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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-09-15 Leeward Planning Commission Minutes LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES SEPTEMBER 15, 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, Nancy Carr Smith, Scott Church, Collin Kaholo, Barbara Nobriga and Sonny Shimaoka ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Perry Kealoha ALSO PRESENT: Amy Self (Counsel for the Commission), Malia Ho (Deputy Corporation Counsel), Duane Kanuha (Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And approximately thirty people from the public in attendance. A quorum was present. 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: WAIKOLOA BAPTIST CHURCH (Amend USE 99) Amendments to Condition No. 4 (secure Final Plan Approval), Condition No. 5 (complete construction) and Condition No. 7 (road improvements) of Use Permit No. 99, which allowed the establishment of a church, day care facilities, mission residences, recreational area and related improvements on 12.381 acres of land situated within the Single-Family Residential- 10,000 square foot (RS-10) zoning district. The property is located within Waikoloa Village at the northwest corner of the Paniolo Drive and Pu‘u Nui Street intersection, Waikoloa, South Kohala, Hawai‘i, TMK: 6-8-002:031 and 056. The Commission took up this item at 9:31 a.m., with approximately thirty people from the public in attendance. Action: It was moved by Commissioner Shimaoka and seconded by Commissioner Nobriga that the Commission approve the amendments as recommended by the Planning Director. A roll call 1 vote was taken and the motion carried with six ayes (Shimaoka, Nobriga, Carr Smith, Church, Kaholo and Unger) and one absent and excused (Kealoha). (SEE EXHIBIT A) 2. APPLICANT: KUAKINI HIGHWAY 15-6099 CORP. (Amend REZ 05-013) (formerly Lava Kuakini, LLC) Request for a 5-year extension of time by which to commence construction as required by Condition C of Ordinance No. 06-78, which rezoned 14 acres of land from an Agricultural 5-acre (A-5a) to a Multiple Family Residential–2,500 square foot (RM-2.5) district. The property is located along the northeast side of Kuakini Highway, adjacent to and south of the st Kona Hillcrest Subdivision, Kahului 1, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-5-017:005. At 9:46 a.m. there were approximately ten people from the public in attendance. Chair Unger announced that the hearing for this amendment request was cancelled \[due to the applicant’s withdrawal of the application\]. There was no one who wished to testify regarding this item. 3. APPLICANT: OCEAN VILLAS AT KAHALU‘U BAY, LLC (SMA 16-063) Discussion and action regarding the designation and appointment of a hearing officer to preside over a contested case proceeding regarding a Special Management Area (SMA) Use Permit application to allow for the development of a 306-unit multiple family residential project and its related improvements including, but not limited to, internal utilities and driveways, landscaping, recreational amenities such as swimming pools, and off-site infrastructural improvements such as sewer system improvements within Ali‘i Drive and an emergency access/driveway improvements within the proposed Kahului-Keauhou Parkway right-of-way. The affected properties, consisting of approximately 42.551 acres, is located along the mauka (east) side of Ali‘i Drive and Kahalu‘u Bay, approximately 1,375 feet north of the Ali‘i Drive-Makolea Street intersection in Kahalu‘u, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-8- 010:004 and 7-8-014:013. The Commission took up this item at 9:47 a.m., with eight people from the public in attendance. Action: It was moved by Commissioner Church and seconded by Commissioner Nobriga that the Commission accept the advice of its attorney that there was no action for the Leeward Planning Commission to take in this matter. A roll call vote was taken and the motion carried with six ayes (Church, Nobriga, Carr Smith, Kaholo, Shimaoka, and Unger) and one absent and excused (Kealoha). (SEE EXHIBIT B) MINUTES Minutes of the July 21, 2016 meeting At 10:13 a.m. it was moved by Commissioner Kaholo and seconded by Commissioner Nobriga that the minutes be approved as submitted. The motion was unanimously carried by a voice vote. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS None. 2 ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. Arai announced that the next meeting was scheduled for October 20, 2016, with tentatively two items on the agenda. Commissioner Carr Smith informed the Commission and staff that she was not available for that meeting. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, at 10:14 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 3