DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND PERMITTING

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a public hearing to be held by the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu under Special Management Area Ordinance, Chapter 25, R.O.H., as amended, for the following application at the date and time specified or soon thereafter:
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DATE: Wednesday, April 13, 2016
TIME: 11:00 a.m.
PLACE: Hauula Community Park, Multi-Purpose Room, 54-050 Kamehameha Highway, Hauula, HI 96717

APPLICATION: SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA (SMA) USE PERMIT
FILE NO. 2016/SMA-2 (MT)

APPLICANT/
LANDOWNER: Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop – Kamehameha Schools
AGENT: ICF International
LOCATION: Punaluu Watershed – Koolauloa
TAX MAP KEY: 5-3-1: 41 and 52, and 5-3-3: 1
LOT AREA: 140 acres
ZONING: AG-2 General Agricultural District, P-1 Restricted Preservation District, and Country District
PROPOSAL: Special Management Area Use Permit (Major) to allow flood mitigation measures, restore Punaluu Stream, enhance the surrounding ecosystem, relocate chronically flooded agricultural lands out of the floodplain and onto elevated terraces, and relocate Green Valley Road within the zoning lot.
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Maps showing the general location and boundaries of the area under consideration are on file at the Department of Planning and Permitting, Permit and Zoning Records Access, First Floor, Frank F. Fasi Municipal Building, 650 South King Street, and are available to the public for inspection during office hours, 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. For assistance, please call Mark Taylor of the department’s Land Use Approval Branch, at 768-8020.

All interested persons are invited to attend. Those persons desiring to testify may register prior to the public hearing at the public hearing site and are encouraged to submit one copy of their testimony in writing.

Attendance at the public hearing is not necessary to submit testimony. Written testimony may be faxed (768-6743) or mailed (650 South King Street, 7th Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813) to the department prior to the hearing and will be included with the transcript of the hearing and will be considered in the evaluation of the request.

Note: If you require special assistance, auxiliary aid and/or service to participate in this event (i.e. sign language interpreter, interpreter for language other than English, or wheelchair accessibility), please call 768-8000, or email your request to info@honoluludpp.org at least three business days prior to the event.

George I. Atta, FAICP, Director
Department of Planning and Permitting
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