HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-11-07 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes
KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION
COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
MINUTES
Meeting Date: November 7, 2017
Time: 5:15 p.m.
Place: West Hawai‘i Civic Center
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Planning Department Conference Room – Building E, 2 Floor
74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway
Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, 96740
CALL TO ORDER
Commissioners Present: Peter Dahlberg, Bryant Ching, Jasmine Crusat, John Hetherington,
Michaela Ikeuchi, Shaun Roth, Zon Sullenberger and
Mark Van Pernis
Absent and Excused: Ann Kern
Planning Department: Deanne Bugado (Planner), Terry Dunlap (Planner) and
Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary)
Applicants/Representatives: Buel McCoy
Public: Shirley McCoy, Ron Rumley and Lance Sundquist
A quorum was present. Chairman Dahlberg called the meeting to order and the Commissioners
introduced themselves.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of the Meetings of September 19, 2017, and October 3, 2017
Chairman Dahlberg asked if there were any corrections to the minutes. No corrections were
offered, and the minutes of the meetings of September 19, 2017, and October 3, 2017, were both
approved as circulated.
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
There was no one from the public who wished to testify on the agenda item.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Replace 5 existing metal doors and one new door location with 6 new roll-up metal doors
and new paint colors for Palm Terrace, located between Queen Kaahumanu Highway
and Luhia Street on the north side of Eho Street.
Applicant: Buel McCoy, Palm Terrace Leasing LLC
Landowner: Queen Lili‘uokalani Trust
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TMK: (3) 7-4-015: 022
Location: 74-5615 Luhia Street, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
The Commission took up this item at 5:17 p.m.
Mr. Dunlap displayed some site photographs, and gave a PowerPoint presentation of the
applicant’s submittal. He described the proposed project, and pointed to the photographs showing
young palm trees that had recently planted along Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway and Eho Street.
The applicant’s representative, Buel McCoy, stated that he had nothing to add to Mr. Dunlap’s
presentation. He noted, however, that only the roof portion of the building was visible from
Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway due to the elevation drop.
Commissioner Van Pernis pointed out that the proposed colors shown on the color selection guide
sheet did not match the computer graphics of the building in the application that had been
circulated. Mr. McCoy responded that the copies of the color selection guide sheet had not come
out well, and that the proposed colors were actually the same as the colors of the County building.
Upon inquiry by Commissioner Roth, Mr. Dunlap said that as a general rule it was applicants’
responsibility to provide copies to be distributed to the Commissioners. Mr. Dunlap displayed a
color sample board, which he confirmed showed the true colors, and clarified that the applicant
was proposing Almond for the walls, Tahitian Bronze for the roof and Mauna Kea White for the
trim. He suggested that the Commission incorporate the clarification in its action, if so desired.
In response to Commissioner Hetherington’s questions, Mr. Dunlap stated that the application did
not include signage, which would be submitted in the future, and that while the door replacement
construction would involve only one section of the building, repainting was being proposed for the
entire building. Commissioner Hetherington commented that it would be nice to see the building
spruced up.
Upon inquiry by Mr. Dunlap and Commissioner Van Pernis, Mr. McCoy stated that he had
planted over 58 Manila palms, and that the landscaping was irrigated.
It was moved by Commissioner Van Pernis and seconded by Commissioner Sullenberger that the
Commission forward to the Planning Director a recommendation for approval of the proposed
project as submitted, provided that the colors were Tahitian Bronze for the soffit, Almond for the
body of the building and Mauna Kea White for the trim as presented on the color sample board.
There being no further discussion on the motion, a roll call vote was taken and the motion carried
with seven ayes (Van Pernis, Sullenberger, Ching, Crusat, Hetherington, Ikeuchi and Roth) and
one absent and excused (Kern).
\[Note: Mr. Dunlap later confirmed with Mr. McCoy that in the application by “soffit” he meant
roof.\]
OLD BUSINESS
None.
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ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
The Commission took up this item at 5:30 p.m.
Chairman Dahlberg and the Commissioners welcomed the new member, Commissioner Jasmine
Crusat.
Chairman Dahlberg who had been absent at the October 3, 2017, meeting, confirmed with the
Commissioners that the Commission had voted to continue the discussion on possible creation of a
committee on signage issue until next year. Commissioner Van Pernis commented that it was so
unless the Commission heard back from the Department of Public Works sooner.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next meeting tentatively scheduled for November 21, 2017.
Mr. Dunlap stated that the next meeting was scheduled for November 21, 2017, with one
application on the agenda.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairman Dahlberg adjourned the meeting at 5:33 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Noriko Sauer, Secretary
A T T E S T:
Peter Dahlberg, Chairman
Kailua Village Design Commission
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