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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 2 The Change of Zone Application from Agricultural-20 acres (A-20a) to Agricultural-5 acres (A-Sa) zoned district does not conform to the following goals, policies and standards of the General Plan Land Use and Agricultural Elements: * Designate and allocate land uses in appropriate proportions and mix and in keeping with the social, cultural and physical environments of the County. * Zoning request shall be reviewed with respect to General Plan designation, district goals, regional plans, State Land Use District, compatibility with adjacent zone uses, availability of public services and utilities, access and public need. * Protect and encourage the intensive utilization of the County's important agricultural lands. * Agricultural land shall be used as one form of open space or green belt. The requested zone change also would not support the following Agriculture Standard of the Land Use Element of the General Plan: * The compatibility of agricultural and non-agricultural uses should be carefully reviewed and where appropriate, buffers required. * Protect and encourage the intensive utilization of the County's important agricultural lands. * The county shall encourage the development and maintenance of communities meeting the needs of its residents in balance with the physical and social environment. * Agricultural land shall be used as one form of open space or as green belt. * Agricultural lands shall continue to receive preferential treatment. Zoning shall protect and maintain prime agricultural lands from urban encroachment. The County Council's Resolution No. 330-96, passed by the Council for the County of Hawaii on June 19, 1996, established a policy relating to the amendment of zone district boundaries within Kaloko Mauka and other Kona Watershed and Mauka Forest Areas. The resolution states that no lands above the 3,000-foot elevation within the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision or the 2,500-foot elevation above sea level elsewhere in