.
2) Is it going to be multiple buildings or just one large building? As
noted in conceptual plans, it will essentially be one structure.
3) Will there be an entrance off Ali'i Drive or will Kahakai become a
bottleneck of vehicles trying to enter and exit the hotel from Kahakai?
We enjoy the nice peaceful walk to dining and shopping that Kahakai
currently offers. Vehicular access will be via Kahakai Road, with drop
offs at Ali'i Drive. While there will be additional traffic in this area,
visitor traffic movements tend to be over a period of time instead of at
concentrated periods (like a residential project with concentrated AM
and PM peaks.) Further, the project will be constructing a sidewalk
fronting the project which will make pedestrian movements in this area
much safer.
4) How will this hotel impact that by potentially hundreds of more cars
driving through there? The road is barely big enough for one lane. Are
they going to increase the size of the road to accommodate the huge
increase in traffic? As noted earlier, the project will construct sidewalks,
and because of the relatively narrow width of the existing right of way,
portions of the sidewalk will be placed within the project site.
5) Will this hotel have on site parking for all the guests, staff and
delivery vehicles that will be going in and out of the hotel 24 hours a day
so they do not block Kahakai road? As it is, if you have driven on
Kahakai there are vehicles parked all over the place taking up space on
the street, will there no longer be parking available on Kahakai when the
hotel is built? The required parking per the County Zoning Code for
this proposed 100-room hotel is 117 parking stalls. As proposed,
however, there will be 143 stalls, inclusive of four handicapped and
two (2) equipped with electrical chargers within the structure and
hotel site. Access to the parking garage will be from the south side
of Kahakai Road. Further, in conjunction with the sidewalk
improvements along Kahakai Road, there will be additional parking
spaces for the general public along that Road.
I appreciate any information/clarification you can provide for this new
hotel.
Cindy Inman Kona Reef Condominium Owner.
<SPO Attachment-Plans (Oct. 4, 2023).pdf>
RD 5.75
..A
PROJECT LOCATION
Cv-7.S;
uy
ISLANo OF HAWAII
GENERAL L0CATr0S.%qAp
V-.
cN,-I
'75
0nM Walua Road
PROJECT LOCATION
Royal Kona Resort
Kona Reef
CY
Figure 1
Ln
a� �
w
L8
I I € �.}
w Z a Of
z L N40j
�i i Q) IIiC 1 �7� C7 ' C7
w
[YOl
1
R ;r
tl�
m
OM ,i
to
AKAI RD �,
w
J
Q
w
Q
LA
J J O iL i �za d0 �+ irr M
L- - �w w
LLw
tL w
O fi Oto a z
uj
a S w
m z
4J
CL �
Q —
,J
0
0
Q
r � �
t
Y
wz
p
LL
Q
> 'z ''
LD
Q I r[ 0 LLJ
LL bl)
a > o
� A U
w
r .•
e
a
I
w z � z =
Z 00-i O
yIk
-..., r LU C� z d -'
c� w I w
z z
D I ^I
s U i
w , �
s§x�
bill,.n I+ ���� _.. •. ,'.. �C
h
i
" 'F�'..s'.AAlrs. ..`'' �1®•Y� Ss Ili •°���
j
y M
y 'm`
■
r--
f�-
3m
a♦ a
W V�
ui
a
1;}
r �
x
1_
l
i
"► YJ
� � ;
U) " U) z
YLU
oa
oho _ ° N
J > AMr 'I J O
0 S2 N
d J
Q Q Q
s�r
r
w
w
V
i
D.
CD
6 - | '
. �
/
_ R U)
y I w
0 / z
2o � ' $ . 0 w 2
2 LLJ
00 ]` 0 §
0
wk Q = _
> �
w E §
U)
U < <
� 2
u
_ ». \. . .
\\ �
�
, . . �\
9�< /
. \ kit / 2
@
/ z
30
i zm
0 \LU 0
m2 // a
0
3 ,
> « \ \
9 / 4 . \
z z ^ . \
29 » o ; /. . E
. .. .
O 04 <
. 0 0 ..
-i ± 2 _
/ / 0 \
ƒ «
m
E
\/ : : `
N
low O�
Y�
I
-------------------=---``� V
1Jj
1
bl
y' lu
51 '
r
r I
f ti" 4
esT� ap
1 11
1 �
I1 ,
1 r —_ '
4-
Ln
fill J o ft �[s qa E og
-
e
_.7 1,,,-.
- -= - --- -- - - ----- ---- --
-- --1
— LiNI
Oo
r
r 1
�- .� I•'I c � �� ;r �� a �� ns N
CD
_� __ i I.
, r _
� Ld
F-_7__
' 1 I
1 I I
ll l I
I J-
,
•
f ,
I
I
zq)
�1
r
I �
—_
------------
I -
, I I - 11,
i o •, y
I
I"
1 II t
J I
I
,�-
------------------
------ Hre
ir il
I
J 11
JJ ii ii
e r t 11
��_" zi