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The subject property is located along the west side of Awa Street; and this would be Awa Street going towards the north/south direction. This would be in the north direction, this would be the south direction. It is situated approximately 600 feet from the Mamaki Street-Awa Street intersection at this particular location. The colors on the map indicate the various zoning districts. The lighter shaded areas are areas zoned for Agriculture 3 acres. We have some Agricultural 1-acre zoned lands; and these include the Nani Mau Gardens complex at this particular location. We also have the darker blue areas which are lands that are zoned for Agriculture 10 acres, and these are the Hawaiian Home Lots Subdivision. If youll note, there is an area that is bordered by this black line. These are lands, although they are zoned for Agriculture 3 acres they are currently within the State Land Use Agricultural District. Those lands were placed in the State Land Use Urban District back in 1969. The applicant is requesting that his property which is adjacent to the lands that are currently withintheStateLandUseUrbanDistricttoalsobeplacedwithintheStateLandUseUrban District. The intent is to come in for an Agricultural 3-acre to a Residential-Agricultural half acre zoning; and that would allow the applicant to create three lots. This would be one lot in the front and the two other lots would be in the back. These lots would be approximately 38,000 square feet in size and each of the existing landowners, siblings of the family, would maintain each lot. So there are three individuals that are owners of this property. There is currently a single-family dwelling on the front portion of the property and an existing shade. And I must remind you that since this is a change of zone, this subdivision plan is basically conceptual in nature. There are two accesses for, flag lots, one for the second lot in the rear and another for the back lot, the lot furthest to the rear; and based on subdivision review, those plans may have to be changed. So just to let you know that for any rezoning application these plans are generally conceptual in nature. As far as surrounding land uses, many of the lands in the area are used for Single Family Residential purposes. There are also numerous agricultural lands in the area. In fact, adjacent and to the north of the subject property is a property which is being intensively used as a nursery, at this location, at the corner of Lama and Awa Street. That particular property back in the early 1990s came in for a similar zone change. At that time the adjacent property owners, the Okadas, requested for half acre, RA half acre zoning. Both the Planning Director and Planning Commission had recommended approval of that rezoning. However, when it went to the County Council there were questions about fair share contribution. At that time there were not recommended fair share contribution for half acre sized lots. So at that time the Council had some concerns and requested that the applicant do a needs assessment study. Subsequently, the Okadas decided not to proceed with their zone change application. The Planning Director is recommending approval of this zone change with proposed conditions. We do also have the fair share contribution condition, as you will note in the materials sent to you. And we also included a new affordable housing condition. Based on the current proposal of creating three lots, the affordable housing condition would not be triggered. However, since 2EXHIBIT A