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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE
KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION
MEETING DATE: January 23, 2007
TIME: 5:08 p.m.
PLACE: The Mayor’s Office Conference Room, Suite 103, Hanama Place Office
Building in Kailua Village
ROLL CALL
1. Members Present: Theresa L. Andreae, Fanny Collins Au Hoy, Phil A. Davis, Stephen H.
Herbert, Cynthia L. Hope, Sally Marone, David M. Ross and Riley M. Saito
2. Others Present: Planning Director – Christopher Yuen
3. Public: None
4. Staff Present: Bennett Mark, Rosalind Newlon and Noriko Sauer
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
1. Minutes of the Meeting of January 9, 2007
It was moved by Commissioner Marone and seconded by Commissioner Au Hoy that the
minutes be approved as circulated. Motion was unanimously carried by a voice vote of
all Commissioners in attendance.
2. Correspondence & Reports
Mr. Mark handed the Commissioners his memorandum of January 23, 2007, regarding
the Kailua Village Design Commission vacancies, and requested their assistance in the
recruitment efforts.
ANNOUNCEMENT
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Mr. Mark announced that the meeting scheduled for February 13 has been cancelled
since there were no applications as of the due date, and added that the election of officers
will be on the agenda of the next meeting thereafter.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
NEW BUSINESS
1. PLANNING DIRECTOR – Briefing and General Discussion of Planning Issues with
Commissioners
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Director Yuen thanked the Commissioners for their services, and commended for their
efforts to work from the set guidelines as evidenced in the recent meeting minutes.
Director Yuen summarized zoning, land use and building trends on the island, and
distributed to the Commissioners his letter of December 22, 2006, to the Planning
Committee regarding the overall development trends. Topics included the number of
new residential units authorized by building permits, the areas with higher levels of
building permit activity (e.g. Hawaiian Ocean View Estates, Hawaiian Ranchos and
Paradise Park), the recent zoning activities in the Kailua-Kona area, the cyclical pattern
of development on the island, and the Community Development Plan project. He added
that the County has been trying to get properties rezoned for residential development, tied
with affordable housing requirements, to provide housing opportunities in the Kailua-
Kona area. Affordable housing in the Kailua-Kona area is needed, since a large working
population has been moving far away from where jobs are located for mostly economical
reasons, which pattern worsens traffic congestion and is not working.
Prompted by the Commissioners’ questions, Director Yuen went over affordable housing
issues, such as the basic requirements, incentives for developers, and the status and
challenges of certain projects as an example.
In response to the Commissioners’ inquiries, Director Yuen informed them of the
pending road projects in the Kona district and the status of each one, including Hienaloii
Road, Kealakaha Street, Alii Parkway, Mid-Level Road, Hokulia Bypass, the Napoopoo
junction and the Queen Kaahumanu Highway expansion. He mentioned that there is a
road plan document called “County Road Action Plan, August 2006”, which illustrates
the overall road plan, as well as different projects and their timetables.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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PHIL A. DAVIS, CHAIRPERSON
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