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(i) Designate, protect and maintain important agricultural lands from urban encroachment. (j)Ensure that development of important agricultural land be primarily for agricultural use. 14.2.4.5.2 South Kohala - Courses ofAction (a)Protect important agricultural lands from urban encroachment. (b)Encourage buffer zones or compatible uses between important agricultural land and adjacent uses of land. In addition,this proposed project is NOT consistent with the General Plan goals and policies that pertain to commercial development. This speculation project has failed to demonstrate the need for additional retail space in Waimea with many existing vacant retail properties in Waimea.Also, this project would severely impact the traffic and create further congestion in this particular area. 14.3.2 Commercial Development- Goals (b)Provide commercial developments that complement the overall pattern of transportation and land usage within the island's regions, communities, and neighborhoods. 14.3.3 Commercial Development-Policies (c) Distribution of commercial areas shall meet the demands of neighborhood, community and regional needs. 14.3.5.6.2 Courses ofAction (b)Establish controls to insure orderly development and minimize speculation of commercially zoned lands. NOT consistent with the South Kohala CDP (2008) This proposed project fails to meet the guidelines and policies set forth for the Waimea Town as stipulated in the South Kohala CDP. Instead,this project would remove prime agricultural lands and push unsightly commercial development further east of the Waimea Town center. 4.2 WAIMEA TOMORROW. WAIMEA CONCEPTUAL PLAN&POLICIES PURPOSE: This Waimea Town Conceptual Plan presents in graphic and narrative form general guidelines for the long-range-20+year look-ahead-future of Waimea Town. During the course of the Community Readiness Process and Waimea Focus Group meetings,five main concerns were consistently voiced: 3