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containing application to amend Ordinance No. 09 132. • P.D. Exhibit 2: September 29, 2020 letter from Sidney Fuke supplementing and clarifying requested amendments. • P.D. Exhibit 3: 2020 Annual Progress Report dated April 17,2020. • P.D. Exhibit 4: November 11,2020 letter from Applicant requesting deletion of Condition V6. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 6. 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 a portion of the Palamanui property as well as the Makalei Estates Subdivision. 7. November 21, 2002: The University of Hawaii, which owns approximately 500 acres south of the subject property, entered into an 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. 8. October 23, 2004: Notice of the Final Environmental Impact Statement(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). 9. 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 I to the Urban district. Condition 5a and 5b of this LUC Decision& Order requires that Palamanui construct at its sole cost and expense, a mid-level road between the subject property and Ka`iminani Drive and a mauka-makai connector road between Queen -15- I