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<br />LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I <br /> <br />MINUTES <br />FEBRUARY 18, 2016 <br /> <br />The Leeward Planning Commission met in regular session at 9:30 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic <br />Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, <br />with Vice Chairman Thomas Whittemore presiding. <br /> <br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Thomas Whittemore, Collin Kaholo, Sonny Shimaoka and <br />Keith Unger <br /> <br />ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Brandi Beaudet, Scott Church and Barbara Nobriga <br /> <br />ALSO PRESENT: Danny Patel (Counsel for the Commission), Bobby Command (Deputy Planning <br />Director), Jeff Darrow (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) <br /> <br />And nine people from the public in attendance. <br /> <br />A quorum was present. Vice Chair Whittemore called the meeting to order, and introduced the <br />Commissioners to members of the public. <br /> <br />STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC – No statements were presented under this section of the <br />agenda. <br /> <br />NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br /> <br />1.APPLICANT: KENNETH K. LEONG TRUST (Amend REZ 909) <br />Request for a 5-year time extension to Condition C (secure Final Subdivision Approval) of <br />Change of Zone Ordinance No. 99-36, which rezoned 4.201 acres of land from an Agricultural-5 <br />acres (A-5a) zoning district to a Family Agricultural-1 acre (FA-1a) zoning district to <br />accommodate a proposed 3-lot subdivision. The subject property is located along the west <br />(makai) side of Māmalahoa Highway, approximately 0.7 miles south of the Māmalahoa <br />Highway-Palani Road intersection at Kealakehe Homesteads First Series, Kealakehe, North <br />Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-4-004:033. <br /> <br />The Commission took up this item at 9:31 a.m. with eight people from the public in attendance. <br /> <br /> <br />(SEE EXHIBIT A) <br /> <br /> <br />2.APPLICANT: STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES <br /> (SMA 15-062/SSV 15-010) <br />Applications for a Special Management Area (SMA) Use Permit and a Shoreline Setback <br />Variance to allow facility improvements at the Kekaha Kai State Park (Phase II), that will include <br />minor repair and safety improvements to park access roadways and parking, a stairway to replace <br />a dilapidated ramp, new storage and water tank building to provide water for facility cleaning and <br />maintenance, two showers, several new or refurbished accessible picnic tables and BBQ pits, and <br />other miscellaneous features and improvements. These improvements will be focused on a 3-acre <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />