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Draft Hamakua CDP Comments Submitted Online or by Email During the March 15 — June 15 2o16 Review of the Draft Hamakua CDP • Finally in Appendix V4A (p. 204) "Liability Protection on Unimproved Public Lands," there is good news. Hawaii's Legislature in 2014 made the liability protections in Act 82 (SLH 2003) permanent. This section in the Appendix should be updated. For the details, see HRS §663-52. I attended the SpeakOut on 'Aina - Coastal on May 7, 2015. I would like to object to the proposed LUPAG map, found on page 54, and entitled Figure 12, Hakalau/Wailea 2015. This proposed map changes the zoning of TMK 29002079 and TMK 29002081 from industrial to Low Density Urban with one small area remaining Industrial. The properties in question are located in Hakalau, on the site of the former Hakalau Sugar Plantation, on the coastal cliffs overlooking Hakalau Bay. Except for two cement structures that were former warehouses, the property has been vacant since the Plantation closed in the 1990's. One building is leased to farmers for sorting sweet potatoes and ginger; the other is used as a residence. 39 residential lots make up the rest of Hakalau makai of the highway. Of those 39 lots, 14 are vacant and undeveloped. In fact, the subdivision across the street which the same owner was permitted to subdivide and sell off in 2004, after 12 years still has 6 vacant and undeveloped lots. Clearly, there is no pressing need for the County to approve another subdivision and sale of more residental lots in the area. Objective Number 1 of the Hamakua CDP is to.... protect, restore, and enhance watershed ecosystems, sweeping views, and open spaces from mauka forests to makai shorelines, while assuring responsible public access for recreational, spiritual, cultural, and sustenance practices. The Plan further states that the following strategy will be used in proposing LUPAG changes: Factor 1: Minimize new coastal development. "To further this objective in guiding development, a review of the current land uses and designations in coastal areas was performed and changes are being recommended in areas not yet developed but have LUPAG designations that guide future development to this coastal area. Recommendations are made in these undeveloped coastal areas to protect the shoreline as open space and priority viewsheds whenever possible. " The proposed change of the LUPAG map of Hakalau is not supported by the stated Objectives of the Plan. In fact it is directly opposed by Factor 1, Minimize new coastal development. The owner of the properties has filed a Request for Zoning Change in order to develop a residential subdivision right on the shoreline of this coastal property. Since these properties are coastal, have sweeping views and, except for the two buildings, are open space, they should be protected from development. Changing the zoning to Low Density Urban would only result in the type of development the HCDP is designed to discourage. If the HCDP proposes a future zoning change of a shoreline coastal property, it should not invite development. If it is truly the objective of the Hamakua Community Development Plan to protect coastal lands from development no changes should be proposed that favors a developer. The properties in Draft Hamakua CDP hamakua@hawaiicounty.gov www.hamakuacdp.info 11