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<br />LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAIÒI <br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br />MAY 21, 2010 <br />HIRAM RIVERA (REZ 10-120) <br />A regularly advertised hearing on the application of was <br />called to order at 9:40 a.m. in the King Kamehameha's Kona Beach <br />Palani Road, Kailua-Kona, HawaiÒi, with Chairman Frederic Housel presiding. <br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Frederic Housel, Brandi Beaudet, Lani Bowman, Geraldine <br />Giffin and Richard Nelson <br />ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Wayne Iokepa <br />STAFF PRESENT: Brandon Gonzalez (Deputy Corporation Counsel), BJ Leithead Todd <br />(Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager) and Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner) <br />And seven people from the public in attendance. <br />APPLICANT: HIRAM RIVERA (REZ 10-120) <br />Change of Zone from Agricultural 5-acre (A-5a) to Family Agricultural 2-acre (FA-2a) for 5.341 <br />acres of land. The property is located along the west side of the Old Mmalahoa Highway, <br />nd <br />approximately 400 feet north of Makua Lani Christian School, Honhau 2, North Kona, <br />HawaiÒi, TMK: 7-4-6:22. <br />HOUSEL: We will proceed with our first agenda item today. And that will be Hiram Rivera. <br />This is a rezoning, 10-120, change of zone from Agricultural 5-acre, Ag-5a, to Family <br />Agricultural 2-acre, FA-2a, for 5.341 acres of land. Mr. Darrow, would you like to present? <br />DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, Members of the Planning Commission. <br />COMMISSIONERS: Good morning, Jeff. <br />DARROW: Good morning, Mr. Chairman. If I can direct your attention to our presentation on <br />the wall. Our first application this morning is Hiram Rivera. He is asking for a change of zone <br />from Agricultural 5 acres to Family Ag 2 acres for approximately 5.34 acres. The location of <br />this application is within the North Kona District of HawaiÒi. More specifically, we are looking <br />at the upper Palani Road area. To the left of your map, youÓll see Palani Road running in a <br />north-south direction, as well as Old Mmalahoa Highway running in a north-south direction, <br />and they intersect up at the top of the map. The subject property is identified with a red outline. <br />The zoning for that particular property is light green, which in <br />surrounding properties are zoned Residential Agricultural .5-acre, Agricultural 1-acre, which is <br />the little-darker green color, and we have a property thatÓs zoned Family Ag 1-acre thatÓs located <br />just to the south of the application. The General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map <br />identifies the property in the Urban Expansion area. <br />1 <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />