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The small rezonings, often for family subdivision purposes, have not significantly changed the overall growth or land use patterns, or created a significant number of new lots. The County also downzoned state land around the Waimea pu’u, from A-1a to A-400a, and amended the Hokuli’a rezoning ordinances to allow the temporary use of Haleki’i St. as a connector road. Housing. We helped to draft and advocate for the reform of the County affordable housing law, passed in February 2005, which closed the “in-lieu” loophole that had allowed developers to escape affordable housing obligations by paying a minimal fee, increased the standard requirement from 10% to 20%, and created more options for providing housing through “excess credit” process. We supported rezoning of several affordable housing sites, including “Seascape I and II”, “Lava Kuakini”, and “Suffolk” sites. Seascape I was built, the others have not been built because of market, financing, and/or water or other infrastructure issues. Assisted in planning for County Waikoloa housing project. We helped to formulate changes to give a property tax break to affordable rental housing. (Ord. 07-107). Shoreline Protection. Kohanaiki: worked with the developer and community to move the development away from the shoreline and dedicate the entire coastal area to public park use; downscaled the development by more than 70% from its prior zoned density. Hakalau: facilitated donation of mill site on the beach to the County. Honuapo: assisted purchase of 145 acres of oceanfront park land. Kawa’a Bay: assisted purchase of 234 acres of beachfront property. Honl’s: assisted purchase of park land, which created a new beach park on Alii Drive, with a restroom that was required as a zoning condition. Initiated Hilo Bayfront trails project. Initiated review of water quality monitoring in West Hawai’i and revisions to water quality monitoring practices. Conducted Kapoho Coastal Subsidence Study. 3