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.

Location:  Live Stream Meeting - 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 4:30 p.m.  The public may provide oral testimony at the meeting via Zoom.  To register for access to the Zoom meeting, please contact Melissa Dacayanan-Salvador at Melissa.Dacayanan@hawaiicounty.gov or (808) 961-8156 no later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. 

Agenda:          Meeting Agenda

Documents relating to the items to be considered:

• Item #1  Connections New Century Public Charter School/CBESS (SPP-12-000138)

  DISCUSSION ONLY: Executive Session to consult the Commission's attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Commission's powers, duties, privileges, immunities and liabilities concerning Intermediate Court of Appeals' January 31, 2020 Memorandum Opinion vacating the County of Hawai'i Windward Planning Commission's May 12, 2014 Decision and Order, which denied Special Permit SPP No. 12-000138, and remanding the Special Permit SPP No. 12-000138 back to the Windward Planning Commission for further proceedings consistent with its Memorandum Opinion.

  • PD Background Report
  • PD Recommendation Report
  • Hearing Officers' Report
  • PD Revised Recommendation Report
  • PC Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Decision and Order
  • Memorandum Opinion by Intermediate Court of Appeals

  *Please Note:  The entire Record on Appeal (ROA) can be viewed in the Planning Department Office in Hilo.

• Item #2  Kirpal Meditation and Ecological Center, LLC (SPP-20-000220)
  • PD Background Report
  • PD Recommendation Report
  • Addendum to Background Report (List of Public Testimony)
  • Revised PD Recommendation and Conditions of Approval

More information:          Public Records on Hawaiʻi County Website