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PLANNING DEPARTMENT
CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
Phone (808) 961-8288 • Fax (808) 961-8742
Matthew Clark, Chair
Desmon Haumea, Vice Chair
Darde Gamayo
Shawna Kaulukukui
Kealohanuiopuna Kinney
Janet Six
Aaron Spielman
C. Kimo Alameda, Ph.D.
Mayor
AGENDA
CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the following matters to be considered by the Hawai‘i
County Cultural Resources Commission (CRC) in accordance with the provisions of
Chapters 91 and 92, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes and Chapter 2, Article 44 of the Hawai‘i
County Code.
NOTE: Pursuant to Act 220, Session Laws of Hawai‘i 2021, which amended the Sunshine
Law to allow meetings to be remotely conducted online, effective January 1, 2022, the
Cultural Resources Commission meetings will be held online, and the location listed below
for the public to provide testimony on agenda items. The meeting can be viewed live online
or at the location listed below.
DATE: Wednesday, September 9, 2026
TIME: 10:00 AM
LOCATION: Hilo Planning Department Conference Room
101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, Hilo, HI 96720
INTERACTIVE CONFERENCE TECHNOLOGY (ICT):
Cultural Resources Commission Members and applicants may participate in this meeting
either via the Zoom interactive video conference platform or by attending the meeting in
person. The public will be able to view and listen to the meeting at:
https://www.youtube.com/@cohplanningdepartment/streams.
Testimony may be given upon registering via the Zoom link, or at the in-person location
provided. Minutes of the Cultural Resources Commission meeting will be transcribed and
posted on the Planning Department’s website.
CALL TO ORDER
Approval of Addendum and/or Supplemental Agenda (requires six (6) votes and must
comply with HRS § 92-7(d)).
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC – Pursuant to HRS 92-3 interested persons that want
to provide oral testimony may do so either at the time the board takes public statements on
the agenda or at the time the specific agenda item is called or as otherwise allowed at the
sole discretion of the Chair.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Kona Koyasan Daishiji Shingon Mission (PL-CRC-2026-000051)
Nomination to the Hawaiʻi Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic
Places.
Location: 76-5945 A Māmalahoa Highway, Hōlualoa, North Kona, Hawaiʻi and
76-5945 Māmalahoa Highway, Hōlualoa, North Kona, Hawaiʻi
TMK: (3) 7-6-004:047, including the adjoining Right-of-Way
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Approval of minutes for the meeting held on August 12, 2026.
Planning Department staff updates.
Next meeting tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
ADJOURNMENT
Submitting Testimony: Written testimony may be submitted before 2:00 PM on the
business day prior to the meeting by email to crc@hawaiicounty.gov. Mail or hand-deliver
written testimony to Hilo Planning Department at 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, Hilo, Hawaiʻi
96720. Please submit separate testimony for each item.
The public may provide verbal testimony at the meeting location provided or by calling into
the Zoom meeting. To provide verbal testimony via Zoom, please register at the
following Zoom Link by 4:30 p.m. at least 48 hours prior to the meeting:
https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/d3t8cRXwR9qxap4H0Khidw
Documents provided to members of this board for this meeting are available for public
inspection online at https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/1/fol/154907/Row1.aspx or
during regular business hours at the Hilo office of the Planning Department, Aupuni
Center, 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, Hilo, Hawaiʻi and at the Kona office of the Planning
Department, West Hawaiʻi Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building E,
2nd Floor, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i.
If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawai‘i County Clerk within five days of
becoming a lobbyist [Article 15, Section 2-91.3 (b), Hawai‘i County Code]. A lobbyist
means “any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five
hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to
influence legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to
communicate with public officials.” [Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a) (6), Hawai‘i County Code].
Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service, or other accommodation due to a
disability, please contact the Planning Department at (808) 961-8288 or email
crc@hawaiicounty.gov as soon as possible. If a request is received later than five (5)
working days prior to the meeting date, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or
other accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled.
The purpose of the public hearing is to afford all interested person(s) a reasonable
opportunity to be heard on the above matters.
CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
MATTHEW CLARK, Chairperson
Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer