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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-04-23 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES Meeting Date: April 23, 2013 Time: 5:20 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: John Hetherington, Alvin Akina, Jr., Fanny Au Hoy, Paul Bleck, Adam Broderson, Nancy Burns, Shane Kitchens and Sammie Stanbro Absent and Excused: Theresa Andreae Planning Department: Bennett Mark, Keola Childs and Noriko Sauer A quorum was present. Chair Hetherington called the meeting to order and the Commissioners introduced themselves. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Minutes of the Meeting of April 9, 2013. It was moved by Commissioner Kitchens and seconded by Commissioner Au Hoy that the minutes be approved as submitted. The motion was unanimously carried by a voice vote of all Commissioners present. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS – There was no one from the public in attendance. NEW BUSINESS 1. Design review of a sign permit application for a proposed marquee sign for Sally Beauty Supply LLC. Applicant: Icon Identity Solutions. 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. Childs described the proposed marquee sign by going over the applicant’s submittal, and said that it was similar to the other signs in the same shopping center that the Commission had recently reviewed. He noted that although the sign did not follow the Sign Code or the Signage Criteria, Guidelines for Review in the Master Plan for Kailua-Kona, it was consistent with a sign variance granted for the entire shopping center in 1999. 1 Neither the applicant nor its representative was present. It was moved by Commissioner Burns, and seconded by Commissioner Au Hoy, 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 seven ayes (Burns, Au Hoy, Akina, Bleck, Broderson, Kitchens and Stanbro) and one absent and excused (Andreae). ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS – None. ANNOUNCEMENTS The following announcements were made:  A memorandum dated April 22, 2013, from the Planning Director to various Community Development Plan Action Committees regarding a Hawai‘i Congress of Planning Officials (HCPO) conference, which will be held at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort from September 18 through 20, 2013, was distributed to the Commissioners. Mr. Mark summarized that due to budget constraints, the County is unable to grant their request for scholarships to attend the conference, and that if funds are available, priority will be given to the Planning Commissioners and Board of Appeals members. In response to the Chair’s question, he gave the Commissioners an overview of the HCPO, and mentioned that some members of this Commission had been afforded the opportunity to attend in the past.  The next meeting scheduled for May 7, 2013, is cancelled since the Commission received no applications by the deadline. Mr. Mark said that there seemed to be an overall slowdown in land development activity in the Kona district due in part to concurrency requirements in the Kona Community Development Plan in that certain infrastructure improvements, such as new roads, must be in place before new development can occur. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, at 5:40 p.m., it was moved by Commissioner Stanbro and seconded by Commissioner Burns 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: John Hetherington, Chair Kailua Village Design Commission 2