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Notice #: 0001389419-01
Public Hearings

COUNTY OF KAUAI PLANNING COMMISSION – 4444 Rice Street, Suite A473, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, 96766, tel: (808) 241-4050, email: planningdepartment@kauai.gov.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of an
agency hearing with a public hearing and an opportunity for public testimony from all interested persons to be held by the Kaua’i Planning Commission pursuant to the provisions of Special Management Area Rules, Kauai County Code, Chapter 8, as amended, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 92 and 91, and the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the County of Kauai Planning Commission. The hearing will be held regarding the following:
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT (SMA(U)-2023-2), CLASS IV ZONING PERMIT (Z-IV-2023-4) and USE PERMIT (U-2023-4) to allow expansion of the Lihue Airport runway and associated site improvements, further identified as 3901 Mokulele Loop, Tax Map Key: 3-5-001 :008, and affecting a portion of a larger parcel containing 721 acres.

Meeting Lihu’e Civic Center, Moikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A-2B,
Location: 4444 Rice Street, Lihu’e, Kaua’i, Hawai’i

Interactive The public may attend the meeting via Zoom using the “Zoom link”
Conference that will be provided on the agenda for the meeting. The Agenda for
Technology: the meeting will be posted in accordance with HRS 92.

Date: November 15, 2022

Time: 9:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter

Pursuant to Hawai’i Revised Statutes Section 92-3.7, which codified Act 220, SLH 2021, the meetings of the County of Kaua’i Planning Commission will be conducted as follows:
The meeting location that will be open to the public with audiovisual connection is:
o Lihu’e Civic Center, Moikeha Building
o Meeting Room 2A-2B
o 4444 Rice Street, Lihu’e, Kaua’i, Hawai’i
In addition to attendance in-person, the public may also attend the meeting through Zoom using link provided on the agenda.
o If the Zoom connection or audio/visual connection is lost at the public location identified in the Commission’s public notice and cannot be restored within 30 minutes during the meetings, the Planning Commission will postpone all matters and reconvene at the next scheduled Planning Commission Meeting.
Also, the meeting will be available as an archived meeting after completion at www.kauai.gov/Webcast-Meetings.
Written testimony indicating your 1) name or pseudonym, and if applicable, your position/title and organization you are representing, and 2) the agenda item that you are providing comment on, may be submitted on any agenda item in writing to planningdepartment@kauai.gov or mailed to the County of Kaua’i Planning Department, 4444 Rice Street, Suite 473, Lihu’e, Hawai’i 96766. Written testimony received by the Planning Department at least
24 hours prior to the meeting will be distributed to all Planning Commissioners prior to the meeting. Any testimony received after this time and up to the start of the meeting will be summarized by the Clerk of the Commission during the meeting and added to the record thereafter.
Oral testimony will be taken on specific agenda items, in-person at the public meeting location or via Zoom link as an additional accommodation.
o All testifier audio and video will be disabled until it is your turn to testify.
o Per the Planning Commission’s and Chairs practice, there is
three-minute time limit per testifier, per agenda item.
o If there are temporary technical glitches during your turn to testify, we may have to move on to the next person due to time constraints; we appreciate your understanding.
IF YOU NEED AN AUXILIARY AID/SERVICE, OTHER ACCOMMODATION DUE TO A DISABILITY, OR AN INTERPRETER FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PERSONS, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE OF BOARDS & COMMISSIONS AT (808) 241-4917 OR ASEGRETI@KAUAI.GOV AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. REQUESTS MADE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE WILL ALLOW ADEQUATE TIME TO FULFILL YOUR REQUEST. UPON REQUEST, THIS NOTICE IS AVAILABLE IN ALTERNATE FORMATS SUCH AS LARGE PRINT, BRAILLE, OR ELECTRONIC COPY.
(WHT1389419 10/14/22)