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<br />LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I <br /> <br />MINUTES <br />SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 <br /> <br />The Leeward Planning Commission met in regular session at 9:35 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic <br />Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, <br />Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chair Geraldine Giffin presiding. <br /> <br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Geraldine Giffin, Brandi Beaudet, Thomas Hickcox and Richard <br />Nelson, III <br /> <br />ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Lani Bowman, Wayne Iokepa and Thomas Whittemore <br /> <br />ALSO PRESENT: Ivan Torigoe (Deputy Corporation Counsel), BJ Leithead Todd (Planning <br />Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) <br /> <br />And four people from the public in attendance. <br /> <br />A quorum was present. The Chair called the meeting to order and introduced the Commissioners <br />and staff to members of the public, and described the procedure for public testimony. <br /> <br />STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC – No statements were presented under this section of the <br />agenda. <br /> <br />NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br /> <br />APPLICANT: BARBARA DEFRANCO dba PALEAKU PEACE GARDEN SANCTUARY <br />(SPP 12-137) <br /> <br />Application for a Special Permit to allow existing greenhouses for visitor displays and retail plant <br />and statuary sales, and to hold special events within the pavilion and on grassy areas on <br />approximately 2 acres situated in the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is located <br />nd <br />within the Ke‘ei 2 Subdivision on the west side (mauka) of the Painted Church Road, and <br />approximately 2,150 feet south from its intersection with Middle Ke‘ei Road, Ke‘ei 2nd, South <br />Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 8-3-008:009. <br /> <br />The Commission took up this item at 9:37 a.m. with three people from the public in attendance. <br /> <br />(SEE EXHIBIT A) <br /> <br />APPLICANT: COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />(SMA 12-051) <br /> <br />Application for a Special Management Area (SMA) Use Permit for the extension of La‘aloa <br />Avenue as a two-lane, 60-foot wide collector roadway for approximately 1,900 feet to connect with <br />Kuakini Highway (Alternative Alignment 3, Cross Section Alternative B), La‘aloa 1 and 2 and <br />Pāhoehoe, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-7-004: 68, 7-7-008: 029, 114, 120 and 7-7-28: 007. <br /> <br />The Commission took up this item at 10:21 a.m. with two people from the public in attendance. <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />