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WHEREAS, there are inconsistencies between the existing zoning designations and the <br /> General Plan LUPAG map designations in the areas in the vicinity of Ulupono Street and Milo <br /> Street; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Kea'au Regional Town Center includes a range of public and quasi- <br /> public facilities such as Kea'au Elementary, Middle and High Schools, the Department of <br /> Education administrative complex office, `Ola`a Community Center, police and fire stations, the <br /> County's Shipman Gym, and the County's Herbert C. Shipman Park (mauka of Highway 11), <br /> charter schools, senior citizen housing and self help housing facilities, churches and related <br /> facilities; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Kea'au Regional Town Center presents an opportunity to apply the <br /> following smart growth principles, which are discussed in the Puna CDP: <br /> • Creating walkable neighborhoods <br /> • Creating a range of housing opportunities and choices <br /> • Fostering a distinctive community with a sense of place; mixing land uses <br /> • Preserving open space, agricultural land, and critical habitats by directing growth to <br /> an existing village <br /> • Taking advantage of compact building design and <br /> • Providing a range of transportation choices; and <br /> WHEREAS, future development of the Kea'au Regional Town Center would provide a <br /> basis for efficient road, bikeway and pedestrian networks, improved wastewater treatment, the <br /> ability for government to develop a new civic/community center and transit hub to serve upper <br /> and lower Puna, expanded or new parks and open space, greater water capacity, increased <br /> employment, affordable housing, and other necessary public and quasi-public infrastructure; and <br /> WHEREAS, in order to meet the aforementioned objectives of the Puna CDP to <br /> facilitate future land use entitlements and enhance the role of the Kea'au Regional Town Center, <br /> including the Puna CDP's statement that zoning for residential development and associated <br /> neighborhood-oriented services "may occur within the LUPAG `alternate urban expansion <br /> areas',"the General Plan should be more closely aligned to the Puna CDP similar to action taken <br /> in 2012 for the Pahoa Regional Town Center by Ordinance No. 12-89; and <br /> 2 <br />