KAILUA NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 31

PLANNING, ZONING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
7:00 to 9:00 pm
In-person at Kalama Beach Park
Chair: Donna Wong. Members: Jennifer Barra, Kelli Ann Kobayashi, Levani Lipton, Kalama Souza,
Steve Trecker, and Gary Weller.
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes
3. Announcements
4. Resident and Community Concerns
5. Presentation: 411 Dune Circle TMK (1) 4-3-017:053 SMA Major Permit Application by Mark Howland, Whale Environmental Services
6. Bill 53 (2024) changes to SMA approval process (CD1 recommitted to Council Zoning Committee).
a. It would delegate the authority to take action on SMA Major permits for certain types of development from the City Council to the Director of Planning and Permitting.
b. 6/18/25 Referred to Council Zoning & Planning Committee (Councilmember Kia’aina chair)
7. Bill 46 (2024) empty homes tax (postponed in committee)
8. Bill 43 (2025) redirect money from TAT to offset sewer fee hike (Passed first reading. 5/28 public hearing postponed.)
9. Kihapai Hale https://www.hawaiicdc.com/projects/kihapai-hale-kailua-oahu
10. 330 Kuulei Rd. (Kuulei LLC) proposed apartments – 60 foot building; in Koolaupoko Sustainable Communities Plan 40-foot commercial zoning height limit. Construction has begun.
11. 734-735 Kihapai Place city owned property for affordable housing
12. Kalaheo Hillside – exploratory grading has begun
13. Kawainui-Hamakua Master Plan Project
14. Hawaii-California Training and Testing DEIS/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement DEIS
15. Marine Corps Base Hawaii
a. DEA Water Reclamation Facility Upgrade April 2025
16. Dog park at Hamakua
a. DLNR is conducting an Environmental Site Assessment of the property
17. Ka’iwa Ridge (“Lanikai Pillbox”) Trail
a. SMA Major Resolution 25-78 approved, with conditions, by City Council 3/4/25
18. Adventist Health Castle
19. New Charter Commission (2025)
20. Kailua Bay water quality
21. Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant and Ocean Outfall
22. City Stormwater Utility Facility
23. Kailua public schools land transferred from City and County to State DOE
24. Olomana Ag cluster
25. Ironwood trees along Kailua Road
26. New landfill location
a. At Mayor Blangiardi’s Windward Town Hall meeting on 5/8/25 the Mayor said that the next landfill will
not be at either of the 2 quarry sites
27. Wind turbines in the ocean
28. Kawainui Canal Shoreline Access
29. Geothermal in Kailua
30. Protection of Wedge tailed shearwaters ‘Ua’u kani
31. Municipal parking lot tree assessment
32. Sunrise Shack 130 Kailua Road liquor Special License Application #25-03214-1 a. Daily 6:00 am to 11:59 pm daily for a “total of 397 days” from June 30, 2025 – July 31, 2026.
b. Sunrise Shack in Kailua, Ala Moana, Waikiki, Kapahulu and Haleiwa currently do not serve liquor
33. Outstanding SMA applications:
a. 320 Po’opo’o Place Driveway DEA
b. 580C North Kalaheo Avenue SMA Major Use Permit
c. 1588 Mokulua Drive SMA Major Use Permit
d. 614 Wailepo St. – Wailepo Partners new apartment building
e. 1226 Mokulua Dr SMAP and Shoreline Setback Variance to repair/reinforce a nonconforming concrete seawall (Council denied SMAP Reso 24-226 (9/10/24))
f. 604 D North Kalaheo Ave. SMA permit application
g. 144 Kaapuni Drive SMA permit application
(1) Resolution 25-184 SMA Major approved by Council Zoning & Planning Committee 7/28/25
h. 156 Kihapai Street SMA permit application
34. New Business
a. Ko’olau Distillery expansion in Kapaa Industrial Park
b. Manuiwa o ka Malanai proposed Fisheries Management Plan
35. Adjournment

Planning, Zoning & Environment (PZ&E) Committee
July 2025 Meeting Report
Chair, Donna Wong
1. A committee meeting was held in-person on July 15, 2025, chaired by Donna Wong and attended by committee member Gary Weller and KNB member Bill Hicks.
2. Lacking a quorum no business was discussed.

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