2016-07-21 Leeward Planning Commission Minutes

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES JULY 21, 2016 The Leeward Planning Commission met in regular session at 9:30 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Keith F. Unger presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Keith F. Unger, Collin Kaholo, Nancy Carr Smith, Barbara Nobriga and Sonny Shimaoka ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Scott Church and Perry Kealoha ALSO PRESENT: Danny Patel (Counsel for the Commission), Duane Kanuha (Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Planner), Maija Jackson (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And approximately twelve people from the public in attendance. A quorum was present. Chair Unger announced that Deputy Corporation Counsel Danny Patel, Counsel for the Commission, was leaving the County employment, and that this was his last Commission meeting. The Commissioners and staff expressed their gratitude to Mr. Patel for his legal guidance in the past years. Chair Unger called the meeting to order, and introduced the Commissioners and staff to members of the public. He described the procedure for public testimony. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC No statements were presented under this section of the agenda. NEW BUSINESS 1. APPLICANT: JAMES JUVIK (REZ 16-206) Application for a Change of Zone from an Agricultural 20-acre (A-20a) to an Agricultural 10-acre (A-10a) zoning district for approximately 21.22 acres of land located on the east side of the intersection of Keana‘aina Street and Kaloko Drive within the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision at Kaloko, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-3-048:001. The Commission took up this item at 9:32 a.m., with approximately twelve people from the public in attendance. (SEE EXHIBIT A) 1