Committee advances amended SMA permit for Kahala shoreline and mauka lots; applicant to complete archaeological survey

Chair Kia Aina on Thursday recommended postponing further action on the Planning Commission review and moved the meeting to consider land-use items. On Resolution 26-27 (CD1), the committee considered a Special Management Area major permit for two jointly developed zoning lots at 4669 and 4671 Kahala Avenue submitted by the Kinoshita Group.

The chair described two verbal amendments requested by the Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) that the committee adopted: replace references to "e kupuna" with "human burials, including e kupuna" in Condition F(3), and delete a clause referencing mitigation protocols "approved or otherwise required by SHPD" so the condition instead requires the requirement to be stated on environmental notes of construction and building permit plans.

Jim Hayes of Planning Solutions Inc., representing the applicant, presented the project and its siting in the Primary Urban Center. He said new construction will occur on the mauka parcel, outside the sea level rise exposure area, and noted that the dwelling will be elevated about 8.5 feet above mean sea level. DPP staff confirmed prior archaeological work and said the applicant has hired Kealopono to complete an archaeological inventory survey and subsurface testing; Condition F requires submission of DPP'accepted AIS documentation and implementation of mitigation protocols approved or required by the division.

The chair told the committee she will prepare a draft committee report and seek further consideration on April 2; in the meantime the committee amended the resolution to CD1 as discussed and the measure was reported out for adoption.

The committee did not record a roll-call vote on the record; the chair stated "hearing none, so ordered" when reporting the CD1 out of committee.