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RPalamanuiAmendPD05-10.doc 11/1 1/20 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION PALAMANUI GLOBAL HOLDINGS LLC AMENDMENT OF VARIOUS CONDITIONS CHANGE OF ZONE ORDINANCE NO. 09 132 (REZ 05-10) Upon careful review of the request,the Planning Director proposes that a favorable recommendation for the request to amend various conditions in Ordinance No. 09132 with modifications be forwarded to the County Council. 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: Palamanui Global Holdings LLC ("Palamanui") is the owner and developer of the 725-acre property known as the mixed use"Palamanui Development"on TMK 7-2- 005:001,which consists of 695 acres zoned Project District and about 30 acres zoned MCX(Industrial-Commercial Mixed) located just north of the University of Hawai`i- West Hawaii campus ("UHWH"). One of the short-term objectives of the Palamanui Development was to help kick start the development of the UHWH, with the goal of creating a university village that consisted of a university and a community. Palamanui has already invested more than $22 million towards the construction of the UHWH and related infrastructure in a cooperative undertaking with the University of Hawaii. Palamanui's work and expenditures that have directly benefited and/or supported the UHWH include: • Funding $4.4 million for the completion of a new road from Ka`iminani Drive to the new University Drive, which is identified as Road 3A in the Kona Community Development Plan("KCDP"); • Funding$5.3 million towards the construction of the first phase of the UHWH campus, including a$700,000 contribution for an environmentally superior wastewater treatment system on the campus site; i -1-