At the Jan. 15 meeting the committee took action on multiple routine items and reported them to the full council for adoption.

- Resolution 25-333 (extension of time): The chair recommended and the committee granted a 90-day extension of time for council action on a special management area major permit for Robert Vavo (68-309 Crozier Drive). DPP Director Dawn Takuchi Opuna said the department had no objections to the extension.

- Resolution 25-320 (reappointment of Gina Thielen to the Building Board of Appeals): Thielen appeared and described concerns about statutory limits on the board’s authority; DPP said it supports the reappointment. The committee amended the resolution to a CD1 to make technical corrections and reported it out for adoption.

- Resolution 25-299 (SMA major permit for Margaret/Peggy Taylor property, Kailua): Committee discussed site characteristics, sea-level-rise exposure and archaeological review needs; a presentation by Mark Howland of Well Environmental Services described shoreline accretion at the parcel and noted applicant acceptance of CD1 conditions. DPP said it had no objections, and the committee amended the item to CD1 and reported it out for adoption.

No in-person or remote public testifiers appeared on the three action items and the chair recorded “hearing none, so ordered” for the listed approvals.

Details to note: For the Taylor project committee materials note an archaeological inventory survey was requested by the State Historic Preservation Division and that 90% of the site falls within a 3.2-foot sea-level-rise exposure area by 2100. For the Thielen reappointment, Thielen raised statutory concerns about the board’s ability to act under the current evidentiary standard.