2012-03-15 Leeward Exh A - LUPAG Pahoa

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT MARCH 15, 2012 PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED AMENDMENT A regularly advertised hearing on the TO MAP 15 OF THE LAND USE PATTERN ALLOCATION GUIDE MAP was called to order at 9:42 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chair Geraldine Giffin presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Geraldine Giffin, Lani Bowman, Richard Nelson and Thomas Whittemore ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Brandi Beaudet, Thomas Hickcox and Wayne Iokepa ALSO PRESENT: Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), Maija Cottle (Staff Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And no one from the public in attendance. PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED Amendment to Map 15 of the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map of the County of Hawai‘i General Plan (adopted by Ordinance No. 05 25, amended by Ordinance No. 06 153) by changing the land use designation for Pāhoa Village and the immediately surrounding areas, Pāhoa, Puna, Hawai‘i. GIFFIN: The first agenda item is an application submitted by the Planning Director. The application is initiating an amendment to Map 15 of the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide, LUPAG, Map of the County of Hawai‘i General Plan adopted by Ordinance No. 05 25 and amended by Ordinance No. 06 153. It will, it is suggesting changing the land use designation for Pāhoa Village and the immediately surrounding areas, Pāhoa, Puna, Hawai‘i. Maija? COTTLE: Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning, everyone. COMMISSIONERS: Good morning. COTTLE: So we have, all of the items on the agenda today have been initiated by the Planning Director. And this first item is an amendment to the General Plan, and the reason that the Leeward Planning Commission is hearing this item is because any amendment to the General Plan needs to be heard by both Windward and Leeward Planning Commissions. The amendment is a change to the General Plan LUPAG Map for the Pāhoa Village area. And the reason that the Director is initiating this change is that the land use designations in that area have not been changed, or amended, since the Puna Community Development Plan was adopted back in 2008. The Puna Community Development Plan laid out some land use goals and vision for how the community wants Pāhoa to develop. Mainly, they want to see a higher density village center where there is a mix of different housing choices, multi-family housing, as well as commercial businesses mainly in the village core of Pāhoa. And they also want to limit development along Highway 130 1 EXHIBIT A