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Maile David, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawai i Page 2 Jan 17,2022 maximum number of lots that could be created by subdivision of the property should the change of zone be approved is three (3) and the total number of multiple-family dwellings that could be permitted on the property is 53. The applicant secured a Use Permit in 2013 to allow the construction of a 13,520 square foot medical facility and related improvements on the subject property. However, while the applicant has taken steps to comply with the conditions of the Use Permit, they have not constructed the permitted medical clinic due to lava flows affecting Pahoa and lower Puna in 2014 and 2018, where the subject property was used as a community hub during the 2018 flow and was subsequently developed as the Pdhoa Cultural Center, including the construction of four (4) community buildings under an emergency proclamation. With the lava flow subsiding and timeframes for completion of the medical clinic imminent, the applicant determined that limiting the site for only a medical facility has made its development less financially feasible and therefore more difficult to construct. Having the ability to entertain non-medical' uses increases the financial viability of the project. If the subject change of zone application is approved, the applicant requests revocation of the existing Use Permit and conceptually plans to develop the property in two (2) phases, the first of which will include the adaptive re-use of three (3) existing structures on the property for commercial purposes in the near term. The second phase would include the removal of the existing structures on the property and the development of a new, mixed-use medical, retail, and office complex consisting of a single-story, 13,520 square foot structure, 46 parking stalls (including two ADA stalls) and related improvements. The applicant envisions the projected uses to be approximately 70% of the structure for medical and office uses with 30%targeted for retail uses. In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable goals,policies, and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and. decisions can be made to better time and stage developments to achieve growth determined by the General Plan and related planning documents. The implications of these evaluations and decisions must also be considered as they may have an impact on similar areas in the County. The change of zone request from an RS-10 to a CV-20 zoning district conforms to applicable goals, policies and standards of the General Plan .and the Puna Community Development Plan (CDP). The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map component of the General Plan is a representation of the document's