2013-08-20 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES Meeting Date: August 20, 2013 Time: 5:20 p.m. Place: West Hawai‘i Civic Center nd Planning Department Conference Room – Building E, 2 Floor 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, 96740 CALL TO ORDER Commissioners Present: John Hetherington, Alvin Akina, Jr., Theresa Andreae, Paul Bleck and Adam Broderson Absent and Excused: Fanny Au Hoy, Nancy Burns, Shane Kitchens and Sammie Stanbro Planning Department: Bennett Mark, Keola Childs and Noriko Sauer A quorum was present. Chair Hetherington called the meeting to order and the Commissioners introduced themselves. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Minutes of the Meeting of August 6, 2013. It was moved by Commissioner Broderson and seconded by Commissioner Bleck that the minutes be approved as submitted. The motion was unanimously carried by a voice vote of all Commissioners present. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS – There was no one from the public in attendance. NEW BUSINESS 1. Design review of a sign permit application for a proposed wall sign for “myKonaOffice LLC” and Darl C. Gleed, business owner. Applicant: Jeremy Neill of Neill Sign and Design. Land Owner: Walua Holdings Ltd. PSHP. TMK: 7-5-018:094. Located at 75-5905 Walua Road, Kailua-Kona, and fronting both Kuakini Highway and Walua Road. Proposed sign faces Kuakini Highway. Mr. Childs oriented the Commission of the subject and surrounding properties on aerial and site photographs, and described the proposed wall sign. He mentioned that the Commission had reviewed and approved a similar sign on the same building on May 10, 2011. He noted that based on the referral memorandum from the Department of Public Works, Building Division, the proposed sign met the Sign Code requirements, and that its design and coloration also appeared to comply with the Signage Criteria Guidelines for Review in the Master Plan for Kailua-Kona. 1