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WHEREAS, because of the inconsistencies between the General Plan LUPAG map and the Puna CDP recommendations, growth within the Kea`au Regional Town Center has been primarily confined to a core in which specific settlement patterns have not yet been fixed and which is currently designated Medium Density Urban by the General Plan -LUPAG (Exhibit B), with limited opportunity in the Low Density Urban area for higher density residential units and retail and office commercial uses to support the regional town center; and WHEREAS, on February 9, 2005, the County adopted comprehensive amendments to the General Plan by Ordinance No. 05 -25 to guide the pattern of future development in Hawaii County based on long -term goals; and WHEREAS, the comprehensive review of the General Plan, as required per Section 16.1 of the General Plan, has not commenced; and WHEREAS, Section 16.2, of the General Plan provides that the Planning Director may initiate interim amendments to the General Plan in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section 16.2(2); and WHEREAS, amending Map 14 of the General Plan LUPAG from Low Density Urban and Important Agricultural Land to Urban Expansion Area will assist in implementing the Kea`au Regional Town Center principles and designation of the Puna CDP; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it requests the Planning Director to initiate the following interim amendments to the General Plan in accordance with Section 16.2(2) of the General Plan: 1. Amend Map 14 by changing the General Plan LUPAG map designation for the areas within the Kea`au Regional Town Center locations designated on the Puna CDP as Low Density Urban and Important Agricultural Land to Urban Expansion Area 2. Amend Map 14 by changing the General Plan LUPAG map designation for the areas located in the vicinity of Ulupono Street and Milo Street from Low Density Urban to Urban Expansion Area.