2016-9-21Hamakua SC Decision-Making Tool POST Deliberations

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Decision -Making Tool for Considering Revisions to the Hamakua CDP Land Use Policy Map: Alternatives Relative to Objectives, Factors, Community Input, and the Steering Committee Deliberations from Sept. 10, 2016 Focus on Hakalau Point • Option 1: Maintain the designations for the coastal parcels of Hakalau Point as shown in Draft CDP • Option 2: Revise the Open shoreline area along the coast to be consistent with the Open area as shown in the current General Plan. Revise the Industrial designations for parcels 2-9-020:079 and 2-9-020:081 (as shown on the Draft CDP) to be consistent with the current General Plan. • Preliminary SC Decision: Option 3: Revise the Open shoreline area along the coast to be consistent with the Open area as shown in the current General Plan, but'clean up' the Open/LDU boundary along private roadway. Designate all of parcels 2-9-020:079 and 2-9-020:081 Open .4 7 Objective 1: Protect, 'Factor 1: Mini Current GP LUPAG designates coastal Draft CDP replaces coastal Most community input Option 2 maintains Open Option 3: The Steering Committee considered the Open areas restore, and enhance New Coastal areas LDU and Industrial. Industrial designations with LDU supportive of minimizing new designation in larger area of as shown in Option 2 to be more aligned with Factor 1. The watershed ecosystems, 1] • • (consistent with SLU Urban coastal development in this shoreline parcels. Steering Committee also chose to straighten the wavering sweeping views, and district boundaries). area. boundary between Open and LDU areas that crossed the open spaces,romSome residents expressed private road at the south part of the Point. mauka forests to makai concern that Open coastal Option 3: In light of community input, the Steering area appears to shrink in Committee also considered any further development on Draft CDP maps. parcels 2-9-020:079 and 2-9-020:081 to be inconsistent with • Most community input Factor 1, so it chose to designate both parcels Open. supportive of minimizing Objective • Current GP LUPAG LDU extends Draft CDP shrinks LDU areas to n/a n/a restore viable • . • around Wailea Town slightly onto avoid encroaching onto encroachment on agricultural agricultural lands. Core Agricultural surrounding agricultural lands. agricultural areas surrounding land. . . • • NOTE: Hakalau Point parcels are not urban Wailea town. Some residents expressed desire to develop residential core agricultural land, they are not & commercial centers on County zoned Agriculture, and are not Hakalau Point. in the State Land Use Agricultural district. Obj. 5: Direct future Factor 3: Hakalau Point is entirely in Draft CDP more closely aligns Factor 3: Hakalau Point is entirely Factor 3: settlement patterns ... With SLU the SLU Urban district. LDU with current SLU districts. in the SLU Urban district, so Option 3: Despite being out of alignment with the SLU Urban concentrating new 1oundary. Option 2 is aligned with SLU district for these Hakalau Point parcels, the Steering development ng,boundaries. Committee considered urban development there walkable ... limiting rura' inappropriate due to the following issues: Factor 1- minimize new coastal development, the history and heritage of the area (including the Japanese cemetery on the site), and the Objective 9. Encourage the increase & diversity employmentof living options potential loss of viewshed/open areas. See footnote. 4 Notes: Current zoning determines permitted uses for parcels. CDP land use designations do not automatically change the General Plan's LUPAG maps. If there is a direct conflict between a Community Development Plan and the General Plan, the General Plan shall be controlling. (See the Hawai'i County General Plan, Ch. 15)