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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: June 14, 2005 Re: Comm. No. 106/Bill No. 29 PLACE: Council Chambers TIME: 1:10 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, I~[awai`i 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Communication No. 106 and Bill No. 29. transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim, dated February 8, 2005, regarding a State Land Use Boundary Amendment request by Suffolk Investment, ~.LC, at Puapua`aiki 1" and Puapua'anui 1 Notth Kona, Hawaii. TMK: 7-5-017:019 reports as follows: Bill No. 29 seeks to change the State Land Use District Boundaries Map, H-7 and H-8, by changing the District Classification of approximately 14.87 acres of land from Agricultural to Urban District. Communication No. 106 reports the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by the Hawaii County Charter, Chapter 4, Section 6-43(C), considered the above request and accompanying Bill No. 30 on January 21, 2005. At this meeting, the Commission's vote to approve the Planning Director's favorable recommendation was recorded as two "ayes" to three "noes". Because there was not five affirmative votes, Che vote constitutes a "no action" and, therefore, is recorded as an unfavorable recommendation. Communication No. 106 also transmits the favorable recommendation of the Planning Director: Communication No. 106 reports, in synopsis, The following: I. 'I~he applicant, Suffolk Investment, LLC, is requesting a State Land Use Boundary amendment for 14.87 acres from the Agricultural District to Urban District. 2. The subject property is located between Hawaii Belt Road (Highway I I) and Kuakini Highway, directly west (makai) of the Pualani Estates Subdivision. 3. The applicant is also requesting a concurrent change of wne (Bill 30) from an Agricultural 5-acre (A-Sa) to a Multiple Family Residential 2,500 square foot (RM-2.5) district. d. The applicant proposes to develop a 250-unit market rental housing project. 5. "I~he reclassification action will not be inconsistent with the County General Plan as the request conforms to the Economic and Land Use goals and policies of the Plan and also contorms to the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map which designates the area as Urban Expansion Area. 6. 'I~hc State of t lawai' i ALISI I Map classifies a small portion of the southern section of the property as "Other Important" Agricuhural bands with the remainder of the property as Unclassified. The Land Use Study Bureau's Overall Master Productivity Rating for the soils in the area is "E" or "Very Poor". While the potential for agricultural uses may exist, the soil conditions within the site and surrounding area would preclude such. It is also not currently being used for active agricultural purposes. Therefore, the reclassification of this 14.87 acres of land from the Agricultural to the Urhan designation will not be detrimental to the reduction of this area from the agricultural land inventory in the County of Hawai' i. PC REPORT NO. 2a