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I. INTRODUCTION <br />A. REDEVELOPMENT PLAN BACKGROUND <br />Downtown Hilo, like many U.S. cities, has suffered from a trend of central <br />core deterioration and decline. In Hilo, this condition has been magnified <br />by the blocks cleared after the 1960 tsunami disaster which today remain <br />relatively undeveloped. <br />On March 5, 1980, the Hawaii Redevelopment Agency (HRA), which had <br />been inactive since the completion of the Kaiko'o project in 1971, was <br />reactivated by the County Council to study this problem and to formulate a <br />redevelopment plan for the economic revitalization of Downtown. <br />This Redevelopment PIan is the result of that study process. <br />B. REDEVELOPMENT AREA BOUNDARIES <br />The Downtown Hilo Redevelopment Area is divided into three sub - areas: <br />downtown Hilo, a portion of Puueo, and a portion of Kukuau. The <br />downtown Hilo subarea is bounded by the Wailuku River, Hilo Hay, <br />Ponahawai Street, and KapioIani Street. The Puueo sub -area is bounded by <br />Pukihae Stream, Hilo Bay, Wailuku River, and the urban uses mauka of <br />Wainaku Street. The Kukuau sub -area is bounded by Ponahawai Street, <br />Kilauea Avenue, Kukuau Street, and Kapiolani Street. <br />The Puueo and Kukuau sub -areas were included in the Downtown Hilo <br />Redevelopment Area as they were determined to be blighted by the County <br />Planning Commission on July 11, 1980. <br />Figure I shows the boundaries of the Downtown Hilo Redevelopment Area <br />and its three sub- areas. <br />-I- <br />