KNA gives conditional approval to Kīlauea Community Agricultural Center permit

Ian Jung, attorney for Aina hoo’ kupu o’ Kilauea, presented the proposed Kīlauea Community Agricultural Center plan, describing new buildings, parking, design and planned uses and saying the public meeting for the special use permit is scheduled for July 25 at 9 a.m. The board discussed the proposal at length and then voted to send a conditional letter expressing conceptual support while asking that permit particulars be clarified through the normal review process.

Beryl Blaich moved the conditional-letter motion, Ron Paul seconded, and the motion carried unanimously. The letter asks that the permit proceed through due process and that the project’s particulars be described in detail to the planning commission and KNA prior to final approval.