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The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 6 Serving as a general guide to development, the LUPAG Map is a broad brush document that identifies the uses in that particular area and is not intended to be interpreted with precision accuracy and exactness. In most cases, the LUPAG maps show the general location of a particular use, and the boundaries are not meant to be precisely scaled. For example, the LUPAG map identifying a commercial use corresponding to an existing location is not determined by scaling the map location from fixed points such as a street intersection or shoreline. The LUPAG map is not meant to depict absolute boundaries. This means that it is possible to reasonably interpret an area as being in a certain designation, as the Planning Director has determined in this particular situation. The General Plan states that the line is general, broad and flexible in its application. In some cases, the General Plan LUPAG designations are inherently imprecise. For example, an area of Low Density Urban or Urban Expansion surrounding existing towns indicates the possibility of an area expanding in a general direction, but does not indicate a fixed, rigid boundary for the potential expansion. Shoreline properties designated Open along the shoreline setback area do not delineate an exact width of the area designated Open. Islandwide, there are other situations where a particular zoning is not precisely consistent with the LUPAG map if the properties were precisely scaled. For example, the Kona Industrial Subdivision is partially in the HDU core although industrial uses are not permitted within the High Density Urban designation. Similarly, the Fairmont Hotel (at Mauna Lani), although proximate to a LUPAG Resort designation, is partially located in an area designated Open by the LUPAG map. The Waikoloa Village Conceptual Plan in the South Kohala Community Development Plan (SKCDP) adopted by Ordinance No. 08 159 identifies the project area as "Maintain Ag Zoning ", and a possible site for a community center and park. Although the subject request includes a park site, this area is partially bisected by an identified floodway. Table 5.2 of the Conceptual Plan (Planned Buildout and Potential Future Buildout in Waikoloa Area) does not recognize this parcel as planned for future development. Likewise, the SKCDP specifically states that "rezoning of any of these parcels (lands east and south of the Waikoloa Village area proposed for future development), should not be approved unless and until concurrency requirements have been met and until the land owner(s) can demonstrate in detail at least the following: (1) availability of adequate potable water sources, (2) mitigation of adverse traffic impacts, (3) mitigation of adverse visual impacts and night time light pollution, (4) positive benefits to the community, including providing parks and shopping facilities, and construction of affordable housing. Based on the above, the request is not consistent with the SKCDP. However, although the request is inconsistent with the conceptual plan, the project meets Waikoloa Policy 1 in the SKCDP, which states, "Provide Infrastructure and