2013-07-18 Leeward Exh B - Hualalai Partners

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT JULY 18, 2013 HUALALAI PARTNERS OF KONA, LLC A regularly advertised hearing on the applications of (SLU-13-038/REZ-13-164) was called to order at 10:20 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Vice Chair Brandi Beaudet presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Brandi Beaudet, Thomas Hickcox, Richard Nelson, III and Thomas Whittemore ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Geraldine Giffin ALSO PRESENT: Bobby Command (Deputy Planning Director), Margaret Masunaga (Deputy Corporation Counsel), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Planner), Kiran Emler (Department of Public Works, Engineering Division) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And approximately 50 people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: HUALALAI PARTNERS OF KONA, LLC (SLU-13-038/REZ-13-164) State Land Use Boundary Amendment from Agricultural to Urban and a Change of Zone from Agricultural 5-acres (A-5a) to Single-Family Residential-15,000 square feet (RS-15) for approximately 14.968 acres of land. The property is located southwest of the intersection of nd Kahului-Hienaloli Road and Hualalai Road, north of the Sugar Cane Lane Subdivision, Kahului 2, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-5-017:043. BEAUDET: Today’s third applicant is Hualālai Partners of Kona, LLC, requesting for State Land Use boundary amendment from Agricultural to Urban and a change of zone from Agricultural 5- acres to Single-Family 15,000 square feet, or RS-15, for approximately 14.968 acres. The property is located southwest of the intersection of Kahului-Hienaloli Road and Hualālai Road, north of the Sugar Cane Lane Subdivision, and located in North Kona, TMK: 7-5-017-043. Staff? ARAI: Thank you very much. Good morning, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, Commissioners. The applications you have before you today are a State Land Use boundary amendment application and a change of zone application. Like the other two applications that you just heard, you will be considering this application and offering your recommendation to the Hawai‘i County Council who will make the final determination regarding these requests. That being said, if I may direct your attention to the presentation screen. This is the location map showing the location of the subject property, which is outlined here in black. You may, as a point of reference, this white line running basically top to the bottom of the map is the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway, Kuakini Highway alignment. Hualālai Road comes off of Kuakini, and basically runs to the right of the map, as you can follow with my pointer. The subdivisions in the vicinity include Pualani Estates indicated here with the yellow color, you have Hualālai Heights in this particular location just south of the subject property, and Kona Orchards here just off to the 1 EXHIBIT B