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C :i: Pr cotmcxii CITY AND COUNTY OF HON OLULU 530 SOUTH KING STREET, ROOM 202 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96813-3065 TELEPHONE: (808) 768-5010 • FAX: (808) 768-5011 HEIDI TSUNEYOSHI CITY COUNCILMEMBER HONOLULU CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT II TELEPHONE: (808)768-5002 FAX: (808) 768-1222 EMAIL: htsuneyoshi(EhonoIuIuQy October 29, 2020 TO: PEARLENE OTTO CLERK, COMMITTEE ON ZONING, PLANNING & HOUSING FROM: COUNCILMEMBER HEIDI TSUNEYOSHI JF*4%’7 RE: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE KOOLAU LOA SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PLAN, ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A TO BILL 79 (2020) Attached for consideration by the Zoning, Planning & Housing Committee are my proposed amendments to the Ko’olau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan attached to Bill 79 (2020) Thank you. 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DETAILS Bill 79 Ko’olau Loa Plan Cover Replace cover photo Modernize cover photo and change cover color to match other rural SCP Consistency. DPP (2020) Sustainable covers (see attached replacement cover), recommendation, see D-682 Communities (2018). Plan Bill 79 Ko’olau Lea Plan Inside Cover Replace inside cover Modernize inside cover photo to match other rural SCP covers (see Consistency. DPP (2020) Sustainable photo attached replacement inside cover), recommendation, see D-682 Communities (2018). Plan Bill 79 Ko’olau Loa Plan 3.1.2.2 Shoreline Areas 3-5 Add a new paragraph In October 2015. the State obtained a conservation easement and Updates the Plan to incorporate (2020) Sustainable after 2nd paragraph to restriction on development rights for lands at the Turtle Bay Resort pursuant the Turtle Bay Resort Communities recognize the to Act 121 (Session Laws of Hawaii 2015). The conservation easement and conservation easement of 2015. Plan acquisition of development restrictions protect, in perpetuity, lands for open space, DPP recommendation, see D shoreline resources at additional public park areas, and shoreline access from Kawela Bay to 682 (2018). Turtle Bay via a Kahuku Point. conservation easement Bill 79 Koolau Loa Plan 3.3 Parks and Recreation 3-23 Add new paragraph In addition to the parks inventory described above, a 2015 Turtle Bay Resort Updates the Plan to incorporate (2020) Sustainable prior to Section 3.3.1 conservation easement agreement provides approximately 50 acres of land the Turtle Bay Resort Communities Policies: for additional City parks at Kawela Bay and at Kahuku Point, and conservation easement of 2015. Plan approximately 53 acres at Kawela Bay for State conservation land. DPP recommendation, see D 682 (2018). Bill 79 Ko’olau Loa Plan 3.5.2.3 Low Density 3-37 Revise first bullet Limit building heights to [throo ctorioc or ‘10 foot, including roof form, with Revises height limit for (2020) Sustainable Apartment heightc abovo 10 foot allowed only when warrantod duo] four stories with a consistency with Table 3-8. Communities maximum height of 60 feet, including roof form, but may vary according to DPP recommendation, see D Plan the required flood elevation, steep slope of the site, or the desire to protect 682 (2018). important natural features. Gabled or similar roof forms should be used to reflect a primarily rural residential design character. Bill 79 Ke’elau Lea Plan 3.8.1 Turtle Bay Resort 3-51 to 3-52 Revise section Located at the north end of Ko’olau Loa, the existing complex of the Turtle Updates the Plan to incorporate (2020) Sustainable and Ceastline Bay Resort — withjits 500 room hotel, ocoan villas, townhouses and golf the Turtle Bay Resort Communities courcesj an existing 452-room hotel, a 57-unit condominium project known conservation easement of 2015. Plan as the Ocean Villas, 368 townhouse condominiums known as Kuilima DPP recommendation, see D Estates East” and “Kuilima Estates West,” and two golf courses — will 682 (2018). continue to be a major visitor accommodation in the area. A State land use reclassification (Land Use Commission Docket A85-595), zone change (Ordinance 86-99). and [a] special management area use permit and shoreline setback variance (Resolution 86-308) [approved by the City in 1986 (Honolulu City Council