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County of Hawaii <br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Phone (808)961-8288 • Fax (808)961-8742 <br />June 18, 2008 <br />Pete Hoffinann, Chairman <br />and Members of the County Council <br />County of Hawaii <br />333 Kilauea Avenue, 2nd Floor <br />Hilo, HI 96720 <br />Dear Chairman Hoffmann and Council Members: <br />Puna Community Development Plan <br />Q <br />*. ? <br />;~~ ~ <br />t`~" ~ ~ <br />F~-+ a-~_ <br />t~ . <br />,,.. ~ <br />::: ~ ;, <br />- - ~.._,, <br />~.. <br />~;_., <br />-- ,..~ <br />The Planning Commission conducted public hearings on May 6, 2008, May 22, 2008, <br />and June 6, 2008, to review the draft Puna Community Development Plan (CDP) as <br />submitted by the Puna Community Development Plan Steering Committee and its <br />consultant, PlanPacific, Inc. At its meeting of June 6, 2008, the Commission voted to <br />send a favorable recommendation of the Puna CDP to the County Council along with <br />four proposed amendments by the Planning Director and three proposed amendments by <br />the Commission. <br />The Planning Director's proposed amendments are as follows: <br />Section 2.3.3.d calls for a centralized sewage treatment plant and/or self- <br />contained pumped septic systems for any development within a two (2) <br />mile-wide corridor between the Wao Kele O Puna forest preserve and the <br />ocean. This would impact the existing Department of Hawaiian Home <br />Lands (DHHL) Maku'u Farm Lots of approximately 868 acres containing <br />127 five-acre agricultural lots immediately makai of Highway 130, the <br />proposed 640-acre DHHL Maku'u Residential subdivision planned for a <br />total of about 758 lots mostly 20,000 square feet or less in size <br />immediately mauka of Highway 130, the DHHL Maku~u Makai parcels <br />consisting of approximately 500 acres primarily mauka of Beach Road and <br />SE of Hawaiian Paradise Park, and the DHHL 100-acre Keonepoko Nui <br />parcel makai of Hwy 130. This restriction would also impact the State's <br />Keonepoko Farm Lots north of Kahakai Blvd. This proposal in the CDP <br />would significantly increase the cost of building a home in these areas <br />Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />