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KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION
COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
MINUTES
Meeting Date: April 9, 2013
Time: 5:18 p.m.
Place: West Hawai‘i Civic Center
nd
Planning Department Conference Room – Building E, 2 Floor
74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway
Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, 96740
CALL TO ORDER
Commissioners Present: Paul Bleck, Alvin Akina, Jr., Fanny Au Hoy, Adam Broderson,
Nancy Burns and Shane Kitchens
Absent and Excused: Theresa Andreae, John Hetherington and Sammie Stanbro
Applicants/Representatives: Inpyo Hwang
Planning Department: Bennett Mark, Terry Dunlap and Noriko Sauer
A quorum was present. Vice Chair Bleck called the meeting to order and the Commissioners
introduced themselves.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Minutes of the Meeting of March 19, 2013.
It was moved by Commissioner Burns and seconded by Commissioner Kitchens that the minutes be
approved as submitted. The motion was unanimously carried by a voice vote of all Commissioners
in attendance.
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
- No statements were presented
under this section of the agenda.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Design review of a sign permit application for a proposed marquee sign for Easy Cash
Solutions. Applicant: INA Custom Signs. Land Owners: Pres-Kona Coast LP and Queen
Lili‘uokalani Trust. TMK: 7-4-015:001. Located in the Kona Coast Shopping Center at
74-5586 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona, on the northwest corner of Queen Ka‘ahumanu Hwy.
and Palani Road.
Mr. Dunlap described the subject marquee sign by going over the applicant’s submittal. He noted
that although the sign area, lettering size or color selection did not follow the Sign Code or the
Signage Criteria, Guidelines for Review in the Master Plan for Kailua-Kona, the proposed sign
complied with a sign variance granted for the entire Kona Coast Shopping Center in 1999.
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The applicant’s representative, Inpyo Hwang, was in attendance. He stated that the sign had already
been installed due to miscommunication between the applicant and the business owner; however,
they were willing to correct whatever the Commission might find unacceptable. In response to
Commissioner Akina’s question as to the accuracy of the colors represented in the submittal,
Mr. Hwang passed out a color sample catalog to show the true shade of colors, and said that they
were the corporate colors of Easy Cash Solutions’. The Commissioners recognized that although
the sign in question was not in keeping with the character of the Kailua Village, the 1999 variance,
which had been granted to relieve visibility challenges, provided more flexibility in the use of bright
colors and certain materials that were normally not appropriate in the special sign district.
It was moved by Commissioner Burns, and seconded by Commissioner Broderson, to send to the
Public Works Director a recommendation for approval of the sign permit application as submitted.
A roll call vote was taken and the motion carried with five ayes (Burns, Broderson, Akina, Au Hoy
and Kitchens) and three absent and excused (Andreae, Hetherington and Stanbro).
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
– None.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mr. Mark made the following announcements:
All Commissioners are encouraged to attend a Sunshine Law training class offered by the Office
of Corporation Counsel on May 23, 2013, at the West Hawai‘i Civic Center. Currently, four
Commissioners have signed up for the class.
The next meeting is scheduled for April 23, 2013, with one item on the agenda.
The Planning Department is working on amendments to the Zoning Code and the Subdivision
Code to implement a new-to-Hawai‘i planning concept, the “Smart Code,” which includes the
creation of walkable mixed-use communities. The Commission, along with other groups, such
as the Kailua Village Business Improvement District, will be involved in the process since the
revitalization of the Kailua Village is an example of how an existing neighborhood can be
developed as a walkable mixed-use community.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, at 5:45 p.m., it was moved by Commissioner Burns and seconded
by Commissioner Au Hoy that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was unanimously carried by
a voice vote of all Commissioners in attendance.
Respectfully submitted,
Noriko Sauer, Secretary
A T T E S T:
Paul Bleck, Vice Chair
Kailua Village Design Commission
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