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Communication 370 <br />Bill 159 <br />Page 2 <br />the agricultural land inventory in the County of Hawaii. <br />Also reported in Communication No. 370 is the concern of the State Land Use Commission that the State <br />band Use Laws may he circumvented by allowing the 14.901-acre portion of the parcel to he redesignated in <br />the Urban district with the possibility ofthc remaining R.725 acre portion to be redesignated Urban in the <br />future. "I'o address this concern as part of his recommendation for approval of this request, the Planning <br />Director included the proviso identilicd as conditirni "A" in Bill 159, which prohibits the remaining 8-acre <br />portion of the property in the State Land Use Agricultural District from being reclassified into the Urban <br />District for a period of 5 years. <br />At today~s meeting_ Planning Director Chris Yucn and Sidney Fuke, representative for Puna Sugar, LLC. <br />provided this committee with background information about the origins and purpose of Bill No. 159. <br />Members of this Committee expressed some concern in relation to the applicant's attempt to avoid the State <br />Land Use Commission. Other Committee members voiced a desire to expand home rule decision-making in <br />planning matters. <br />Your Committee concurs with the Planning Commission and the Planning Director's favorable <br />recommendation for approval of the State Land Boundary Amendment. <br />Your Conunittee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 159 and recommends it <br />pass first reading. <br /> nYIfS NOP.S n & IS ISX <br />n Rn Knlil X <br />CIIUN(i X <br />IiI,Al2IONUl'I' X <br />IIOISCIIUII X <br />In('O13tiON X <br />IZI(YNUI.Uti X <br />SAIARIIi X <br />"fl ILi1N(i X <br />rvl.r:a x <br />Rcspcclfulh,ubmitlcd <br />1 <br />~i <br />LENINGRAD ELARIONOFF,cttntHrotnn <br />PC IZP.PORI NO. 60 <br />nlxll>rr"D: NOV 1 9 2003 <br />