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thth meetings were held in Kona on July 7 and in Hilo on July 10; and about 15 people showed up at the Kona meeting and about 5 members of the public attended the Hilo meeting. This next slide shows the proposed amendment to the General Plan LUPAG Map; and the area in green is currently designated as Open. The area in horizontal/diagonal cross-hatched is Urban Expansion. And then the proposed amendment area is shown in a red outline, shaped kind of like a shoe and diagonal cross-hatched. This area layout is, matches the 2005 General Plan LUPAG Map. So the Director is amending the Urban Expansion designation back to Open, which is what it was in 2005. IÓm just going to go through some aerial photos that show you the location of the amendment. This is the Honokohau Harbor, and you can see Queen Kaahumanu Highway on the top of the slide running in a left-right direction. This is the road coming off of the Highway to the Harbor. It wraps around right here. And the Kaloko-Honokohau National Park is off to the left of the slide, and then also their property comes right around to here. This is the boundary of the Park. You can also see the Aiopio Fish Trap off in the water here, and this is going a little bit further south. You can see the whole harbor area here. ThereÓs a heiau right about here near the fish trap; and thatÓs actually located on the National Park land. And, also, up in the top corner of the slide you can see the Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant. So the amendment area would begin right about here. It comes from near the shoreline up to the Highway, and then it curves, it includes this entire area here. And then it starts up again right about in this location, and it curves around and includes the wastewater treatment plant. And this is like the boot, the shoe or boot part of the amendment area, and then it curves back up right around here. So, again, most of this area right here is in the amendment area. There are also some anchialine pools that you can make out a little bit right about in this area; and those pools are in the amendment area. This is a LUPAG Map from 1971. It shows the Land Use Designations at that time which were Urban Expansion near the Highway, Open along the coastline, and then you can kind of make out that similar boot shape. There were also three Resort areas at that time that are shown here in red. And then in 1989 there were no changes made during the General Plan Comprehensive Update. In 2005, however, the three Resort areas were taken out, and the Open and Urban Expansion areas remained. And then in 2006 the Planning Director initiated an amendment, an interim amendment, that pulled all of that Open area out into Urban Expansion. So, again, this request is to revert the Urban Expansion area back to the 2005 layout. And the State Land Use Designation for that area is Urban, thatÓs shown here in pink. And the current County Zoning Designation is Open; and that is shown in the dark green. The Planning Director is recommending that the Planning Commission send a favorable recommendation for the amendment request to the County Council. And you should have received three new letters in your package this morning. One is from Makani Hou Kaloko Honokohau, one is from the State DLNR, and another is from the National Park Service. Are there any questions? WOODWARD: Commissioner Domingo. 2 EXHIBIT B