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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-11-05 Hearing Transcript - Brad McClary REZ 15-193 WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT NOVEMBER 5, 2015 BRAD MCCLARY (REZ 15-193) A regularly advertised hearing on the application of was called to order at 9:02 a.m. in the County of Hawai‘i Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i with Chairman Myles Miyasato presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Myles Miyasato, Donn Dela Cruz, Charles Heaukulani, Gregory Henkel, Donald Ikeda, and Raylene Moses. ALSO PRESENT: Duane Kanuha (Planning Director), Danny Patel (Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Windward Planning Commission), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), Lucas Mead (Staff Planner), Maija Jackson (Staff Planner), Christian Kay (Staff Planner), and Sarah Hata-Finley (Commission Secretary). And approximately 16 people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: BRAD McCLARY (REZ 15-193) Application for a Change of Zone from Agricultural- 3 acres (A-3a) to Residential and Agricultural- 1 acre (RA-1a) for 2.73 acres of land. The property is located along the south side of Makalika Street, approximately 900 feet west of the Awa Street–Makalika Street intersection, Pana‘ewa House Lots, South Hilo, Hawai‘i, TMK: 2-2-052:027. MIYASATO: We’ll start off with Agenda Item No. 1, Brad McClary. JACKSON: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, everyone. MIYASATO/MOSES/DELA CRUZ: Good morning. JACKSON: It’s nice to see everyone made it here through the rain. The first item on the agenda is a request for a Change of Zone. The applicant is Brad McClary. The subject application is in the South Hilo District in the Panaʽewa area of Hilo. You can see the highway running in a north-south direction through the middle of the slide. And then, off of the highway, you have Mamaki \[sic\] Street heading east. And then, the zoo is over in this general area here. So, the subject application’s in the middle of the slide outlined in black. It’s just south of Mamaki \[sic\] Street. The property’s zoned Agricultural – 3 acres, which is shown in the light blue color. A lot of the properties around it are also zoned Agricultural – 3 acres. You have a little bit of Family Agricultural zoning just north of Mamaki \[sic\] Street here. And then, a few properties also nearby are zoned Residential and Agricultural – 1 acre, and these three lots are Residential and Agricultural half an acre. 1 EXHIBIT A The General Plan designation for the property is Low Density Urban which allows residential density up to six units per acre. And, the property is located in the State Land Use Urban District. Most of the surrounding properties in the Panaʽewa Farm Lots are in the Agricultural District, and many of them are actively being farmed. There’s quite a few orchards in the area. But, all of the lots in the Panaʽewa House Lots which are shown in the pink here are in the Urban District. This is an aerial photo of the property. Again, the property’s outlined in red in the middle of the slide. This is Mamaki \[sic\] Street just north of the property. You can see a few orchards in the area, and then also dwellings that are scattered about. The applicant’s requesting a Change of Zone from Agricultural – 3 acres to Residential and Agricultural – 1 acre in order to subdivide the 2.73-acre property into two lots for family estate planning purposes. The applicant plans to build a new single family dwelling on the newly created lot to be used for the home for the applicant’s elderly relatives and to facilitate his heirs’ inheritance. This is the applicant’s proposed subdivision plan. Makalika Street—I’m sorry, I think I was referring it to Mamaki Street earlier. It’s actually Makalika Street—is shown on the right hand side of the slide. There’s a driveway off of Makalika Street. There’s an existing dwelling on the property currently, and an ohana dwelling just behind that. So, those two structures will be incorporated into the front lot and then a new driveway will be located off of Makalika Street in this area here to access the, the rear lot. This is a view of Makalika Street looking west towards the highway. The property is on the left side of the slide, and this is the current driveway in this location here. You can see Makalika Street is paved with grass shoulders. This is a view looking east with the property on the right. And then, this is a view of the single-family dwelling, and the ohana dwelling is behind that. And, again a single-family dwelling. This previous slide here shows where the new driveway access would be located. It would be in this general location here. The Planning Director is recommending a favorable recommendation be sent to the County Council for this rezone. MIYASATO: Thank you. Commissioners, any questions for staff? Thank you. Would the applicant or representative please come forward? You can have a seat. MCCLARY: Thank you. MIYASATO: Could you please raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawaiʽi County Planning Commission? MCCLARY: I do. 2 EXHIBIT A MIYASATO: Okay, thank you. Could you please state your name and residence? MCCLARY: Brad-- HATA-FINLEY: Microphone. MIYASATO: Use your microphone, please. MCCLARY: Brad McClary. Did you say residence? MIYASATO: Yes. MCCLARY: Two hundred Makalika Street, Hilo, Hawaiʽi, 96720. MIYASATO: Okay, do you have anything to add to the presentation or any comments? MCCLARY: I think it’s been a fair process. I’m hoping that I covered all the bases, and I’d like this to happen for my two girls and elderly relatives that will be coming later, one way or the other. MIYASATO: Commissioners, any questions for the applicant? HEAUKULANI: Yeah, I—I had just a couple of questions. What does that mean, for your elderly relatives? MCCLARY: I have two aunties that have lost their home on the mainland. They’re staying with other relatives right now, but that’s not working so I’m trying to get extra room, and, for them to come and, and live here. HEAUKULANI: So, what’s your plan? MCCLARY: The plan is to build a house in the back so that I can use the house in the front for them, and then the—and then further down the road, to be able to use, to be able to have one property for one of my girls and one property for the other girl when I go so that we can keep it in the family, keep all the trees, and let them to continue to enjoy the life on that farm. HEAUKULANI: Thank you. MIYASATO: Commissioners, any other questions? HENKEL: Mr. Chair— MIYASATO: Yes. HENKEL: Mr. McClary, are you okay with the conditions for approval set forth— 3 EXHIBIT A MCCLARY: --Yes, sir-- HENKEL: --by the Director. MIYASATO: Commissioners, any further questions for the applicant? If not, thank you. Is there anyone wishing to testify on this application? Okay, you can have a seat. Thank you. Commissioners, can I have a motion to close public testimony on this application? MOSES: I make a motion to close. IKEDA: Second. MIYASATO: All in favor? COMMISSIONERS: Aye. MIYASATO: Any opposed? I call a close to the public testimony. Commissioners, any discussion on this application? If not, I’ll accept a motion. IKEDA: Mr. Chair, I move that a favorable recommendation be forwarded to the County Council on the application for Change of Zone Docket No. REZ 15-193 based on the Planning Director’s recommendation, findings, and proposed conditions which shall be adopted. HENKEL: Second. MIYASATO: I have a motion by Commissioner Ikeda and a second by Commissioner Henkel. Any discussion on the motion? You can call the roll. JACKSON: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Commissioner Ikeda? IKEDA: Aye. JACKSON: Commissioner Henkel? HENKEL: Aye. JACKSON: Commissioner Dela Cruz? DELA CRUZ: Aye. JACKSON: Commissioner Heaukulani? HEAUKULANI: Aye. 4 EXHIBIT A JACKSON: Commissioner Moses? MOSES: Aye. JACKSON: And Chair Miyasato. MIYASATO: Aye. JACKSON: Okay, the motion passes six-zero. MIYASATO: You’ll be notified in writing. MCCLARY (from audience): Thank you, sir. The discussion ended at 9:11 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Sarah Y. Hata-Finley, Secretary Windward Planning Commission 5 EXHIBIT A