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interest of clarity, I would like to suggest either <br />"new development" or just plain "development." <br />[SC Deliberation: See LUPAG revisions. Also <br />note: the Hakalau subject area has existing legal <br />entitlements due to its existing zoning. The CDP <br />does not affect existing legal entitlements.] <br />■ More town center action near post office of <br />Hakalau - LDU Commercial. [No Change — <br />Supportive of draft — however — note that the <br />area around the post office is already LUPAG <br />LDU, and generally is surrounded by residential <br />neighborhoods. The parcels immediate to the <br />Post Office are zoned commercial. Revitalization <br />of these commercial parcels is likely more <br />affected by a lack of market demand and lack of <br />infrastructure and not related to LUPA <br />designations.] <br />■ 1 attended the SpeakOut on 'Aina - Coastal on <br />May 7, 2015. C_"N <br />I would like to object to the proposed LUPAG 11 <br />map, found on page 54, and entitled Figure 12, <br />Hakalau/Wailea 2015. This proposed map <br />changes the zoning of TMK 29002079 and TMK %46 <br />29002081 from industrial to Low Density Urban <br />with one small area remaining Industrial. The <br />properties in question are located in Hakalau, on <br />the site of the former Hakalau Sugar Plantation, <br />on the coastal cliffs overlooking Hakalau Bay. <br />Except for two cement structures that were <br />former warehouses, the property has been <br />vacant since the Plantation closed in the 1990's. <br />One building is leased to farmers for sorting <br />sweet potatoes and ginger; the other is used as a <br />residence. <br />39 residential lots make up the rest of Hakalau <br />makai of the highway. Of those 39 lots, 14 are <br />vacant and undeveloped. In fact, the subdivision <br />across the street which the same owner was <br />permitted to subdivide and sell off in 2004, after <br />12 years still has 6 vacant and undeveloped lots. <br />Clearly, there is no pressing need for the County <br />to approve another subdivision and sale of more <br />residential lots in the area. <br />Objective Number 1 of the Hamakua CDP is to.. <br />protect, restore, and enhance watershed <br />ecosystems, sweeping views, and open spaces <br />from mauka forests to makai shorelines, while <br />assuring responsible public access for <br />recreational, spiritual, cultural, and sustenance <br />practices. The Plan further states that the <br />following strategy will be used in proposing <br />LUPAG changes: <br />Factor 1: Minimize new coastal development. <br />"To further this objective in guiding <br />development, a review of the current land uses <br />and designations in coastal areas was performed <br />and changes are being recommended in areas <br />not yet developed but have LUPAG designations <br />that guide future development to this coastal <br />area. Recommendations are made in these <br />undeveloped coastal areas to protect the <br />shoreline as open space and priority viewsheds <br />whenever possible. " <br />The proposed change of the LUPAG map of <br />Hakalau is not supported by the stated <br />Objectives of the Plan. In fact it is directly <br />opposed by Factor 1, Minimize new coastal <br />development. The owner of the properties has <br />filed a Request for Zoning Change in order to <br />develop a residential subdivision right on the <br />shoreline of this coastal property. <br />Since these properties are coastal, have <br />sweeping views and, except for the two <br />buildings, are open space, they should be <br />protected from development. Changing the <br />zonine to Low Densitv Urban would onlv result in <br />HAMAKUA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN (CDP) I Section 3: Preferred Land Use & Settlement <br />Patterns <br />