call for testimony for 10/8 planning commission meeting
Aloha mai kākou,
On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, the Kauaʻi County Planning Commission is meeting and the annual report on the permits associated with the proposed re-development of the Coco Palms hotel is on the agenda.
Agenda item G-1-a reads: 2024 Annual Report on the progress of compliance and conditions of the subject permits for RP21 Coco Palms LLC (formerly Coco Palms Hui, LLC) in accordance with Condition No. 29 of Special Management Area Use Permit SMA(U)-2015-6, Class IV Zoning Permit Z-IV-2015-8, Project Development Use Permit PDU-2015-7, and Variance Permit V-2015-1, Tax Map Keys: (4)4-1-003:004 (Por.), 005, 007, 011, 017; 4-1-005:014 & 017.
Please submit testimony on this matter, here are some things to include in your testimony: Request that the Commission not accept the report until the court rules on mortgage broker, Paul Honkavaara’s motion to nullify RP21’s title and enjoin the development.
Kauaʻi Now News published an article that provides more detail into Honkavaara’s case. The article states that a hearing for the motion has been set for October 31, 2024 at 1 PM.
Also mentioned in the Kauaʻi Now News article is the action Friends of Māhāuʻlepū (FOM) took back in March of this year. FOM submitted a petition to revoke zoning and variance permits that the Commission ultimately denied based on FOM’s lack of standing. That decision was appealed in civil court in April, and the matter was last heard on Sept. 25. According to court records, Judge Kathleen Watanabe is expected to make a decision on the appeal within two weeks.
We are requesting that the Planning Commission not accept the 2024 Annual Report until these matters have been sorted out.
Email testimony to planningdepartment@kauai.gov no later than Monday, October 7. Please include the agenda item “G-1-a” in your testimony.
If you are able to attend in person, the meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at the Līhuʻe Civic Center, Moikeha Building Meeting Room 2A-2B, 4444 Rice St. Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 AM or shortly thereafter.
Tune into the live stream via the county webcast. Testimony will not be accepted via the webcast.
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