2012-07-10 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES Meeting Date: July 10, 2012 Time: 5:25 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: Shane Kitchens, Theresa Andreae, Fanny Au Hoy, Nancy Burns, John Hetherington and Riley Saito (until 7:17 p.m.) Absent and Excused: Stephen Herbert and Sammie Stanbro Applicants/Representatives: Tracy Burnham, Sean Asmus, Jim Perry, Michael Riehm and Michael Adams Planning Department: Bennett Mark, Keola Childs and Noriko Sauer Public: None A quorum was present. Chair Kitchens called the meeting to order and the Commissioners introduced themselves. The Chair suggested that the Commission take up the Approval of Minutes at the end of the meeting. There were no objections. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS – None. NEW BUSINESS 1. Combined staff presentation and discussion of the two, inter-related, applications listed below as item numbers 2 and 3 on this agenda, pertaining to the same building in the Kailua Village design district. Presentation and discussion to reference and review prior KVDC design and signage recommendations, current signage status and other signage structures proposed for the subject property. Mr. Childs provided the Commissioners with copies of the original building design, which had secured the Commission’s favorable recommendation on August 23, 2011. Also distributed to the Commissioners and the applicant’s representatives was a comment letter from Commissioner Stanbro who was absent; in her letter she described how the actual building looks different from the design that the Commission approved, and expressed her disapproval of the altered appearance itself, as well as the way the developer proceeded with the modification, disregarding the Commission’s effort made at the August meeting; she also suggested that the drive-through menu board facing Henry Street, which has the potential to become another sign, be moved to the side of the building out of the general public view, and that no roof signs be allowed. 1