2015-03-19 Leeward Exh B (Amend SPP 378)

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT MARCH 19, 2015 LALAMILO FARM PARTNERS, LP A regularly advertised hearing on the application of (Amend SPP 77-20/SPP 378) was called to order at 10:02 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Brandi Beaudet presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Brandi Beaudet, Thomas Hickcox, Collin Kaholo, Keith Unger, Thomas Whittemore and Barbara Nobriga (until 11:24 a.m.) ALSO PRESENT: Danny Patel (Deputy Corporation Counsel), Duane Kanuha (Planning Director), Jeff Darrow (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And approximately 60 people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: LALAMILO FARM PARTNERS, LP (Amend SPP 77-20/SPP 378) Request to amend Special Permit No. 378 to allow the establishment of a fitness center; refrigerated box truck parking area; bakery; honey storage and distribution facility; butter processing, storage and distribution facility; limited retail sales area and related improvements on approximately 0.5 acre of land situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The subject property is located on the north side of Lalamilo Farm Road approximately 900 feet west of its intersection with the Māmalahoa Highway and within the Lalamilo Farm Lots Subdivision at Lalamilo, South Kohala, Hawai‘i, TMK: 6-6-005:032 (portion). BEAUDET: Second item on today’s agenda is Lalamilo Farm Partners for amendment to Special Permit 77-20. I would just like to note that there has been a petition for standing that has been submitted by intervenors. So the process that we’ll take this morning is we will bring up the applicant to discuss the application, or staff will present, staff will present, we’ll ask the applicant to come up, we’ll follow that with public testimony, and that will be followed by the intervenors. So Commissioners, I just want to ask that we hold our questions of the applicant until we go through this process. I think a lot of issues and concerns will be shared with us through the intervenors and with public testimony. So with that, staff? KAY: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just, so I don’t forget again, after we submitted the background report, there have been several pieces of testimony both for and in opposition to the Special Permit amendment application. Those have all been passed out to the Commission unless there are any more that come in after earlier this morning. Thank you. Just quick information about the site, the subject parcel is located in the South Kohala District of Hawai‘i Island. More specifically, this five-acre parcel shown here outlined in red is located in the Lalamilo Farm Lot Subdivision to the west of Waimea Town. For reference we have Māmalahoa Highway running generally north-south through the slide, and access to the site is going to be off of Lalamilo Farm Road. So zooming in a little bit closer, the subject parcel is directly adjacent, and the directly adjacent parcels are zoned Agricultural 5-acre shown here in the light green, and made up of farms and dwellings. Directly to the north in the darker green are some vacant lots zoned 1 EXHIBIT B