2011-05-04 Windward Planning Commission Minutes

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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES MAY 4, 2011 The Windward Planning Commission met in regular session at 9:20 a.m. in the County of Hawai‘i, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Zendo Kern presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Zendo Kern, Dean Au, Takashi Domingo, Wallace Ishibashi, and Stephen Ono STAFF PRESENT: Julie Mecklenburg (Deputy Corporation Counsel), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Phyllis Fujimoto (Staff Planner), Maija Cottle (Staff Planner), and Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner). The Chair introduced the staff and Windward Planning Commissioners to the public and described the procedures to be followed for today’s meeting. The Commission took the following item up at 9:22 a.m. with approximately 51 people from the public in attendance: APPLICANT: ARTS AND SCIENCES CENTER (SPP 11-115) Application for a Special Permit to allow the establishment of a charter school campus offering a full range of academic and extracurricular opportunities for up to 400 students from th Kindergarten through 12 grade, and provide continuing education and meeting facilities for the larger Pāhoa community on 14.251 acres of land situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The subject property is situated southeast of the Pāhoa Bypass Road and Post Office Road intersection, Nānāwale Homesteads, Pāhoa, Puna, Hawai‘i, Tax Map Keys: 1-5-006: portion of 002, 012, 026. (SEE EXHIBIT A) RECESSED – The Chair recessed the meeting at 11:03 a.m. RECONVENED – The Chair reconvened the meeting at 11:17a.m. The Commission took the following item up at 11:17 a.m. with approximately 25 people from the public in attendance: INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR Amendment to Condition F (connect to sewer) of Ordinance No. 03-82, which changed the district classification of approximately 21,050 square feet of land from Light Industrial (ML-20a) to Industrial-Commercial Mixed Use (MCX-20). The property is located in Waiākea House st Lots, 1 Series along the west side of Kanoelehua Avenue approximately 290 feet north of its intersection with Kekūanāo‘a Avenue, Waiākea, South Hilo, Hawai‘i, TMK: 2-2-035: 061.