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Aaron S.Y. Chung, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii Page 3 The proposed request to reclassify the district boundary from Agricultural to Urban and to change the zoning to a CV -10 zoning district would allow for numerous permitted uses that are inconsistent with uses commonly associated with the open and rural LUPAG designations. It is also evident that the LUPAG designations for the previous Waikoloa Highlands project indicate there is a cogent relationship between the rural and open zoning designations with that of the current Residential and Agricultural 1 -acre (RA -la) and Open (0) County zoning of the subject parcels where a clear consistent intent in land use design is represented. The applicant has claimed that given the broad -brush nature of the General Plan LUPAG map designations, the subject parcel should be considered consistent with the medium density urban (mdu) zoning designation, which is located across Pua Melia Street, approximately 360 feet west of the of the most western tip of the subject parcel. The Planning Department provided a determination on the GP LUPAG designation for the proposed property by letter dated June 3, 2019, stating the General Plan LUPAG map specifically identifies the subject property as being within the open (ope) and rural (rur) designations, which follows the County zoning for the property. The adjoining property to the west and the area north of the property across Waikoloa Road are situated within the extensive agriculture (ea) GP LUPAG map designation. The nearest area within the medium density urban (mdu) GP LUPAG Map designation is located further west across Pua Malia Street, which is over one thousand (1,000) feet away along Waikoloa Road, where access would occur. Even though the GP LUPAG map boundaries are broad brush, the property cannot be interpreted to be within the medium density urban designation given its distant location. As mentioned above, since the request is inconsistent with the General Plan, the applicant could submit a proposed amendment request to amend the General Plan LUPAG map for this property. The request to reclassify the property to the State Land Use Urban District would be inconsistent with the to the following goals, policies, and standards of the Land Use -General and Land Use -Commercial Elements of the General Plan. In addition to assessing the proposed project's consistency with the General Plan LUPAG map designation for the area, the proposed request is also assessed in relationship to its consistency with the goals, policies, and standards of the General Plan. The General Plan is the policy guide for the coordinated growth and development of all sectors of the County. It sets forth goals, policies, standards, and courses of action to accommodate growth without congestion, to designate and preserve the lands needed for residential use, commercial and visitor services, industry, agriculture and open space, and to coordinate these uses with the County's service and infrastructure systems. The overall goals, policies and standards are set forth to physically plan the lands in the County in the best interest of the island's residents. Land Use is one of the principal focal points of public concern and policy. The Land Use Element of the General Plan provides the primary basis for direct control and guidance of publicly and privately owned resources. The following outlines how the proposed request to reclassify the district boundary from Agricultural to Urban, which is submitted along with a request to change the zoning to CV -10, is not consistent with the listed goals, policies, and actions of the Land Use — General and Land Use — Commercial elements of the General Plan: