HomeMy WebLinkAboutFebruary102015webKAUAI PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
9:00 a.m. or Soon Thereafter
LiffiWe Civic Center, Moikeha Building
Meeting Room 2A -2B
4444 Rice Street, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii
AGENDA
A. CALL TO ORDER
Be ROLL CALL
Co APPROVAL OF AGENDA
D. MINUTES of the meeting(s) of the Planning Commission
1. Meeting of January 13, 2015
E. RECEIPT OF ITEMS FOR THE RECORD
F. HEARINGS AND PUBLIC COMMENT (Noticed hearings will not commence until
9:00 a.m. or soon thereafter.) Individuals may orally testify on items on this agenda
during the Public Comment Period. Please call the Planning Department prior to the
meeting or notify Commission Staff at the meeting site. Testimony shall also be
accepted when the agenda item is taken up by the Commission. However if an
individual has already testified during this period, additional testimony at the agenda
item testimony may be allowed at the discretion of the Chair. Testifiers shall limit
their testimony to three (3) minutes, but may be extended longer at the discretion of
the Chair. Written testimony is also accepted. An original and twelve (12) copies of
written testimony can be hand delivered to the Planning Department or submitted to
Commission Staff at the meeting site.
1. Continued Agency Hearing
a. Class IV Zoning Permit Z- IV- 2015 -8, Project Development Use Permit PDU-
2015-7, Variance Permit V- 2015 -1 and Special Management Area Use Permit
SMA(U)- 2015 -6 to permit repair and reconstruction of the former Coco Palms
Resort including but not limited to: 350 hotel units, Lotus Restaurant and Flame
Room Bar, the Lobby Building, the Commercial Building, three swimming
pools, Queen's Audience Hall, the Palms Lanai, Sea Shell Restaurant, Chapel in
the Palms, 2 of 4 Bridge Crossings; the construction of a new Utility &
Maintenance Building and a new Queen Lagoon Building into a spa and gym
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HEARINGS AND PUBLIC COMMENT (Cont'd)
1. Continued Agency Hearing (Cont'd)
a. facility on the site of the previously demolished structure. The project is situated
in Wailua and located at 04 -241 Kuhio Highway, further identified as Tax Map
Keys 4 -1 -003: 004 (por.), 005, 007, 011, and 017 and 4 -1 -005: 014 and 017, and
containing a total area of approx. 28.523 acres = Coco Palms Hui, LLC.
[Director's Report received 1/13/15.]
1. Supplemental No. 3 Director's Report pertaining to this matter.
2. New Agency Hearing (NONE)
3. Continued Public Hearing (NONE)
4. New Public Hearing (NONE)
5. All remaining public testimony pursuant to HRS 92 (Sunshine Law)
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Status Reports
a. 2014 Annual Status Report for Special Management Area Use Permit SMA(U)-
2006-5, Project Development Use Permit PDU- 2006 -7 and Class IV Zoning
Permit Z -IV- 2006 -10, Tax Map Key 4 -3 -007: 027, Waipouli, Kauai — Coconut
Plantation Owners, LLC (formerly Coconut Plantation Holdings, LLC).
1. Director's Report pertaining to this matter.
b. 2014 Annual Status Report for Project Development PDU- 2013 -15, Class IV
Zoning Permit Z- IV- 2013 -7, Use Permit U- 2013 -14, Special Permit SP- 2013 -5,
Tax Map Key 5 -2 -013: 001, Kilauea, Kauai — The Resonance Project
Foundation.
1. Director's Report pertaining to this matter.
2. Director's Report(s) for Proiect(s) Scheduled for Agency Hearing on 2/24/15.
a. Class IV Zoning Permit Z -IV- 2015 -12 and Use Permit U- 2015 -11 to operate a
self - storage facility and resource recovery facility for construction materials
within the Nawiliwili Bulk Sugar Building in Nawiliwili, situated along the
makai side of Niumalu Road and approx. 350 ft. south of its intersection with
Nawiliwili Road, further identified as 2670 Niumalu Road, Tax Map Key (4) 3-
2 -005: 009, and affecting a parcel approx. 3.454 acres in size = Island Self -
Storage, LLC.
1. Director's Report pertaining to this matter.
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CONSENT CALENDAR (Cont'd)
2. Director's Report(s) for Proiect(s) Scheduled for Agencv Hearing on 2124115.
(Cont'd)
b. Class IV Zoning Permit Z -IV- 2015 -11 and Use Permit U- 2015 -10 to operate a
communications facility within the existing Waimea Baptist Church located in
Waimea Town, situated along the mauka side of Kaumualii Highway and its
intersection with Waimea Canyon Drive, further identified as 9611 -A Kaumualii
Highway, Tax Map Key (4) 1 -6 -009: 001, and affecting a parcel approx. 13,253
sq. ft. in size = Waimea Baptist Church.
