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South Hilo Map 3/Proposed Revision B-18 `'°~~'~9/0_~--_.---
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Conservation to Extensive Agriculture
Newton Family Limited Partnership
Good morning
am Jim Bell. I am a planning consultant with Belt Collins.
Today I am representing the Newton Family Limited Partnership.
Here with me today is George Newton who is also representing the Newton Family
Limited Partnership.
The Newton Family Limited Partnership owns some 1,646-acres of property in South
Hilo, Hawaii. The parcel is identified as TMK 2-4-08:33. Honolulu
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As a part of its estate planning, the Newton Family found that it needed to subdivide
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the 1,646-acres it owns. Since the land was in the State's Conservation District it
could not be subdivided. To allow subdivision, the Family filed a State Land Use F n,
Petition in August 1999 to change a portion of its property to State Agricultural so
that it could be subdivided.
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Some two years later, in June 2001, 884-acres of the Newton Family property was
reclassified by the State Land Use Commission from Conservation to Agriculture.
The remaining some 762-acres continue in the State's Conservation District.
For your record, we are submitting a copy of the Final Environmental Assessment
and Support Document that was part of the Land Use Commission Petition. The
Final EA follows the State's Chapter 343 environmental review process and includes
some 70 pages of text and figures and special detailed studies of flora, fauna,
traditional culture and archaeology, and major roadways in the vicinity.
This document was the basis of a Finding of No Significant Impact from the
proposed subdivision and thus allowing the approval of State Land Use District
Amendment A99-729 from Conservation to Agriculture. This finding is called a
FONSI in the parlance of the Environmental Impact Statement Rules.
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We are also submitting for the record the State Land Use Commission Findings of
Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Decision and Order for the Boundary Amendment.
The Newton Family proposes an eight-lot subdivision of the 884-acres within the
Agricultural District. The subdivision parcels will range in size from 80 acres to
about 153 acres. The proposed subdivision is intended primarily for the use of
members of the Newton family as part of its estate planning.
The proposed subdivision will be served by a private access from Wilder Road, a
County right-of-way that connects with Kaumana Drive. The access is located within
an existing easement that is unimproved and will require a paved road.
Alternatively, access may be provided from an existing County Department of Water
Supply service road located near the Newton Family's existing access easement.
The subdivision will also be served by water, power, and telephone.
Now that the 884-acres is in the State's Agricultural District, land use permits and
approvals required for the proposed subdivision are 1) an amendment to the County
General Plan, 2) an amendment to County Zoning Ordinance, and 3) subdivision
approval.
The proposed subdivision is located in an area designated as Orchard and Intensive
Agricultural on the current County General Plan. This area is proposed to be
changed to Extensive Agriculture in the General Plan Update. It is a logical to have
the Newton Family's 884-acres covered by the same designation, Extensive
Agriculture.
Today George and I are asking for your approval of the General Plan amendment as
shown as B-18 on the list of proposed revisions on South Hilo Map 3 of the General
Plan Update Program.
We ask for your favorable approval of proposed revision B-18 that will change the
General Plan designation of the 884-acres of Newton Family property from
Conservation to Extension Agriculture. This change would definitely assist with the
Newton Family's estate planning.
If approval is granted to General Plan change B-18, the Newton Family would then
seek appropriate County zoning for the 884-acre area. That would be followed by a
request for subdivision approval for the eight parcels.
Both George and I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Again, we ask for your approval of B-18.
Thank you for your kind attention.
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