Resolution 86 308, October 1, 1986)] allow the construction of up to five new hotels with 3,500 new [hotel and condominium] resort units at the nearly 900-acre Turtle Bay Resort property, providing expansion potential for the resort complex to include a total of six hotels with 4,000 total [coomsAmits] resort units (including the existing [500— mom] 452-room hotel). [Kuilima Resort Company completed] In connection with the anticipated development of the Turtle Bay Resort property, an environmental impact statement (EIS) [for the prepesed development in 1085, as required by the City’s develepment approval process.] was prepared in 1985 by the then- owner of the property, Kuilima Resort Company. The EIS was accepted as final under the Hawaii Envirenmental Pelicy Act (HEPA). When a subdivision application in support of the resort expansion was submitted in 2005, a cealitien of community groups filed a civil lawsuit to require the resert [owners] owner to prepare [ac—tipda1ed] a supplemental EIS (SEIS). In April 2010, the Hawaii Supreme Court decided in favor of the community groups and ruled that an [updated-E-IS] SEIS was required under [state envirenmental law before any ground could be breken en the project. j HEPA. Accordingly, an SEIS was prepared in 2013 by then-ewner of the property, Turtle Bay Resort, LLC, and the SEIS was accepted as final under H EPA. [ The State of Hawaii Supreme Court, in Unite Her& Locals v. City and County of Henelulu (Ne. 28602, April 8,2010), feund that the 1986 EIS centained a time frame that prejected project completion in three phases, with the last phase starting in 1996. In the majority opinion, tho Court noted that several elements ef the EIS did net address current environmontal cenditiens, such as the presence of Hawaiian monk scale and groan cop +1 nIne, nnrI lrnff,r’ 1 To allay community concerns regarding environmental and infrastructural impacts associated with the full development permitted under the entitlements, in 2013 the then-owner of Turtle Bay Resort entered into negotiations with the State of HawaH, various community groups, and interested individuals to preserve portions of the Turtle Bay Resort area in perpetuity.13 In October of 2015, the parties arrived at an unprecedented conservation alternative to the plans for full development. The then-owner of Turtle Bay Resort: (1) transferred fee title to approximately 53 acres at Kawela Bay to the State of Hawaw, which was then leased back to the owner of Turtle Bay Resort for a term of 65 years; (2) transferred fee title to approximately 7.6 acres, also at Kawela Bay, to the City and County of Honolulu, which is currently managed by the owner of Turtle Bay Resort; and (3) encumbered approximately 568 acres of the Turtle Bay Resort property with a conservation easement that prohibits development in perpetuity. In effect, the owner of the Turtle Bay Resort agreed for itself and all future owners of the Turtle Bay Resort property to forego the opportunity to deyelop over 620 acres of land. As a result, almost two-thirds of the total Turtle Bay Resort property have been preserved as open space. and public access trails throughout the property have been established for future generations to enioy. 13 Until approximately 2013, many residents of Ko’olau Loa did not support the resort expansion due to concerns about traffic impacts on the two lanes of Kamehameha Highway, the capacities of existing infrastructure systems and public services to accommodate the future proiected demand (such as water, wastewater. electrical systems, police and fire protection, and emergency services), and the potential impacts to archaeological, cultural, and natural resources. Labor force issues related to population growth, housing demand, and transportation, as well as a desire to preserve the undeveloped shoreline and scenic view planes, and maintain the region’s rural character, were also concerns. Although there was general support for existing hotel operations, community discussions about the future development of the resort continued, pending completion of an updated EIS. Community concerns about the proposed resort expansion included; • Preserving the uninterrupted shoreline and scenic view plane, as well as the cultural and historic significance of the area for future generations; 4.-’,.