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Be~~C~~~ns September 4, 2002 . ' ' 0'2 A-42 7 Ms. Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd Chairperson Planning Committee County of Hawaii 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Dear Ms. Leithead-Todd: Request to Retain ®esignation of and/or Re-designate Lands as Extensive Agriculture. Lower Honalo Lands This letter is a follow-up to my presentation to the Hawaii County Council Planning Committee in Pahoa on August 20 regarding the above. My presentation asked that the General Plan designation of certain Lower Honalo lands of Kona Trust, William Paris Sr. Trust, William J. Paris Jr., Agnes P. Smith Trust and Agnes K.P. Smith Trust and Mar aret Schattauer (current) desi Hated "Extensive H~n~~~~ Agriculture" and "Orchard" in the existing General Plan) be retained a or designated as ~~~,at,,a~~~ "Extensive Agriculture" in the new General Plan rather than change their designation to Ho„«~~~g "Important Agricultural Land" as proposed in the recent draft update of the Hawaii County ~~<tlaysizt General Plan. ~'''"p""'' S.<, Sing My presentation showed in detail why these certain lands do not meet the criteria ,r,, _ „ for an "Important Agricultural Land" designation and why an "Extensive Agriculture" designation is appropriate for these lands. I have attached a copy of the Draft North Kona 4 LUPAG map showing as an insert our request. This map also shows the relationship of the Lower Honalo lands to the surrounding area. Kindly note that one small parcel has been removed on the map from our study area request I presented to the Council Committee. The 22.403-acre parcel (TMK 7-9- 05:60) was transferred by William J. Paris Jr. to a partnership and is now shown as "Not Included," which means simply that the owners of "Not Included" parcels are not our clients, and our study and request were not done for them. The insert also shows the proper alignment of the "Urban Expansion" area taken from both the existing General Plan and the current Draft General Plan near the north boundary of the Kona Trust land (TMKs 7-9-05:9, 76) and south boundary of Keauhou Kona Resort. Our computer operator had erroneously shown an incorrect alignment on the maps I used at the presentation. The enclosed map and insert are accurate in this regard. ~oaa~• N~ Belt Collins Hawaii Ltd. File NO. 2153 North King Street, Suite 200 ¦ Honolulu, Hawaii 96819 USA ~Qf. fi0• TI808 521 5361 ¦ F/808 538 7819 ¦ honolulu@beltcollins.com ¦ www.beltcollins.com Belt Collins Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Employer • ~t•19_ ~