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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: May 16, 2006 Re: C'omm~~No. 687Bi11 No. 224 PLACE: Council Chambers TIME: 1:30 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 224, transmitted via Communication No. 687 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated February 3, 2006, presents a Change of Zone request by HILUHILU DEVELOPMENT, LLC for property located northeast of the Kona International Airport at Keahole, between Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway and Makalei Estates Subdivision, Kau, North Kona, Hawaii , covered by TMK: 7-2-5:1. Your Committee reports as follows: Bill No. 224 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-3a) and Open, to Project District (PD), for approximately 725.2 acres of land. Communication No. 687 reports the Hawaii County Planning Commission considered this rezoning request and accompanying Bill No. 224 on January 20, 2006 as required by the Hawaii County Charter, Chapter 4, Section 6-4.3(C). The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's favorable recommendation on this matter. The Planning Director's favorable recommendation transmitted with Communication No. 687 can be summarized as follows: 1. The Applicant is requesting a Change of Zone Open (O) and Agricultural 3 acres (A-3a) to Project District for a master planned community ("Palamanui") with mixed uses. The proposed development will include the following: approximately 590 single-family residential units; approximately 255 multiple-family residential units; commercial spaces for medical, office, retail, classrooms and health-related issues; active and passive parks (including a 65-acre dry forest preserve) and a minimum of 100 affordable housing units on-site. The Project is to be developed in three phases over aten-year period at a cost of in excess of $300 million dollars. 2. The State Land Use Commission approved the redesignation of the property from Conservation and Agricultural districts to the Urban district. (Docket No. A03-744 dated May 19, 2005). A Project District (PD) development intends to provide for flexible, creative planning approach rather than specific land use designations. This planning approach would establish continuity in land uses and designs while providing a comprehensive network of infrastrnctural facilities and systems. 3. Existing Ordinance No. 93 45 (effective May 12, 1993) reclassified approximately 727.8 acres from the Unplanned (U) to the Agricultural (A-3a) district. This Ordinance amended the district classification of the subject area zoned A-3a (450.323 acres) as well as the current site of the Makalei Estates Subdivision. Due to the Project District request, applicable amendments to the Conditions of Ordinance No. 93 45 relating to the Project District area are being considered. 4. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was entered into on November 21, 2002 between the University of Hawaii to consult and discuss joint development opportunities with Applicant PC REPORT NO. 73