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on-street parking. 3. Landowner: Palamanui Global Holdings, LLC. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 4. May 12, 1993: Effective date of Ordinance No. 93 45 which reclassified approximately 727.8 acres from the Unplanned (U) to the Agricultural (A-3a) district. The ordinance amended the district classification of the area zoned A-3a (450.323 acres) as well as the Makalei Estates Subdivision. 5. November 21, 2002: The University of Hawaii, which owns approximately 500 acres adjacent to the subject property, entered into a MOU (amended April 16, 2004) with the applicant to discuss joint development opportunities, with the applicant providing critical infrastructure for the University's development. The University selected the adjacent parcel as a suitable site for a permanent UH campus in West Hawaii. The MOU addresses the concept of a University Village. Under the agreement, the applicant will develop a residential/commercial community on its property, with a village town center on both the Palamanui project area and the University's property. 6. October 23, 2004: Notice of the Final EIS was provided in the October 23, 2004 OEQC bulletin. The Palamanui Project initially involved the development of lands in the State Land Use Conservation District. As such, an Environmental Impact Statement was required pursuant to Chapter 343, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), and the Environmental Impact Statement Rules, Title 11, Chapter 200 of the Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR). 7. June 13, 2005: The State Land Use Commission approves Docket No. A03-744 for the redesignation of the Palamanui property from the Conservation and Agricultural districts to the Urban district. 8. July 17, 2006: Effective date of Ordinance No. 06 105, which reclassified approximately 725.224 acres from the Agricultural (A-3a) and Open district to Project District. (Exhibit 2 - Ordinance No. 06 105) 9. February 2, 2009: Tentative subdivision approval granted for Palamanui Subdivision (SUB 07-695). -2-