2015-05-21 Leeward Exh A (Amend SPP 538)

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT MAY 21, 2015 WDC PROPERTIES, LLC (Amend SPP A regularly advertised hearing on the application of 538) was called to order at 9:36 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Brandi Beaudet presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Brandi Beaudet, Scott Church, Collin Kaholo, Barbara Nobriga, Keith Unger and Thomas Whittemore ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Sonny Shimaoka ALSO PRESENT: Bobby Command (Deputy Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And six people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: WDC PROPERTIES, LLC (Amend SPP 538) Request for a 10-year extension to the life (Condition No. 4) of Special Permit No. 538, which allowed the establishment of the existing Waikoloa heliport and its related improvements situated on 9.8+ acres of land within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is located at the southeastern corner of the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway and Waikoloa Road intersection, Waikoloa, South Kohala, Hawai‛i, TMK: 6-8-01:043 (portion). BEAUDET: First item today, agenda item for today, is WDC Properties, LLC, Special Permit No. 538. Staff, would you like to -? DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, Members of the Planning Commission. Welcome. Great day here in Kona, nice to have the change from our rain in Hilo. If I can direct your attention to our first applicant, this is WDC Properties, LLC. They are requesting an amendment to their existing Special Permit. Just for reference, the area of this subject application is within the South Kohala District of Hawai‘i. More specifically, we are looking in the Waikoloa area. For reference, running through the north-south direction of your map is Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway and running in a mauka-makai, or east-west, direction is Waikoloa Road. The subject property is actually at the intersection of these two roadways. As we zoom in, this is our County Zoning Map; again, for reference, we have Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway and Waikoloa Road, the subject property is identified with a black outline. The colors on the map represent the different County zonings; the lighter green shaded areas are Agricultural-5 acres; the different colors that we have on the map represent mainly Multiple-Family Residential zoning; the darker green represents our Open zone. This is our State Land Use Boundary Map. There are two colors identified; the pink represents Urban State Land Use zoning and the green 1 EXHIBIT A