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Maile David, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawai`i January 09, 2022 _ Page 4 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. Resort developments are created to satisfy the needs and desires of both the visitors and residents. Such areas have basic amenities and attributes which attract the development of visitor accomodations and related facilities. Almost every successful resort area has a harmonious combination of certain characteristics, such as climate, scenery, recreational amenities and other man-made facilities. In this instance, the proposed project area is located within the Waikoloa Beach Resort complex, which encompasses approximately 1,353 acres between the Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway and II the ocean and includes open spaces (two, 18-hole golf courses and natural lava fields), three (3) resort hotels and timeshare developments, resort residential multi- and single- family units, two commercial shopping centers,performance amphitheater, a golf clubhouse, a beach clubhouse and related improvements. The proposed zoning would provide visitors and residents with residential and recreational amenities and is intended to be accessory and complementary to the existing adjacent resort facilities and will conform to, among others, the following applicable goals,policies and standards of the General Plan Economic, Environmental,Natural Beauty and Land Use Element. The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide(LUPAG) Map component of the General Plan is a representation of the document's goals and policies to guide the coordinated growth and development of the County. It reflects a graphic depiction of the physical relationship among the various land uses. The LUPAG Map establishes the basic urban and non-urban form for areas within the County. The proposed Multiple-Family Residential and Single-Family Residential zoning conforms to the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map which designates the project area as Resort Node (ren). Such designation allows a mix of visitor-related uses such as hotels, condominium-hotels (condominiums developed and/or operated as hotels), single family and multiple family residential units, golf courses and other typical resort recreational facilities,resort commercial complexes and other support services. Only Major Resort Areas are identified as Resort Nodes on the LUPAG Map. The LUPAG Map also designates the entire property's Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway frontage and along the shoreline as Open Area,which is generally for parks, historic sites and open spaces. As part of the development, the applicant is also proposing to provide a minimum of 12.8 acres of open space land within"Area A" as naturalized lava. Furthermore, while this area is not considered a coastal development,proposed public access facilities will be developed to connect the Kumu Hou project subarea J1 and J2 of"Area A"to existing shoreline public accesses makai of the resort. A condition