1. Director's Report pertaining to this matter.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
1. Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes Sections 92 -4 and 92- 5(a)(4), and Kauai County
Charter Section 3.07(E), the Office of the County Attorney requests an executive
session to provide the Commission a legal briefing concerning Supreme Court of the
United States decision in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District (No.
11 -1446) relative to conditions imposed on land use entitlements. This briefing and
consultation involves the consideration of the powers, duties, privileges, immunities
and/or liabilities of the Commission and the County as they relate to this agenda
item.
2. Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes Sections 92- 5(a)(2 and 4), the purpose of this
executive session is to discuss matters pertaining to the evaluation of the Planning
Director. This session pertains to the Planning Director's evaluation where
consideration of matters affecting privacy will be involved. Further, to consult with
legal counsel regarding powers, duties, privileges and /or liabilities of the Planning
Commission as it relates to the evaluation of the Planning Director.
GENERAL BUSINESS MATTERS
1. Time Extension Request regarding Special Management Area Use Permit SMA(U)-
2014-4 to complete the project, Tax Map Key 2 -8 -018: 033, Poipu, Kauai = Nadine
M. Rosenberger Trust.
a. Director's Report pertaining to this matter.
COMMUNICATION (For Action) (NONE)
COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Subdivision Subdivision Action matters listed in the Subdivision Committee
Agenda (attached).
L. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (For Action)
M. NEW BUSINESS
1. For Action — See Agenda F for Proiect Descriptions
N. ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Topics for Future Meetings
2. The following scheduled Planning Commission meeting will be held at 9:00 a.m., or
shortly thereafter at the Lihue Civic Center, Moikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A-
2B, 4444 Rice Street, Lihue, Kauai, Hawai'i 96766 on Tuesday, February 24, 20150
O. ADJOURNMENT
EXECUTIVE SESSION: The Commission may go into an executive session on an agenda
item for one of the permitted purposes listed in Section 92 -5(a) Hawaii Revised Statutes
( "H.R.S. "), without noticing the executive session on the agenda where the executive session
was not anticipated in advance. HRS Section 92 -7(a). The executive session may only be
held, however, upon an affirmative vote of two - thirds of the members present, which must
also be the majority of the members to which the board is entitled. HRS Section 92 -4. The
reason for holding the executive session shall be publicly announced.
NOTE: Special accommodations and sign language interpreters are available upon request
five (5) days prior to the meeting date, to the County Planning Department, 4444 Rice
Street, Lihue, Hawaii 96766. Telephone: 241 -4050
KAUAI PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE MEETING
Lihue Civic Center, Moikeha Building
Meeting Room 2A -213
4444 Rice Street, Lihue, Hawaii 96766
Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 8:30 A.M.
AGENDA
A. CALL TO ORDER
Be ROLL CALL
Co APPROVAL OF AGENDA
D. MINUTES of the meeting(s) of the Subdivision Committee
1. Meeting of January 27, 2015
E. RECEIPT OF ITEMS FOR THE RECORD
1. Communication from Deputy Planning Director, Dee Crowell, requesting reconsideration of
Tentative Subdivision Approval for subdivision application:
a. Subdivision Application No. S- 2015 -07
(Property Developm en t Cen tens, LL C)
Proposed 11 -lot Subdivision
TMK: (4) 3 -3- 003:046
Lihu`e, Puna, Kauai
F. HEARINGS AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Individuals may orally testify on items on this agenda during the Public Comment Period.
Please call the Planning Department prior to the meeting or notify Commission Staff at the
meeting site. Testimony may also be accepted when the agenda item is taken up by the
Commission at the discretion of the Chair. Testifiers shall limit their testimony to three (3 )
minutes, but may be extended longer at the discretion of the Chair. Written testimony is also
accepted. An original and twelve (12) copies of written testimony can be hand delivered to
the Planning Department or submitted to Commission Staff at the meeting site.
G. GENERAL BUSINESS MATTERS (For Action)
1. Tentative Subdivision Action (If Request for Reconsideration is Granted)
a. Subdivision Application No. 5- 2015 -07
(Property Developm en t Cen tens, LL C)
Proposed 11 -lot Subdivision
TMK: (4) 3 -3- 003:046
Lihu`e, Puna, Kauai
1. Supplement # 1 to Subdivision Report.
H. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
I. NEW BUSINESS (For Action)
J. ADJOURNMENT
NOTE: Special accommodations and sign language interpreters are available upon request
five (5) days prior to the meeting date, to the County Planning Department, 4444 Rice
Street, Suite A473, Lfhu`e, Hawaii 96766. Telephone: (808) 241 -4050.