PD Background Report New Hope-Waikoloa (PL-SPP-2023-042)

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Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway and Waikoloa Village, as well as those areas mauka of Waikoloa Village. The areas immediately surrounding the subject site are still zoned A- sa. However, properties across the street are zoned RA-1 a, and less than 500 feet towards the Village there are commercially zoned lands. Notwithstanding the conceptual plan's preference to retain this area for agriculture use, this area is in an area of transition and could represent the Village's mauka urban-related land use boundary. Hence, the proposed use should not compromise or undermine the basic concepts espoused in both the LUPAG map as well as the SKCDP's conceptual plan. The SKCDP also identified four (4) major policies for the Waikoloa Village area. As noted below, these policies have only marginal, if any, relationship or applicability to the requested use. Policy 1: Provide Infrastructure and Facilities For a Growing Community. There were seven (7) identified strategies, four (4) of which related to the planning, funding, and construction of a 1) community center and community park, 2) public schools, 3) community library, and 4) major commercial center for the Village. The remaining three (3) strategies related to improving the area's potable water system, wastewater treatment system, and provision of more emergency facilities. None of these strategies directly apply. However, indirectly, the church will support the spiritual needs of the community. As such, like a park, school, or library, it is an important social and cultural infrastructure for this and any community. In that regard, the proposed use would indirectly enhance and support rather than detract from implementing this policy and strategy. Policy 2: Environmental Stewardship, Sense of Place, and Open Space Two (2) strategies were identified, which do not, and if anything, only marginally apply. These were 1) providing support for alternative energy and environmental restoration 8