Turtle Bay development presented to Kahalu'u Neighborhood Board

Turtle Bay Development Presentation: Keith Kurahashi and Ralph Makiau presented the following Turtle Bay Resort Master Plan:

In 1998 developer Bill Mills and affiliates of Oaktree Capital Management Company bought Kuilima Resort Company the entity that owned Turtle Bay Resort. In 2001 affiliates of Oaktree Capital Management LLC, acquired full control of the Kuilima Resort Company and Turtle Bay Resort.

The following completed improvements were part of the proposed development approved in 1986 by the Zone Change and Special Management Area Permit at the Turtle Bay Resort: a) Construction of the links at Kuilima Golf Course (Palmer Course). b) Punahoolapa Wildlife Preserve. c) Wastewater Treatment Plant. d) Sewer force main along Kuilima Drive (connecting the Estates East and West to the Treatment Plant). e) Phase 1, Opana Well Facility. f) A 12-inch water transmission line along Kamehameha Highway, from Kuilima Drive to Marconi Road completed and accepted by the Board of Water Supply (1991). g) Nine Hole Fazio Course improved to an 18-hole golf course. Planned in the 1985 Environmental Impact Statement, approved in 1986 zone change and Special Management Area Use Permit. h) 2003, a golf course maintenance facility was built for the Palmer Course. i) Development at the project site, in accordance with approved permits, continued from 1986 through 1991 and restarted in 2001 and has continued to date with Kuilima Resort Company working with the State and City to receive approval of traffic improvements at the proposed West Kuilima Drive and Kamehameha Highway intersection. A meeting was recently held with the State Department of Transportation to discuss timing and participation of proposed improvements at the existing intersection mentioned above.

1) A subdivision request is in the process to allow subdivision of three proposed park sites (Kawela Bay Park already subdivided) and creation of three of the five proposed access easements (two already created) and the 100-foot wide public access use easement along the shoreline.

2) The Turtle Bay Resort Development will offer the following community benefits: a) Two public parks and two private parks open to the public. b) Shoreline access through 100-foot easement for public use along the shoreline, including a pathway extending from Kawela Park to Kahuku Park that breaks around the existing Turtle Bay Hotel parking lot and returns to the shoreline on the Kahuku side of the existing hotel development. c) Five easements containing parking for 20 stalls and pedestrian access to the shoreline. d) Resort related jobs for the North Shore Region. e) Affordable Housing. f) Additional improvements at Punahoolapa Marsh. g) Childcare, dedication of 0.5 acre of land.

3) There will be new Hotel Units - 2,500 and Resort Condo Units - 1,000; Two City Parks – Five-acre Park planned at Kawela Bay and a 33-acre park is planned for Kahuku Point;

Kawela Park 1 with 22 parking stalls and comfort station; and Kahuku Point Park will be developed with 30 parking stalls and comfort station; Shoreline Walkway; Public ocean access; Roadway Access; Approved landscape master plan; and Fazio Renovation

4) The Kuilima Resort Company has been working with the City to ensure that all conditions of approval are met in a timely manner. The City has been requiring updates to the approved wastewater, water and drainage master plans to reflect current Development Plans. A traffic impact analysis report update for the proposed Turtle Bay Resort Master Plan has been prepared in response to a City requirement.

5) The development of an employment center in the resort development would allow employee traffic to flow toward the resort rather than into town in the peak travel direction. Approximately 85% of the existing employees come from the Koolauloa/North Shore communities.

Entire proposal and the lengthy discussion that followed at the Kahalu'u Neighborhood Board meeting can be found at the following link:
June 14, 2006 Kahalu'u Neighborhood Board Meeting