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RWailaniREZ.doc3/30/10 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION WAILANI DEVELOPMENT, LLC CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION EEZ 10-117) Upon careful review of the request, the Planning Director is recommending that a favorable recommendation for a Project District request be forwarded to the County Council. This recommendation does not, however, sanction the plans submitted with the application as they may be subject to change given the specific code and regulatory requirements of the affected agencies. Since this recommendation is made without the benefit of public testimony, the Director reserves the right to modify and/or alter this position based on additional information presented at the public hearing. This favorable recommendation is based on the following findings: The applicant requests a Change of Zone from Project District (University Terrace) to Project District (Wailani) for approximately 171.504 acres of land. The project, referred to as "Wailani", proposes a mixed-use community to include a 180,000 sq ft medical office campus, 200,000 sq ft of commercial space, a 100,000 sq ft business park, up to 333 senior housing units, up to 90 multiple - family residential units, up to 95 single-family residential lots, approximately 6.9 acres of active recreational open space, approximately 19 acres of passive open space including walking and bicycling paths and the Pu`u Honu cinder cone, and supporting infrastructure. The development would be constructed in three phases over a 15 year period. To serve the development the applicant proposes to develop an extension of Ponahawai Street from its intersection with Komohana Street through the project site to the Mohouli Street Extension, two loop roads to serve the senior housing and medical office campus, and a cul-de-sac from the Mohouli Street Extension to serve the multiple -family residential and large lot single-family residential uses south of the Alenaio Stream drainage charmel. The applicant also requests to repeal Ordinance No. 04 144 which approved the Project District (University Terrace) subject to adoption of a change ATTACH: Coram. 798 Bills 242 & 243