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July 29, 2006 To the County Council Planning Committee And County Council 1 am writing regarding General Plan Interim Amendment F-2. This amendment has consequences for almost 104 acres of land situated between upper Napoopoo Road and the conservation land above the Pali over Kealakekua Bay and Marine Life Conservation District. Around 1988, this land was owned by Kealakekua Ranch who applied for a change of zone to Residential Agriculture 2 acre and for a subdivision. They were issued Special Management Area Use Permit # 269, which was dependent on the change of zone being issued. Their subdivision plan featured 36 lots greater than 2 acres covering 109 acres. Their 37th lot was the long strip of conservation land along the Pali, Ultimately, that subdivision application was put in abeyance. The present owners, Captain Cook Ranch LLC, resubdivided and have a pending subdivision of thirty three 2 acre lots on about 73 acres. That leaves another parcel of approximately 23 acres zoned RA2 which potentially can also be subdivided. (The conservation land strip lot is not part of this pending subdivision.) This pending subdivision uses the same SMA 269 permit issued almost 20 years ago. The F2 Amendment, (which concept had been agreed upon between Chris Yuen and Captain Cook Ranch in 2004 for this developer's land according to correspondence on public record), would change the County Land Use Designation from Important Agricultural to Rural. Rural designation as defined in the County of Hawaii General Plan, Feb. 2005 has "typical lot sizes of 9000 sq, ft. to 2 acres". This amendment would create the opportunity for present and future developers and future owners of RA 2 acre lots to apply for rezoning in hopes of finther subdividing their land. This would change the original basis for SMA 269 of lots 2 acres or greater to a category of 2 acres or smaller, (allowing houses on !h acre lots.) AltMugh amendment F-2 says it does not imply stipport for rezoning, the letter ttom Chits Yuen to Captain Cook Ranch LLC, Nov. 7, 2003 also says "The prop6sed LUPAG Map amendment will not change the current zoning of the properties, but it will be an important consideration if rezoning or other land use changes are sought in the future". If enacted, F-2 could set up the sequence of new rezoning and subdivision applications occurring piecemeal over an indefinite length of time. Applications would be ruled on reactively, one at a time. 13ecisions would be left to the politics of the changing planning commissions and county councils in power. %(445 Comm. No. Ref. TdhwM?ae Ref. Uate-