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KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION
COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
MINUTES
Meeting Date: August 20, 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., Theresa Andreae, Paul Bleck
and Adam Broderson
Absent and Excused: Fanny Au Hoy, Nancy Burns, Shane Kitchens and Sammie Stanbro
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 August 6, 2013.
It was moved by Commissioner Broderson and seconded by Commissioner Bleck 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 wall sign for “myKonaOffice
LLC” and Darl C. Gleed, business owner. Applicant: Jeremy Neill of Neill Sign and
Design. Land Owner: Walua Holdings Ltd. PSHP. TMK: 7-5-018:094. Located at
75-5905 Walua Road, Kailua-Kona, and fronting both Kuakini Highway and Walua Road.
Proposed sign faces Kuakini Highway.
Mr. Childs oriented the Commission of the subject and surrounding properties on aerial and site
photographs, and described the proposed wall sign. He mentioned that the Commission had
reviewed and approved a similar sign on the same building on May 10, 2011. He noted that based
on the referral memorandum from the Department of Public Works, Building Division, the
proposed sign met the Sign Code requirements, and that its design and coloration also appeared to
comply with the Signage Criteria Guidelines for Review in the Master Plan for Kailua-Kona.
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In response to Commissioner Andreae’s questions, Mr. Childs said that according to the applicant’s
submittal, the logo and each letter would be mounted directly on the wall surface, and that to his
personal knowledge the business was executive office facilities where one could rent and share an
office space, equipment and other related services.
Neither the applicant nor his representative was present.
It was moved by Commissioner Broderson, and seconded by Commissioner Andreae, 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 (Broderson, Andreae, Akina, Bleck
and Hetherington) and four absent and excused (Au Hoy, Burns, Kitchens and Stanbro).
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Mr. Mark said that the next meeting was scheduled for September 3, 2013, with two applications on
the agenda.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mr. Mark suggested that the Commissioners who were interested in attending the Hawai‘i Congress
of Planning Officials conference slated for September 18 through 20, visit the website and review
the schedule and agenda for various activities and workshops to choose from. It was confirmed that
Commissioners Akina and Bleck will receive subsidies that the County granted to the Commission,
and attend the conference this year.
At the request of Commissioner Andreae who had been absent, the Chair briefly summarized the
discussion that had taken place at the previous meeting about the Department of Public Works’ Ali‘i
Drive one-way traffic circulation plan. Copies of a letter dated August 20, 2013, from the
Commission to the Planning Director, as a result of the discussion and vote, were distributed to the
Commissioners.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, at 5:40 p.m., it was moved by Commissioner Andreae and
seconded by Commissioner Bleck 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
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