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Maile David, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawai`i Page 2 of 11 ■ Condition L (Archeological Preservation Plan), the Commission voted to entirely delete the Deputy Director's recommended Condition M (see below), which would have allowed the option of either Archaeological Data Recovery or Archaeological Site Preservation. Since the deletion of Condition M removed that option, the Commission voted to delete "Should the applicants choose to preserve the Archaeological Sites in place, p" in the first line and start the condition with, "Prior to..." • Condition M (Safety Improvements) the Commission voted to delete the Deputy Director's recommended condition that would have allowed the option of Archaeological Data Recovery and replaced it with the requirement of constructing traffic safety improvements as negotiated between the applicants and neighbors prior to the issuance of Final Subdivision Approval. • Condition N (Inadvertent Finds) deleted the word "unlikely" from the standard inadvertent finds condition as requested by the County Council. The ordinance conditions attached to this letter reflect the Leeward Planning Commission changes discussed above. The Commission concurs with the following Deputy Planning Director's reasons for favorable consideration of the request: State Land Use Boundary Amendment The approval of the reclassification from the State Land Use Agricultural to the Urban District for 3.229 acres of land will not be in violation of Section 205-2, Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), nor will it be inconsistent with the Land Use Commission Rules, the County General Plan, and the Hawaii State Plan. Under the Land Use Commission Rules, one of the standards for considering an area for urban reclassification states that, "In determining urban growth for the next ten years, or in amending the boundary, land contiguous with existing urban areas shall be given more consideration than non-contiguous land, and particularly when indicated for future urban use on state or county general plans." The subject property conforms to this standard in that lands directly contiguous to the north of subject parcel are designated Urban and consist of single-family residential subdivisions and urban densities (lot sizes between 10,000 to 15,000 square feet). The proposed reclassification action also conforms to the goals, policies, and standards of, among others, the Land Use-Single Family Residential Element of the General Plan, and the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map which designates the parcel Low Density Urban (LDU). According to the General Plan,t