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Communication 4 Bill 2 Page 2 of 3 Kealakehe Elementary, Intermediate and High Schools are located approximately 4.5 miles south of the property. 6. The Planning Director recommended favorably on this request based on the following: • The proposed change of zone request will conform with the goals, policies and standards of the General Plan Economic and Land Use Elements. • The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map designates this area as Important Agricultural Land and Extensive Agriculture. • The State Land Use designation for the property is Agricultural and the proposed change of zone would complement the existing uses already in the area. • The Change of Zone request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to Coastal Zone Management as the subject property is not located in the Special Management area. The site is located approximately eight (8) miles mauka of the shoreline and will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. • There are no valued cultural, historical or natural resources that exist on the property and no evidence of any traditional and customary native Hawaiian rights being practiced on the site. [t is not anticipated the proposed request will have any adverse impact on cultural or historical resources in the area. This matter was postponed at the request of the applicant until the adoption of the Kona Community Development Plan by ordinance or until December 1, 2008. The North and South Kona Community Development Plan was subsequently adopted by ordinance and this matter was placed on the December 16, 2008 Committee on Planning agenda. At the December 16, 2008 Planning Committee meeting, Committee Chair Donald Ikeda circulated a copy of Hawaii County Council Resolution 58-97 to provide your Committee members with background relating to the conditions for the re-zoning. There was no public testimony. Greg Mooers appeared before the Committee, representing the applicant. For the benefit of the new Council Members, Mr. Mooers shared some of the history related to the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision. The subdivision was built over 20 years ago. A series of rezonings have taken place over the years. Many lots were stripped of the trees, clear cut and not re-forested. Resolutions 58-97 and 330-96 were introduced to address this problem. Certain rezoning applications were allowed, as long as the stated conditions were met. Eighty percent of forested lands must remain in order to preserve the watershed. Council Member Pete Hoffmann referred to a third resolution wherein he stated that the resolution disallowed further development until certain traffic issues were resolved. Council Member Hoffmann did not share any copies of this resolution. Mr. Mooers reminded your Committee members that the applicant has no control over the Department of Public Works. All clients have paid their fair share monies, but the department has not followed through on promised projects. The applicants should not be faulted for that which they cannot control. PC Report No. 3