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*COMMENT: As stated above, the logical alignment would be with the County as expressed by the decisions made by the County for the 2005 General Plan that included the parcels in LDU that the CDP wants to delete including parcel 055. *What are the "recent development trends" in Laupahoehoe? The only "trends" that have affected Kihalani Homestead Road in the past 10 years have been more residential construction. Otherwise the reasons for LDU designations that existed when the LDU parcels were designated for the 2005 General Plan still exist. The CDP states to support "Taking parcel 055 out of LUP": In a few areas, the LDU is expanded beyond the State Land Use Urban district to allow for infill growth along the lower portion of Kihalani Homestead Road. *COMMENT: The fact that the CDP chose to expand LDU beyond the State Urban district for some Laupahoehoe parcels confirms that the County may decide about urban land use regardless of the State districts. This validates the current LDU designations for Kihalani Homestead Road which includes parcel 055 in LDU. *What is the "infill growth" that would justify departing from alignment with the State Urban District? How would the "infill" rationale apply to the LDU "expansion" while LDU is being deleted from other parcels? If infill is a criterion for being LDU all the parcels between Mamalahoa and parcel 056 should be LDU based on any rationale regarding "infill". The CDP states to support "Taking parcel 055 out of LUP": In summary, the proposed changes to the LDU areas add consistency between the State and the County designations, they lead to an overall reduced LDU area that is less arbitrary and more parcel -specific, *COMMENT: Why is the 2005 LUPAG LDU area arbitrary? Exercising discretion, as the 2005 General Plan did when the current LDU designations were made, is not "arbitrary". The proposed CDP changes to LDU appear to be based on CDP wanting more land in IAL which is not warranted based on current and long standing land use in Kihalani Homestead. *COMMENT: Also, there are two "factors" that are used by the CDP to justify the proposed Laupahoehoe LDU decisions. Interestingly, these factors may be diametrically opposed in terms of but each factor seeks to attain the same objectives. How were the objectives implemented to align with the State rather aligning with the County? The true goal is whether the certain "patterns" are "sustainable". Parcel 055 is a mere half mile or less from the urban core to the extent it exists. I can testify that the "sustainable patterns" extend at least as far as Parcel 055 based on usages on Kihalani Homestead Road (see the next comment); and have been observed under the 2005 urban designations. So there must be some other motivation to eliminate LDU and at the same time create the corresponding number of IAL designations that have never been applied in the Kihalani Homestead before. 0J