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Kona CDP's general objective of increasing street inter-connectivity within the Kona Urban Area. The change of zone was originally approved in 2004 to allow the development of Phase 1 of the West Hawaii Business Park to include commercial, light industrial and industrial uses. The project area is situated between two existing industrial areas, Kaloko Industrial Park to the north and Honok6hau Industrial area to the south. The project area includes an existing quarry and related uses and has since been developed with the Kaiser Permanente Medical Office on Parcel 3. The approval of the General Industrial and Industrial-Commercial Mixed zoning was and remains consistent with the existing uses within the project site and surrounding areas and will allow the development of a new, single use within Parcel 77 and SPS on Parcel 90 as permitted uses. Moreover,the reasons for approval of the change of zone still apply, namely, conformance to the General Plan LUPAG industrial designation and associated land use and economic policies and meeting the demand for additional, industrial zoned lands in an area that has few physical constraints to development and is adequately served by essential utilities and services. The proposed request will not unreasonably burden public agencies to provide infrastructure and utilities to the property. Access to the initial development area is currently taken from Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway via two (2) roadways, Kimo Drive (formerly known as the South Access Road), a signalized, four-legged intersection and Kaula`ili Street(formerly known as North Access Road), which is limited to right- in/right-out movements. The applicant has secured construction plan approval and entered into a road construction contract to complete the roadway segments to County dedicable standards as currently required by Condition K of the subject ordinance (the remainder of Kimo Street and Kaula`ili Street between the highway and the Kanalani Street Extension and Kanalani Street from its existing terminus in the Kaloko Light Industrial area south to Kimo Street). While not required under Condition H, the approved roadway construction plans, and road construction contract include the further extension of Kanalani Street between Kimo Street and the northern property boundary of Parcel 78. -6-