2019-04-04 Hearing Transcript - William Quinn - Pahoa Farm & Garden LLC SPP 18-199

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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAII HEARING TRANSCRIPT APRIL 4, 2019 A regularly advertised hearing on the consideration and adoption of the Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decision and Order for WILLIAM S. QUINN — PAHOA FARM & GARDEN, LLC (SPP 18-000199) was called to order at 10:27 a.m. in the County of Hawaii Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii with Chairman Joseph Clarkson presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Gilbert Aguinaldo, Joseph Clarkson, Donn Dela Cruz, Donald Ikeda, Thomas Raffipiy, John Replogle. ALSO PRESENT: Michael Yee (Planning Director), Malia Hall (Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Windward Planning Commission), Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager), Christian Kay (Planner), Jessica Andrews (Planner), and Sarah Hata-Finley (Commission Secretary). And 5 members from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: WILLIAM S. QUINN - PAHOA FARM & GARDEN, LLC (SPP 18-000199) Consideration and Adoption of Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decision and Order for denial of a Special Permit to allow the development of a 3,600 square -foot farm and garden retail store and related improvements on 32,670 square feet of land in the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is located on the mauka (west) side of the Pahoa Bypass Road, approximately 1,800 feet southwest of its intersection with Post Office Road, Pahoa, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 1-5-005:024. CLARKSON: The next item on the agenda, item four, is unfinished business. This is a consideration and adoption of Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Decision and Order that was made at our last meeting. If staff would make their presentation? KAY: Sure, thank you, Mr. Chair. There won't be any PowerPoint presentation. We do have it available if you need to look at a site plan or anything like that. I just wanted to give a quick update on the things that were changed since the last meeting in the document that you are considering today. We added a bit to the chronology section that just talked about when hearings took place and things like that to reflect what happened since the November meeting. We since then also received a letter from State Historic Preservation Division, which we added in to our exhibits, as well as the Applicant's request to bring it back to hearing at the last meeting, which was added in exhibits. Because of the way that we format things, it changed the numbering of some of the exhibits so the SHPD letter is now Exhibit No. 6, and the Applicant's letter and request to go back to hearing is Exhibit No. 15. Finally, the last change that was made was to just change the 10V1111.11 11