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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: October 19, 2004 RE: Communication 787/Bill No. 341 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 9:08a.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning to which was referred Communication No. 787 and Bill No. 341, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim, dated September 22, 2004, regarding a Change of Zone request application by Phil Knierim at Kaloko, North Kona, TMK: 7-3-25:07 reports as follows: Bill No. 341 seeks to amend Section 25-8-2 (North and South Kona Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Hawaii County Code by changing the district classification from Agricultural 20-Acre (A-20a) to Family Agricultural 3-Acre (FA-3a) for approximately 20.477 acres of land at Kaloko, North Kona, covered by TMK: 7-3-25:07: Communication No. 787 reports the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by the Hawaii County Charter, Chapter 4, Section 6-4.3(C), considered the above request on September 3, 2004. At this meeting, the Commission concurred with the Planning Director's favorable recommendation for your approval of this matter. Communication No. 787, in synopsis, also reports the Planning Director's findings and recommendations as the following: I . 1'he applicant, Phil Knierim, is requesting a Change of Zone from the Agricultural 20-Acre (A-20a) district to the Family Agricultural 3-Acre (FA-3a) district for approximately 20.477 acres of land. The property is located along the southeast side of Kaloko Drive approximately 500 feet west of the Kaloko Drive-Mahi Street intersection. Map Exhibit "A" further delineates the subject parcel. 2. M&K of Kona, LLC., is the owner of the parcel. The applicant is the managing member of M&K of Kona. The applicant intends to create six agriculture lots by subdividing the subject parcel into Family Agricultural properties that will be approximately 3-acres each in size. A dwelling, at an estimated cost of $350,000 each, is also tentatively proposed for two of the lot's. Currently, there are two buildings on the subject parcel. Both are expected to remain on proposed lot 1-A. 3. Access to the proposed site is proposed through Kaloko Drive and Mahi Street using one common driveway approach. Both Kaloko Drive and Mahi Street are 22-foot wide paved roadways. 4. All essential utilities are or will be made available to the site as part of this project. The subject parcel is located five miles away from emergency fire and medical services. 5. A 1982 ~Alala Recovery Plan completed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported that properties located in Blocks 8 through 13 above the 3,200 to 3,400 foot elevation on the west slopes of Hualalai should be designated as essential habitat for the 'Alala Bird population. The subject property is located in Block 5 at the 2,200-foot elevation. If a habitat were established, it is probable that a management plan for the area would need to be developed and may include the suhject parcel. Report No. 113