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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION
COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
MINUTES
MARCH 16, 2017
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, Collin Kaholo,
Barbara Nobriga, Sonny Shimaoka and Perry Kealoha (from 9:33 a.m.)
ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Scott Church
ALSO PRESENT: Malia Ho (Counsel for the Commission), Michael Yee (Planning Director),
Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager), Maija Jackson (Planner) and Noriko Sauer
(Commission Secretary)
And six people from the public in attendance.
A quorum was present. Chairman Unger called the meeting to order, and introduced the
Commissioners and staff to members of the public. He explained the procedure for public
testimony.
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
No statements were presented under this section of the agenda.
NEW BUSINESS
1. APPLICANT: WESLEY AND KELLEY HUGGETT (SMA 03-000007)
Request to amend Condition No. 2 (time to complete construction) of Special Management
Area (SMA) Use Permit No. 03-000007, which was approved to allow the construction of a
3½-story, 45-foot high, 12-unit multiple-family residential development and related
improvements. The property is located on the west (makai) side of Ali‘i Drive, adjacent to and
north of the Sea Village Condominium Complex, Kahului, North Kona, Hawai‘i,
TMK: 7-5-019:030.
The Commission took up this item at 9:32 a.m., with five people from the public in attendance.
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Action: It was moved by Commissioner Shimaoka and seconded by Commissioner Carr Smith
that the application to amend Condition Number 2 of Special Management Area Use Permit
Number 03-000007 be approved based on the Planning Director’s recommendation and findings,
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which shall be adopted. A roll call vote was taken and the motion carried with six ayes
(Shimaoka, Carr Smith, Kaholo, Kealoha, Nobriga and Unger) and one absent and excused
(Church).
MINUTES
Minutes of the February 16, 2017 meeting
At 9:52 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.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mr. Darrow announced that the next meeting was scheduled for April 10, 2017, at 9:30 a.m., with
tentatively three items on the agenda, followed by a joint meeting with the Windward Planning
Commission at 10:30 a.m. for adoption of amendments to the Planning Commissions’ Rules of
Practice and Procedure.
ADJOURNMENT
At 10:00 a.m. there being no further business, Chairman Unger moved, and Commissioner
Nobriga seconded, to adjourn the meeting. The motion was unanimously carried by a voice vote.
Respectfully submitted,
Noriko Sauer, Secretary
A T T E S T:
Keith F. Unger, Chairman
Leeward Planning Commission
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