2016-03-03 Hearing Transcript - Pulama Aina Trust REZ 15-199

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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT MARCH 3, 2016 PULAMA ʽĀINA TRUST (REZ 15-199) A regularly advertised hearing on the application of was called to order at 9:31 a.m. in the County of Hawai‘i Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i with Chairman Charles Heaukulani presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Charles Heaukulani, Donn Dela Cruz, Gregory Henkel, Donald Ikeda, Myles Miyasato, and Raylene Moses. ALSO PRESENT: Duane Kanuha (Planning Director), William Brilhante (Assistant Corporation Counsel for the Planning Director) (from 9:35 a.m.), Danny Patel (Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Windward Planning Commission), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), Christian Kay (Staff Planner), and Sarah Hata-Finley (Commission Secretary). And approximately 9 people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: PULAMA ‘ĀINA TRUST (REZ 15-199) Application for a Change of Zone from a Single Family Residential-10,000 square feet (RS-10) to an Industrial-Commercial Mixed-20,000 square feet (MCX-20) zoning district for 21,050 square feet of land. The property is located along the west side of Kanoelehua Avenue, approximately 300 feet south of Hualani Street in the Waiākea House Lots, Waiākea, South Hilo, Hawai‘i, TMK: 2-2-035:060. HEAUKULANI: All right, we’re going to move to the second item on the agenda, Pulama ʽĀina Trust. That’s REZ 15-199. And, Chris, if you could bring us up to speed on this one. KAY: Thank you, Mr. Chair. As you stated, this is for a Change of Zone for Pulama ʽĀina Trust. The subject 21,050-square foot property is located in the South Hilo District of Hawaiʽi Island. More specifically, located in the Waiākea Houselots area and outlined in red here. For your reference, Kanoelehua Avenue is running generally north-south through the slide, and Kekūanāoʽa is running generally east-west. This is zoomed in, again showing the subject parcel outlined in red here. Again, for orientation, Kanoelehua Avenue and Kekūanāoʽa Street. The subject parcel’s current zoning is Residential – 10,000 square foot. As you can see, the surrounding zoning is some that are RS-10, but we also have an Industrial-Commercial Mixed Use directly to the south that was rezoned in 2006, and some other Limited Industrial and other type of Industrial uses indicated in various shades of gray. Across Kanoelehua is the Hilo International Airport. 1 EXHIBIT B