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• June 9, 2003 LAND PLANNUVc uNDSCAeE ARCxI3>:.cnme Honorable Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd Planning Committee Chairperson Hawaii County Council WM. FRANK BRANDY. FASLA 25 Aupuni Street CHAIRMAN Hilo, Hawaii 96720 THOMAS WITTEN. ASLA PRES/DENT SUBJECT: HAWAII COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE R. STAN DurvcnN, ASLA DAVID AND DORIS GREER PROPERTY EXECUTNEV/CE-PRESIDENT PUI,'E®, SOJTd ~O, i1AWAI RUSSELL YJ. CRUNG, ASLA TMK'S: (3) 2-6-08:26-29; 339 ~ 2-6-29:14 AND 15 EXECUTNE V/CE-PRFS/DENf VINCENT SxIOEKONI Deaz Councilperson Lelthead-Todd and Members of the Planning Committee: PRINC/PAL JANUS LEONARD, AICP In follow-up to our prior discussion, we aze submitting this request on behalf of the Greer PRINCIPAL H,LO oPE/~E Family, owners of the subject property, that the County Council not adopt the Planning Director's proposed revision to the County General Plan LUPAG Map affecting the GRArtr MuanxAMl, AICP subject property. The Director's proposed revision, delineated aS Item B-13 of South SENIOR ASSOCIATE Hilo Map-2, would change the current General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Tom ScxNEU, AICP (LUPAG) map designation over portions of the property from the existing "Low Density AssoclATE Urban" designation to a newly proposed "Important Agriculture" designation. A copy of RAYMONDT. RIGA, ASLA the Director's proposed changes to the County General Plan, LUPAG Map is enclosed Asses'A,E for your reference as Exhibit 1. KEVIN N1sxlxnwA, ASLA AssoclATE While the Greer Family has planted portions of the property in the azea south of Amauulu Road in fruit orohazds and aze committed to continuing their efforts in that regard, they recognize that some level of urban development on the property maybe appropriate and desirable given the property's proximity to existing urban areas of Hilo and the relative H~,,,,,,,~E availability of infrastmcture in the area. The reasons presented by the Planning Director 10°' B1S1OP$1R~' for Chan ' the current Low Der_sity Urban desi AsaTOwP14,;urtE6s0 8mg - gnation are that the lands 111 this azea are xoNOLULU, H„wN'196eI3-3<en considered to be "Important Agricultural Land," and that there aze ample lands in the ru : (eoa) sz1-6631 FAR:(soa)sz3-(aoz immediate vicinity for future residential uses. We would challenge these assumptions in E-MALL: sysadmio®pbWwau.cwn that, 1) the suitability of an area for agricultural use needs to be balanced with the area's appropriateness for urban development given its relation to surrounding uses and aaoomcE available infrastructure, and 2) with the current rise in home prices, there is considered to B~ u ~ ~ 3IO be a shortage of residential lots in the Hilo area and a corresponding need to designate xao. HAwr,~•, 96rzo4z6z a ro ri gi p TFL: (808)961-3333 PP Pate locations for the to 'cal ex ansion of the Hilo urban area. FAx: (808)9614989 E-euLL: pbrhilo®lavaoet Although the planning for the Greer property is in the preliminary stage, one option being considered, as shown in the attached Conceptual Land Use Plan (Exhibit 2), is the WAO'°KOO""E develo m y g y P z1z3 KAOxu sTR~ p ent of an elderl housin or multi-famil residential corn lex in the lower wALLUK°• ""wA,'' 96'93-zzoa portion of the property, mauka of Clem Akina Park; and single family residential use in m : (soR) zaz-zaTe FAx: (aos) zaz-z9oz the azea extending mauka of the planned the elderly housing (multi-family) development, EMALL: pbnnaui®lavaon