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REPORT OP ~I'HF, COMMI"CfP.EON PLANNING DATE: November 4, 2003 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 220 p.m. RE: Comm. No. 370/Bill No. 159 Chair and Members I lawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Communication No. 370 and Bill No. 159, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim, dated October 3, 2003, regarding a State Land Use Boundary Amendment request by Puna Sugar, LLC, at Keaau, Puna Hawaii, TMK: I-6-3: POR 99 (14.901-acres) reports as follows: Bill No. 159 seeks to change the State Land Use District Boundaries Map, H-66. by changing the District Classitication of approximately 14.901-acres ofa 23.626-acre parcel of land from Agricultural to Urban. Communication No. 370 reports the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by the Hawaii County Charter, Chapter 4, Section 6-43(C), considered the above request and accompanying Bill No. 160 on September 22, 2003. The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's favorable recommendation on this matter. Communication No. 370, in synopsis, reports the Planning Director's findings as the following: l~he approval of the reclassification from the State Land Use Agricultural to the Urban District Ibr approximately 14.901-acres will not be violative of Section 205 ?, Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The approval of the State Land Usc Boundary Amendment from Agricultural to the Urban District complements the State Land Use District Regulations and is supportive of the State of Hawaii Plan and the General Plan haled on the following: I~he reclassitication action will not be inconsistent with the Hawaii Land Use Commission Rules. as the subject property conlbrms to expressed standards as it is surrounded by existing Urban designated lands. The reclassification action will not be inconsistent with the Hawaii State Plan as the action complements the goals_ objectives and/or policies articulated in the plan by providing future employment opportunities and improved living standards and stimulating the development and expansion of economic activities. ~I'hc reclassitication action will not be inconsistent with the County General Plan as the request conforms to the Economic and band Use goals and policies of the Plan and also conforms to the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation C,uide (LUPAG) Map which designates the area as Industrial. hhe State of Hawaii ALISH Map classilics the subject property as Prime Agricultural bands and Unclassified. The Land Use Study Bureau's Overall Master Productivity Rating for the soils in the area is "C" or "Fair". While the potential for agricultwal uses may exist, the soil conditions within the site and surrounding area would preclude such. It is also not currently being used for active agricultural purposes. Therefore. the reclassification of this 14.901-acre area from the Agricultural to the Urban designation kill not he detrimental to the reduction of this area from