2012-08-02 Windward Transcript Poloke Farms

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PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT AUGUST 2, 2012 A regularly advertised hearing on the application of POLOKE FARMS, LLC. was called to order at 9:03 a.m. in the Hilo State Office Building, Conference Rooms A, B & C, 75 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Zendo Kern presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Zendo Kern, Dean Au, Ronald Gonzales, Wallace Ishibashi, Stephen Ono and Raylene Moses STAFF PRESENT: Ivan Torigoe (Deputy Corporation Counsel), B. J. Leithead Todd (Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Phyllis Fujimoto (Staff Planner), Maija Cottle (Staff Planner), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), and Sharon Nomura (Secretary) And three people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: POLOKE FARMS, LLC (Amend SPP 09-95) Amendment to Condition No. 2 (secure Final Plan approval) of Special Permit No. 09-95 that allowed a country market and occasional special events for non-profit agencies within an existing covered equestrian arena on approximately 2.5 acres of land. The property is located along the north (makai) side of Highway 19 and east of the Waimea Country Club golf course near the 51-mile marker, Waikoekoe, Hāmākua, Hawai‘i, TMK: 4-7-007: 040. KERN: Application No. 1, Poloke Farms, LLC, amendment to SPP 09-95. Amendment to Condition No. 2 (secure Final Plan approval) of Special Permit No. 09-95, and this is to allow a country market and occasional special events for non-profit agencies within an existing covered equestrian arena on approximately 2.5 acres of land on TMK: 4-7-007: 040. With that, we’ll go to Jeff. Good morning. DARROW: Good morning, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, Members of the Planning Commission. Thank you. We apologize for our unique circumstances (change of venue) this morning, and thank you for being flexible. I’m also going to do things a little differently. I’m going to sit down. That way I don’t block everybody giving the presentation. Thank you. Our first applicant is Poloke Farms, LLC, formerly the applicant was Gregory R. Mooers. The applicant is requesting an amendment to Condition No. 2 of Special Permit No. 09-95. The location, oh, I’m sorry, of this subject property is within the Hamakua district, just south of Waimea. Waimea is actually just right in this area. This is the Lakeland Subdivision, you might be familiar with that. Running through the middle of the map is Mamalahoa Highway or Hawai‘i Belt Road. And Mud Lane is running in a north/south direction or mauka/makai. This is located just to the north of the subject property. The subject property is identified with a black outline, kind of looks like Oklahoma or, sorry -. The colors on the map represent the different zonings. The lighter blue shade represents Agricultural - 40 acres. Right next door we have a purple color which is representing Agricultural - 35 acres. The lighter green represents Agricultural - 1 acre. 1 EXHIBIT A