2008-01-08 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION MINUTES MEETING DATE: January 8, 2008 TIME: 5:05 p.m. PLACE: The Mayor’s Office Conference Room, Suite 103 Hanama Place Office Building in Kailua Village ROLL CALL 1.Members Present: Theresa Andreae, Fanny Collins Au Hoy, Stephen Herbert, and David Ross, Jr. 2.Absent and Excused: Cynthia Hope and Sally Marone 3.Applicant: Kevin Turner 4.Staff Present: Bennett Mark, Rosalind Newlon and Noriko Sauer 5.Public: None The Vice Chair welcomed those in attendance, and the Commissioners introduced themselves. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None. NEW BUSINESS 1.Design review of additional ground equipment and antennas at an existing cellular phone transmission facility. Applicant: Eric Shatz of Coral Wireless, LLC dba Mobi PCS: Luhia Partners and Queen Liliuokalani Trust. TMK: 7-4-015:020. Located at 74-5599 Luhia Street, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Staff Presentation Ms. Newlon oriented the Commissioners of the subject and surrounding properties on the location map, and stated that the proposed additions include new panel antennas to be installed at the 88-foot level of the existing 100-foot tall monopole between the existing antennas, a 4-foot parabolic reflector microwave dish at the 50-foot level of the monopole and new coaxial cables along the monopole to the new panel antennas; the proposed ground equipment consists of a BTS-base transmitter station unit, a power protection unit and a GPS antenna. She said that a Plan Approval for the existing facility is in place, and the height limit and the required setbacks are complied with. Ms. Newlon mentioned the applicant is proposing to paint the structure to match the building to mitigate visual impacts. She also mentioned that when she brought up to Kevin Turner of Mobi PCS that the Commission had been presented in 2006 with a project where the monopole and antennas were designed to look like a palm tree and the 1