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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: April 18, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 690/Bill No. 227 PLACE: Council Chambers TIME: 1:00 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 227, reports as follows: Bill No. 227, transmitted via Communication No. 690 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated February 6, 2006, presents a Change of Zone request by LAVA KUAKINI, LLC, at Kahului ls`, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-5-17: portions of 2 and 5. Bill No. 227 seeks to amend Section 25-8-3 (North Kona Zone Map) Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), by changing the District Classification from Agricultural (A-Sa) to Multiple-Family Residential (RM-2.5) for 14 acres of land. Communication No. 690 reports that the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by Chapter 4, Sec. 6-4.3(C), Hawaii County Charter, considered the above request on January 20, 2006. The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's reasons for a favorable recommendation for approval of this matter. Communication No. 690 transmits the following findings and recommendations: 1. The subject property is located along the northeast side of Kuakini Highway, adjacent to and south of the Kona Hillcrest Subdivision, at Kahului ls`, North Kona, Hawaii and is in close proximity to several residential neighborhoods. To the north is the 101-lot Kona Hillcrest Subdivision, to the Southeast, the recently approved Suffolk Investment and Puaa Development projects, and south of the project area across Kuakini Highway, is the Kona Sea Villas Condominiums and Kahakai Estates further south. To the west of the project area across Kuakini Highway are two condominium projects, the Kona Hawaiian Village and the Kona Sea Ridge. 2. The applicants are also requesting a concurrent State Land Use Boundary Amendment (Bill 226) from the Agricultural District to the Urban District. 3. The applicant is proposing to develop a 212-unit housing project, of which a minimum of fifty percent (50%) will be allocated as affordable housing, which will help address the housing needs of the community. The project will be located conveniently to public services such as police, fire, public schools and employment centers located in Kailua-Kona. 4. Access to the property will be from Kuakini Highway, which is a State owned, County maintained roadway with a 22-foot wide pavement within an approximate 80-foot right-of--way and from the proposed Kahului to Keauhou Parkway right-of-way. Roadway access for the project is a difficult issue and eventually, the Kahului to Keauhou Parkway (also known as the Ali`i Parkway) is supposed to be built along the northern boundary of the project site. The right-of--way is 100 feet wide, of which 50 feet is within applicant's property and 50 feet within the property to the north. The right-of- way has been planned and roadway designed, but the right-of--way has not been acquired. REPORT NO. 66