What: Bill 186 would change the State Land Use District classification from Agricultural to Urban, and Bill 187 (Draft 4) would rezone the same Waikoloa parcel (portion of TMK 6-8-002:016, applicant Waikoloa Green LLC, 14.868 acres) from RA-1A and Open to RM-1.5, FA-1A, A-10A and Open.
Where it stands: Listed on the posted agenda for the 2026-10-21 Council meeting. No vote or outcome is reported here.
Next: Council action; check later agendas.
Details
The Leeward Planning Commission forwarded a favorable recommendation on the change of zone, which would allow a 400-unit multiple-family housing complex with a clubhouse; the site is on the southeast side of Pua Melia Street, about 810 feet south of Waikoloa Road.
Reference: Comm. 1025 (Bill 186) and Comm. 1025.22 (Bill 187); Bill 187 introduced by Heather L. Kimball by request.
The agenda lists a Land Use and Aina Affairs Committee report on each bill (LAAC-47 and LAAC-48) with a negative recommendation on a 3-ayes, 5-noes, 1-absent vote. That is the committee recommendation, not a Council vote.
Bill 186 was postponed to the September 15 committee meeting (7-0) and Bill 187 was amended (wildfire, drainage, affordable-housing phasing) and postponed to September 15 (7-0) so the Council can request a Department of Education school capacity review.
Bills 186 and 187 (Draft 3) listed on the Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions Committee agenda, each with a pending motion to recommend passage on first reading; both had been postponed September 1 and 15. Agenda read from a scanned document; no outcome is recorded.
Bills 186 and 187 (Draft 2) listed on the committee agenda, each postponed September 1, 2026, with a pending motion by James E. Hustace, seconded by Ashley Lehualani Kierkiewicz, to recommend passage on first reading. Agenda read from a scanned document; no outcome is recorded.