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development away from the highway and to direct it to the more mauka areas, behind like Malama Market and <br />over towards where the existing transfer station is. <br /> <br />So those were the three goals that we tried to accomplish with this Amendment. You can kind of see that in the <br />Pāhoa Regional Town Center Map. You see that most of the development should be focused within this dotted <br />area around the existing town center, and then also regional uses like where the existing Malama Market is, and <br />then the new Woodland Center in this area here. You can see that they did not intend for this area around the <br />Pāhoa Bypass to be developed. So this is the existing LUPAG Map; and, again, you can see the Medium <br />Density Urban area where the existing town core is. Out from there you see the yellow color which is the Low <br />Density Urban, extends all the way up towards Malama Market. And then you have the crosshatched area <br />around that, which is Urban Expansion. And Urban Expansion you can see extends all the way to the east side <br />of the Pāhoa Bypass. So what we are trying to do with the proposed amendment is to first pull the Urban <br />Expansion area away from the Bypass. So you can see A-1; and it is kind of hard to see so you may want to <br />follow along in your report, that map is a little bit bigger. You can see the blue crosshatched area on the east <br />side of the Bypass. We are proposing to change from Urban Expansion to Extensive Agriculture. <br /> <br />And I am just going to read to you what the Urban Expansion designation allows. It allows for a mix of High <br />Density, Medium Density and Low Density, Industrial, and Industrial Commercial designations in areas where <br />new development may be desirable but where the specific settlement pattern and mix of uses have not been <br />determined. So typical zoning districts that are permitted in Urban Expansion areas are all of your Residential <br />zoning, Commercial zoning, CN, CV, and then you get some Light Industrial zonings, ML, MCX, as well as <br />Heavy Industrial, MG, as well as Open. So the Urban Expansion area really allows the most types of zoning <br />districts. And you can see just the idea of allowing like a Heavy Industrial zoning district off of the Bypass or <br />Neighborhood Commercial would introduce a lot of traffic into that area. So that is why we are proposing to <br />eliminate the Urban Expansion designation from this area and change it back to Extensive Agriculture. <br /> <br />And the second change would be in this area which is the orange crosshatch. It is in the area of the existing <br />Malama Market and the Woodland Center, as well as the Pāhoa Auto Parts Store. And for that we are proposing <br />to change from Urban Expansion to Medium Density Urban. So, again, that is pulling the Industrial zoning <br />away from this area and just having it be more focused on commercial uses. <br /> <br />And then the third change would be this area just west of the Bypass. There are quite a few residences in this <br />area here. You can see this is Post Office Road. And then down here, these are both yellow crosshatches. This <br />is just south of the high school of Pāhoa High School. We are proposing to change that from Urban Expansion <br />to Low Density Urban, again, trying to pull commercial uses and industrial uses away from the Bypass. <br /> <br />The fourth change would be this area from the existing Pāhoa Village extending all the way up towards Malama <br />Market along Pāhoa Village Road. Currently, that’s Low Density Urban which doesn’t really allow a lot of <br />commercial zoning districts. So we’re proposing to change that to Medium Density Urban which would open <br />the area along the Bypass, I’m sorry, along Village Road to allow more commercial uses. <br /> <br />And then lastly the area with this black crosshatch over the yellow, which is just a little bit north of Apaa Road <br />and to the south behind town, we’re proposing to change that from Low Density Urban to Urban Expansion <br />which would allow the more Light Industrial uses to be focused on, in this area of town closer to the existing <br />transfer station here. <br /> <br />And these are the descriptions of the General Plan designations. Again, Low Density allows mainly for <br />residential, and very limited commercial. Medium Density allows for village commercial and meighborhood <br />commercial, as well as higher density residential. Urban Expansion allows for quite a mix of uses. And then <br />Extensive Ag is allowing for mostly agricultural uses. <br /> <br /> 2 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> <br /> <br />