2010-04-27 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES MEETING DATE: April 27, 2010 TIME: 5:17 p.m. PLACE:Mayor’s Conference Room aka Hanama 1 75-5706 Kuakini Highway, Suite 103 Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740 ROLL CALL 1.Members Present: Cindy Coats, Paul Bleck, Stephen Herbert, Ann Kern, Eugene Power, Shane Kitchens, Nancy Burns, Ann Peterson 2.Absent and Excused: Riley Saito 3.Applicants and Representatives: Peter J. Piper of Piper Designs 4.Planning Department: Bennett Mark, Rosalind Newlon and Keola Childs 5.Public: None Chair Coats welcomed those in attendance, explained the role of the Commission and the meeting procedures and the Commissioners introduced themselves. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS None. NEW BUSINESS 1. Design review of a proposed tenant alterations to the entry area at Bongo Ben’s Island Cafe. Applicant: Peter J. Piper of Piper Designs. Land Owners: Anekona LLC and Eugene Gregory Trust. TMK: 7-5-009:027. Located at 75-5819 Alii Drive, Kailua- Kona, HI, in the Coconut Grove Marketplace. Ms. Newlon oriented the Commissioners regarding the subject building and proposed alterations by reference to the project’s site plan, floor plan, building elevations, and photographs supplied by the applicant. She explained the owner’s reasons for altering the building entry to create a new, single entry for Bongo Ben’s and enclosing a portion of the existing entry corridor to convert its use into a refrigerated storage room. Ms. Newlon described the doors and finish materials proposed for new enclosing walls, some of which may be partially visible from the public street, Ali’i Drive. Ms. Newlon noted the alterations to the existing entry way would not reduce the desirable architectural articulation of the building form, particularly due to extent of fenestration and portals provided in the building’s façade. Also noting that pedestrian linkages from Ali’i Drive to the parking lot above the subject building remained available alongside the building, she stated that the proposed entry way alterations appeared to meet the objectives of the Master Plan for Kailua Village. 1