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street designed to discourage fast through traffic, and will serve as the main entry to the primary commercial center. It will connect by secondary arterials that will provide alternative routes to the medical center, police and fire stations, senior citizens center, the expanded Waimea School campus. The interior circulation system will be designed to function with or without the proposed [state] bypass highway. The system will consist of slow speed roads, pedestrian walks, trees, and open space." [Parker Ranch 2020 Master Plan as stated in the undated (1989?) publication of the Parker Ranch 2020 Master Plan for the Town Center : page 4 "Land Use Concepts: Town Center"] 1992 Parker Ranch Rezoning Ordinance No. 92-65: The 2020 Plan commitments made to the Waimea community culminated in the legally binding conditions of the 1992 Rezoning Ordinance 92-65, which was passed by the County Council shortly after Richard Smart's death. This ordinance rezoned several hundred acres of prime agricultural land to provide for approximately 54 acres of commercial zoning and residential zoning to provide for approximately 880 residential lots. Among the key conditions to obtaining that Town Center rezoning was the road requirement that: the entire Town Center arterial road consisting of two lanes within an 80 foot right of way shall be constructed in conjunction with the final subdivision approval of any residential development within the Waimea Town Center or prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy for any portion of the commercial area, whichever comes first. [1992 Rezoning Ordinance 92-65M(l)(b)] The Planning Department Recommendation of Approval (dated 12/31/91) for this rezoning application explained the intent of Parker Ranch regarding the Town Center Road, then called the "mini-bypass road": "As a condition of this approval, the construction of the entire mini-bypass road would be required prior to issuance of occupancy for any portion of the commercial or residential development. This major roadway would be constructed within a minimum 80-foot wide right-of-way. The applicant proposed an initial two-lane construction with additional improvements to be constructed as those areas fronting the road are developed. The installation of curbs, gutters and sidewalks would be made with the development of each increment. Another safety measure is the installation of pedestrian improvements from the Waimea Elementary School to the mini-bypass intersection along Mamalahoa Highway on the mauka (town center) side of the road. [County of Hawaii Planning Department Revised Recommendation dated 12/13/91; Richard Smart Revocable Personal Trust: State Land Use Boundary Amendment 89-2; Change of Zone Application 89-19] 4