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implementing the General Plan; if they see something in the General Plan that should be
<br />changed, then they should change it. As far as the consistency of map areas, the Community
<br />Development Plan could say that a smaller area within the urban expansion area in the General
<br />Plan should be the focus of development because typically what we have in the General Plan –
<br />just to take some examples – we have some very large areas that are labeled as alternate urban
<br />expansion around the existing towns like Keaau, and it says alternate urban expansion; it doesn’t
<br />mean that the whole area someday should be urbanized. So within that area, for example, these
<br />Keaau maps, you can take a smaller area and say that that should be the town development
<br />within the timeframe of the Community Development Plan. So that’s not a conflict between the
<br />two; it’s refinement of one versus the other.
<br />OLSON: Could I just add -, let me read you something. This was our marching
<br />orders: The Community Development Plan that is true to the Puna community, in reflecting and
<br />embracing existing community values, identifying and assessing key issues and concerns,
<br />articulating a clear direction or vision for the future of Puna, and providing an implementation
<br />process for achieving that vision. That was from -, that was our marching orders from the
<br />Director. That’s the letter that we received and the other four Chairs and Development Planning
<br />Committee people received in terms of the process. That and what the community told us to do,
<br />that’s where we commenced and that’s I think where we ended up. I would also point out that,
<br />in terms of actions, change of zoning and those other things, I mean, there’s really little that
<br />we’ve asked for. I mean, most of our issues were revolved around transportation, and recreation,
<br />and creation of implementable commercial zoning. I mean, those were the things that the
<br />community spoke to in that order in terms of their vision of importance, and those were the
<br />primary things that we set about to address, and the peripheral things that fell out from that; in
<br />other words, where one thing impacts another, we stepped back to address those other issues.
<br />But that was the way we went about it.
<br />WATANABE: Okay, I have a question. And maybe it’s more for clarification, I’m not
<br />exactly certain. In the way I understand it, you are trying to pool some land to an area such as,
<br />shall we say, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Those land poolings would be like already existing
<br />common areas, not specifically the road but like -, I believe you had set aside areas for parks or
<br />something like, to that effect. I see you are shaking your head, Mr. Olson. No? Am I
<br />misunderstanding this?
<br />OLSON: Well, I mean -.
<br />BROWN: In Hawaiian Paradise Park, the suggested regional town center area in the
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<br />CDP consists of areas, is centered around two 20-acre parcels, between 26 and 27 Avenue, I
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<br />believe, or 25 and 27; and one is owned by the Hawaiian Paradise Park Community
<br />Homeowners’ Association and the other one is owned by the regional developer, Watumull.
<br />And the Watumull property, as we understand it, does have certain deed restrictions that -, I’m
<br />sorry, the Hawaiian Paradise Park owned parcel has deed restrictions that limit the uses of that
<br />20-acre parcel to things like parks and perhaps a school or something like that; the Watumull
<br />property doesn’t have that. So there’s 40 acres right there that could be used for commercial,
<br />open space, community youth facilities, parks, that kind of development. And it could also
<br />include some high-density housing, whether it be elderly or something along those lines. The
<br />land pooling or land assembly tool that has been suggested as a possible technique for increasing
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