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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION
COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
MINUTES
JULY 21, 2016
The Leeward Planning Commission met in regular session at 9:30 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i
Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway,
Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Keith F. Unger presiding.
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Keith F. Unger, Collin Kaholo, Nancy Carr Smith,
Barbara Nobriga and Sonny Shimaoka
ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Scott Church and Perry Kealoha
ALSO PRESENT: Danny Patel (Counsel for the Commission), Duane Kanuha (Planning
Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Planner), Maija Jackson
(Planner), Christian Kay (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary)
And approximately twelve people from the public in attendance.
A quorum was present. Chair Unger announced that Deputy Corporation Counsel Danny Patel,
Counsel for the Commission, was leaving the County employment, and that this was his last
Commission meeting. The Commissioners and staff expressed their gratitude to Mr. Patel for his
legal guidance in the past years.
Chair Unger called the meeting to order, and introduced the Commissioners and staff to
members of the public. He described the procedure for public testimony.
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
No statements were presented under this section of the agenda.
NEW BUSINESS
1. APPLICANT: JAMES JUVIK (REZ 16-206)
Application for a Change of Zone from an Agricultural 20-acre (A-20a) to an Agricultural
10-acre (A-10a) zoning district for approximately 21.22 acres of land located on the east side
of the intersection of Keana‘aina Street and Kaloko Drive within the Kaloko Mauka
Subdivision at Kaloko, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-3-048:001.
The Commission took up this item at 9:32 a.m., with approximately twelve people from the
public in attendance.
(SEE EXHIBIT A)
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2. APPLICANT: ROYAL ALII LLC (SMA 05-007)
Request to amend Condition No. 2 (additional time to secure Final Subdivision Approval) of
Special Management Area Use Permit No. 05-007, originally approved on July 21, 2006, to
allow a 19-unit, single-family residential development and related uses. The properties are
located on the east (mauka) side of Ali‘i Drive, across from the ʻAlohi Kai Subdivision and
Kamoa Point, Kaumalumalu, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK:7-7-004:057 & 058.
The Commission took up this item at 9:42 a.m., with approximately fifteen people from the
public in attendance.
(SEE EXHIBIT B)
3. INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR
An ordinance amending Chapter 25, Article 4, Division 5, Section 25-4-55 of the Hawai‘i
County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), relating to parking for persons with
disabilities. The purpose of the proposed amendments is to update accessible parking
requirements in favor of compliance with applicable Federal and State requirements
applicable to parking for persons with disabilities.
The Commission took up this item at 11:13 a.m., with two people from the public in attendance.
(SEE EXHIBIT C)
MINUTES
The Commission took up the following minutes at 11:21 a.m.:
May 19, 2016, meeting – It was moved by Commissioner Kaholo and seconded by
Commissioner Shimaoka that the minutes be approved as submitted. The motion was
unanimously carried by a voice vote.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Mr. Arai apprised the Commission of the status on the contested case hearing on the application
of Ocean Villas at Kahalu‘u Bay, LLC (SMA 16-063). He said that the law firm of Crudele and
De Lima had been selected as hearings officer, and that the contract would soon be finalized. He
added that a pre-hearing conference would hopefully take place in August where the timeline for
the proceedings would be set. There were no questions from the Commissioners.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mr. Arai announced that Commissioners Church and Kealoha would attend and represent the
Commission this year at the Hawai‘i Congress of Planning Officials conference scheduled for
September 21, 2016, through September 23, 2016, in Kaua‘i County.
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Mr. Arai also announced that the August 18 meeting currently had only one item on the agenda,
and that with the applicant’s agreement it might be postponed until the September meeting in
which case the August meeting would be cancelled.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, at 11:24 a.m., Chair Unger declared that the meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Noriko Sauer, Secretary
A T T E S T:
Keith F. Unger, Chairman
Leeward Planning Commission
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