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BRPDinitiatedUH-HiloREZdoe-07125/13 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACKGROUND AND RECOMMENDATION INITIATOR-PLANNING DIRECTOR AMENDING SECTION 25-8-33 (CITY OF HILO ZONE MAP),ARTICLE 8, CHAPTER 25(ZONING CODE)OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983(2005 EDITION,AS AMENDED),BY CHANGING THE DISTRICT CLASSFICATION FROM AGRICULTURAL-1 ACRE(A-la)AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL-10,000 SQUARE FEET(RS-10)TO UNIVERSITY(UNV)AND THE DELETION OF THE PROPOSED 80-FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY CONNECTING KOMOHANA STREET AND KUMUKOA STREET,AT WAIAKEA,SOUTH HILO,HAWAII, TMK: 2-4-001:005,POR.OF 007.041, 162 163, 167 AND 2-4-056:017 The Planning Director is initiating a change of zone from an Agricultural-1 acre (A-la)and Single-Family Residential-10,000 square feet(RS-10)zoning districts to a University(UNV)zoning district for approximately 312 acres of land that currently accommodates the main campus of the University of Hawaii at Hilo, its University Park of Science and Technology complex, as well as immediately surrounding lands under the management of the University of Hawaii. Also proposed is the deletion of a proposed 80-foot wide right-of-way connection between Komohana and Kumukoa Streets that bisects these lands. The affected properties are generally bordered by Komohana, Mohouli,Kumukoa,Lanikaula,Kapi`olani,Kawili and Puainako Streets,Waiakea,South Hilo, Hawaii,TMK: 2-4-001: 005,por. of 007, 041, 162, 163, 167 and 2-4-056: 017. BACKGROUND INFORMATION University(UNV)Zoning District request The University of Hawai`i at Hilo(UHH)is a four-year State university,one of ten campuses in the University of Hawaii system. The UHH was established as the Hawaii Vocational School in 1941, and organized under its present name in 1970. As reflected on the attached zoning amendment map labeled Exhibit A,the . proposed change of zone request will affect only the UHH main campus generally bordered by Mohouli, Kumukoa, Lanikaula,Kapi`olani, Kawili and Puainako Streets comprising a total land area of approximately 312 acres. The affected area consists of the following seven(7)parcels associated with the respective UHH facilities: -1- Attachment to: Comm. 411 Bill 122