The meeting end time will be determined based on the items on the agenda and discretion of the Chair.  Date and venue of the meeting is subject to change.  Please contact the Planning Department at (808) 961-8288 to confirm.

Pursuant to Act 220, Session Laws of Hawai‘i 2021, which amended the Sunshine Law to allow meetings to be remotely conducted online, effective January 1, 2022, Leeward Planning Commission meetings will be held online, and the location listed below is open to the public to provide testimony and/or observe the online meeting.

In-person Location:  Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaiʻi 96720

Live Stream Video:  The public will be able to observe the meeting from the YouTube live stream.

Statements from the Public:  The public may provide written testimony via email at WPCtestimony@hawaiicounty.gov or submitted at the Hilo or Kona Planning Department up to two business days prior to the hearing by 4:30p.m.  

The public may provide verbal testimony at the meeting via Zoom or at the in-person location listed above.  To testify via Zoom, please contact Melissa Dacayanan-Salvador at Melissa.Dacayanan@hawaiicounty.gov or (808) 961-8156 prior to the meeting.

Agenda:   Windward Planning Commission Agenda 

Documents relating to the items to be considered (will be posted when available):

• Item #1 Lawrence Palmer (PL-REZ-2022-000016)
  • PD Background Report 
  • PD Recommendation Report

• Item #2 Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (PL-SPP-2022-000011) (Application Withdrawn on 5/2/2022) 
  • PD Background Report
  • PD Recommendation Report
  • Petition for Standing in Contested Case from Thomas Loudat 
  • Petition for Standing in Contested Case from Gregory Vlasek
  • Petition for Standing in Contested Case from Stefan Taylor
  • Petition for Standing in Contested Case from Sherry Wiseman
  • Petition for Standing in Contested Case from Sandra Reha
  • 5-2-2022 Letter from Applicant Withdrawing Special Permit Application

• Item #3 County Council (Bill No. 120)
  • PD Background Report and Recommendation Report 
  • Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 120 Submitted by Council Member Heather Kimball