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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: May 5, 1998 Re: C-82~2Bi11 No. 232 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 2:05 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 232, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 822, dated Apri122, 1998, regazding the request to amend Ordinance No. 95-70 by Kealakekua Development Corporation at Kealakekua, Kiloa, Waipunaula, Kalama, Kumu, and Kalamakowali, South Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 8-2-12:12 and a portion of 1, reports as follows: Bill No. 232 amends Conditions B, C, & Y of of Ordinance No. 95-70, which reclassified approximately 11,184 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-20a) to an Agricultural (A-la, A-3a, A-200a, A-255a and A-8000a) zoned district. The amendment to the conditions relates to water source and system requirement, incremental development and performance requirement. The amendment to Condition B deletes section B (2) which relates to bonding, but does not delete B (2) (i) and (ii). Condition B is also amended to increase the time factor from two years to five years. Condition C increases the time factor for the submission of plans For the first increment from three to five yeazs. The amendment to Condition Y corrects a typographical error in which reference to Condition C should actually be Condition B. In Condition B, the applicant is requesting a five-year extension of time to establish assurances that adequate water resources have been established for the proposed development. The request is also to amend certain conditions to allow the property to be developed in a manner that ensures that the infrastructure impacts and concerns aze addressed in a manner that is fair to both the County and the owner. In Condition C, the applicant is requesting an extension of the time period from three to five yeazs for the submission of the plans for the proposed subdivision of the first increment of the development. Numerous testimonies received from the public supported the time extension request. KDC has stated that because of the depressed economy and budgetary constraints they have been experiencing problems complying with the current performance timetable in which to establish assurances for adequate water sources and the development of the project. PC Report 109