2024-11-15 James Y. Agena Testimony-GP 2045

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Planning Director November 12, 2019 Page 2 and civic uses as well as recreational opportunities) (the "Kaloko Residential Park"). The Kaloko Residential Park is planned for residential uses ranging between 2,500 and 5,000 single and multiple -family residential units, and for retail -commercial uses ranging between 400,000 and 600,000 square feet of gross leasable area. There may also be areas of residential - commercial mixed uses. The Kaloko Residential Park is intended to be located on the entirety of Parcels 17, 25, 26 and 63, and approximately 163 acres of Parcel 28, excluding the 150 -acre Native Dryland Forest area (collectively the "Kaloko Residential Park Area"). As discussed herein, Kaloko requests that the Planning Director initiate revisions to the Draft General Plan to modify the proposed designations for the Kaloko Residential Park Area from "Low Density Urban" and "Conservation" to "Medium Density Urban," consistent with the current Urban Expansion and Conservation designations under the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide ("LUPAG") map, the proposed Kaloko Residential Park, the adjacent lands as shown on the FLUM, and the objectives and goals of the Draft General Plan in encouraging higher -density urban development in areas not suitable for agricultural uses.2 See Exhibit 2 (LUPAG Map). THE MEDIUM DENSITY URBAN DESIGNATION IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE KALOKO RESIDENTIAL PARK AREAS Draft General Plan and FL UM According to the Draft General Plan, the "Low Density Urban" designation allows for residential development with ancillary community and public uses, with an overall density of up to six units per acre. The "Medium Density Urban" designation allows for "[v]illage and neighborhood commercial and single-family and multiple family residential and related functions" with seven to thirty-five units per acre. See Draft General Plan at 151. The Kaloko Residential Park is projected to include single- and multi -family residential lots and units at a variety of densities, most over ten units per acre, with centralized commercial and neighborhood centers, potential residential -commercial mixed used areas and recreational facilities, all of which would conform with the "Medium Density" designation under the Draft General Plan. 2 The Land Study Bureau land classification system classified the Property's soil with "unclassified, " "E," and "D" ratings; Class E soils are considered "very poor" for agricultural production and are only marginally suitable for agricultural uses whereas Class D soils are considered "poor" with a nominal 30-54% overall productivity rating. 3 Parcel 25 is located within the State Land Use ("SLU") Urban District and Agricultural District. Parcels 26, 28, and 63 are presently located within the SLU Agricultural District whereas Parcel 17 is located within the SLU Conservation District. The Kaloko Residential Park Area is currently zoned Agricultural, Minimum Lot Size 5 acres (A -5a), which allows for "very low density agriculturally -based residential use, encompassing rural areas of good to marginal agricultural and grazing land," with the exception of Parcel 17 which is zoned Open. See County Code § 25-5-70. The lands within the SLU Conservation and Agricultural require processing of a petition with the State Land Use Commission for a SLU District Boundary Amendment to Urban, which Kaloko will process to be followed by a County Project District Rezoning. Approximately 190 acres of Urban District lands within Parcel 25 were reclassified in the 1980's for golf use (this project was abandoned), and a Motion to Amend Conditions for this area will be processed with the State Land Use Commission to conform the proposed development of these existing Urban District lands with the proposed development of the Kaloko Residential Park project.