2010-11-16 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES MEETING DATE: November 16, 2010 TIME: 5:15 p.m. PLACE: Mayor’s Conference Room aka Hanama 1 75-5706 Kuakini Highway, Suite 103 Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740 ROLL CALL 1. Members Present: Cindy Coats, Paul Bleck, Nancy Burns, Stephen Herbert, Ann Kern and Eugene Power 2. Absent and Excused: Shane Kitchens and Riley Saito 3. Applicants:Darin Fukunaga and Nestor Galanto 4. Planning Department:Bennett Mark, Rosalind Newlon and Noriko Sauer 5. Public: None Chair Coats welcomed those in attendance, and the Commissioners introduced themselves. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS None. NEW BUSINESS 1. Design review of a sign permit application for a marquee sign and a wall sign for ADM Retail Planning & Architecture.Applicant: Darin Fukunaga of ADM Retail Planning & Architecture. Land Owners: Matt Marquis of HKK Management. TMK: 7-5-006:020. Located at 75-5660 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, at the King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel. Ms. Newlon oriented the Commissioners regarding the subject and surrounding properties on the location map, and described the proposed marquee sign and wall sign. She noted that the wall sign had to be reduced in size to twelve square feet or less to comply with Section 3-58(b) of the Sign Code, but otherwise the signsappeared to comply with the Sign Code and meet the guidelines of the Master Plan for Kailua-Kona. In response to Commissioner Bleck’s question, she said that the applicant was allowed to have two signs because the property was abutting on two streets, namely Palani Road and Ali‘i Drive. The applicant, Darin Fukunaga, was present. He apologized for his confusion as to what section of the Sign Code applied to the size of his wall sign; he had overlooked the specific section for the Kailua Village Core, which the subject property is located in. He 1