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~eltCa ' s <br /> . r~t~~r~~~ <br /> May 29, 2002 ~ro,e ~sy.______. <br /> South Hilo Map 3/Proposed Revision B-18 `'°~~'~9/0_~--_.--- <br /> ~ounty Covnci~!'t `i'~:'; , <br /> Conservation to Extensive Agriculture <br /> Newton Family Limited Partnership <br /> Good morning <br /> am Jim Bell. I am a planning consultant with Belt Collins. <br /> Today I am representing the Newton Family Limited Partnership. <br /> Here with me today is George Newton who is also representing the Newton Family <br /> Limited Partnership. <br /> The Newton Family Limited Partnership owns some 1,646-acres of property in South <br /> Hilo, Hawaii. The parcel is identified as TMK 2-4-08:33. Honolulu <br /> A~~~«iu <br /> As a part of its estate planning, the Newton Family found that it needed to subdivide <br /> Ho.~a ~(„ng <br /> the 1,646-acres it owns. Since the land was in the State's Conservation District it <br /> could not be subdivided. To allow subdivision, the Family filed a State Land Use F n, <br /> Petition in August 1999 to change a portion of its property to State Agricultural so <br /> that it could be subdivided. <br /> T~,d <br /> Some two years later, in June 2001, 884-acres of the Newton Family property was <br /> reclassified by the State Land Use Commission from Conservation to Agriculture. <br /> The remaining some 762-acres continue in the State's Conservation District. <br /> For your record, we are submitting a copy of the Final Environmental Assessment <br /> and Support Document that was part of the Land Use Commission Petition. The <br /> Final EA follows the State's Chapter 343 environmental review process and includes <br /> some 70 pages of text and figures and special detailed studies of flora, fauna, <br /> traditional culture and archaeology, and major roadways in the vicinity. <br /> This document was the basis of a Finding of No Significant Impact from the <br /> proposed subdivision and thus allowing the approval of State Land Use District <br /> Amendment A99-729 from Conservation to Agriculture. This finding is called a <br /> FONSI in the parlance of the Environmental Impact Statement Rules. <br /> t~. ~®e <br /> Belt Collins Hawaii Ltd. ~®•~,,s <br /> ~'Y~&~ <br /> <br /> 2153 North King Street, Suite 200 ¦ Honolulu, Hawaii 96819 USA ~,~f~ <br /> <br /> T/808 521 5361 ¦ Fl808 538 7819 ¦ honolulu@beltcollins.com ¦ www.beltcollins.com }~~,QY ~ 91Q02 <br /> <br /> Belt Collins Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Employer I`l'®{+ <br /> <br />