2015-07-16 Leeward Exh E (GPA 14-002)

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Pāhoa – this is the Kea‘au commercial core, this red area here, right at the junction of the Old Kea‘au-Pāhoa Road and Highway 11, and this purple area here, which is mauka of the highway, is the existing Shipman Industrial Park. This is the Gateway proposal for which zoning was granted but has yet to be developed. Like we spoke previously about Ulupono and Milo Streets, those streets are located in this area here, and this area does have zoning, industrial commercial zoning, that supports a commercial industrial subdivision upon which we already have an existing credit union complex. And this yellow represents the areas where you have existing single-family residential uses. You may note on this map that the mauka side of Highway 11 is defined by this plan for regional uses, and on the makai side toward Pāhoa this area is defined as appropriate for community-based commercial uses. Oh, and, I’m sorry, the preliminary Town Center boundaries are actually identified and defined by this series of, this dotted line here, and you can see where it follows Pāhoa Bypass, then come back along Kea‘au Ag Lots up to Highway 11, along Highway 11, and then crosses the street mauka of the highway. This is the existing General Plan LUPAG Map oriented differently with the top of the map pointing basically makai and the bottom of the map basically representing the mauka side of Highway 11. You can see where the crosshatch is the Urban Expansion Area. That area basically, it’s the same type of designation that was originally proposed by the Council resolution, that will basically infill the area currently designated Low Density Urban. Low Density Urban is basically single-family residential uses. Medium Density Urban represented by this orange color here is for commercial type of uses and higher density multiple-family residential type of activities. The grays represent industrial areas, here encompassing the Shipman Industrial Park and then this particular location makai of the highway in the vicinity of the HELCO power plant. This map, trying to maintain the same orientation, basically identifies the scope of the current proposed density for you. As you can see, the area, the proposed amendment is limited to the particular area, basically covered by a crosshatch, and that includes approximately 475 acres within the Kea‘au Regional Town Center area as defined by the Puna CDP that will change the classification from its current Low Density Urban, which is in support of single-family residential uses, to a Medium Density Urban designation. And what that, this proposal, would accomplish is basically expand upon the existing Medium Density Core that currently exists, or is currently designated in the Kea‘au Town Center area. The existing core area comprises of approximately 52 acres. So again, the proposal is to go from 52 acres to an area that would encompass at least 475 acres, including an additional 112 acres taken from currently designated Important Agricultural Land, into Medium Density Urban. Just to note that this particular area here currently is the site of Kea‘au High School. Just to briefly go over, and I mentioned this earlier, Low Density Urban includes residential units, up to six units per acre, with ancillary community and public uses, neighborhood convenience-type of commercial uses; typical zonings that you would see within Low Density is Single-Family, Double-Family, Open, Limited Neighborhood Commercial or Village Commercial zonings. Important Ag Lands are those lands with better potential for sustained high agricultural yields because of soil type, climate, topography or other factors; typical zonings include Agriculture, Family Agriculture, Important Agriculture and Open. But, again, I emphasize once again the current IAL designated area is basically where Kea‘au High School currently sits. The proposed Medium Density Urban classification that we are asking for would support village and 3 EXHIBIT E