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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: February 15, 2005 Re: Comm. No. 63/ Bill No. 19 PLACE: Council Chambers TIME: 1:30 p.m. Council Chair Safarik and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. l9, reports as follows: Bill No. 19, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim, via Communication No. 63, dated December 21, 2004, amends the State Land Use District Boundazies Maps H-14 and H-8 by changing the district classification for 6.507 acres from the Agricultural to the Rural District at Ouli, South Kohala, Hawaii, TMK:6-2-11:33. The owners, Robert and Christine Almeida, requested the reclassification in order to subdivide the property into two lots. They plan on constructing a dwelling on one lot. They plan to sell the second lot and anticipate the new owner will construct a dwelling on it as well. The Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by the Hawaii County Charter, Chapter 4, Section6-4.3(c), considered this request and the accompanying Bill No. 20 on December 2, 2004. The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's favorable recommendation on this matter. The Planning Commission found: 1. The approval of the reclassification from the state land use agricultural district to the rural district will not violate Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, nor will it be inconsistent with the Land Use Commission rules. 2. The reclassification request is also not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes. 3. Finally, the reclassification would conform to the Hawaii State Plan. Since 1998, the County Council has approved similar requests for state land use boundary amendments. The proposed use would be consistent with both the rural designation and the county's Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide map, as well as State land use regulations and the State of Hawaii Plan. Planning Committee Co-Chair Hoffmann voiced opposition to Bill 19, citing feedback from a poll he mailed to residents of Waimea. The majority of residents responding to a survey conducted by Mr. Hoffmann indicated that they did not support approval of more subdivisions like this. He indicated particular concern over the cumulative traffic impact of numerous small project approvals.