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vv. HAWAII DIVISION: 100 West Lanikaula Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • OAHU DIVISION: 451 Atkinson Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814
MAUI COUNTY DIVISION: 896 Lower Main Street, Wailuku, Hawaii 96793 • KAUAI DIVISION: 4154 Hardy Street, Lihue, Hawaii 96766
LOCAL 142
August 2, 2010
J Yoshimoto, Chair Donald Ikeda, Chair
and Members of the Hawaii County Council and Members of the Committee on Planning
Hawaii County Council Hawaii County Council
25 Aupuni Street 25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Re: Letter of Support — Amendments to Puna Community Development Plan ( "Bill 194 ")
Dear Chair Yoshimoto, Chair Ikeda, and Members of both the Hawaii County Council and the Committee on
Planning:
My name is Richard Baker, Jr. and I am the Division Director of the ILWU Local 142, Hawaii Division here on
the Big Island.
We strongly support the proposed amendments to the Puna Community Development Plan contained in Bill
194 and concur with the Planning Director's favorable recommendation to amend the Puna C.D.P. to include,
without limitation, the following:
• Eliminating restrictions on the commercial floor area, design character and typical uses within Table 5-
1: General Use and Design Criteria by Village/Town Center Type as this creates an unnecessary
restriction on commercial uses and limits flexibility for future development in the area.
• Allow market forces to determine the size of commercial development within a regional town center.
• Under Section 3.2.3.b, elilminate downzoning of all Agricultural (A) zoned parcels in the State
Agricultural District in Puna and, instead, recommend reviewing the rezoning of these Agricultural
zoned parcels to a zoning that would be consistent with the goals and policies of the General Plan and
Puna C.D.P.
• Addition of the Maku'u Community Village Centerto establish a village center to hold weekly farmers
markets consistent with the proposal by the Maku'u Farmers' Association to include a community and
cultural center and a comprehensive health center.
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• Eliminate references to "purchase or transfer of development rights" and "floating zone" as those
concepts have not been adopted by the County.
• Under Section 5.2.1, eliminate reference to "floating zone method" for the designation of future zoning
designations within each village center at Keaau, Pahoa, Hawaiian Paradise Park, and Maku'u
Homesteads in order to be consistent with the LUPAG designations of each area within the General
Plan.
• Replacement of all references to "village /town" center with "regional town" center to be consistent with
the Puna C.D.P. definitions.
• Addition of the remaining mauka portion of the already industrial -zoned area at Tax Map Keys 1 -6-
003:078 and 090 and 1 -6- 151:001 through and including 022 within Figure 5 -1: Keaau Regional Town
Center, in order to be consistent with the current (MG -20) industrial County zoning for the parcels.
• Addition of a proposed community health facility at TMK:1 -1- 004:032 within Figure 5 -4: Volcano
Community Village Center.
I humbly ask the County Council to approve the proposed amendments to the Puna C.D.P. contained in Bill
194 as they are consistent with the goals, objective and policies of the General Plan.
Thank you for your positive consideration.
Very truly yours,
ILWU LOCAL 142, HAWAII DIVISION
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Richard Baker, Jr., Divisi Director
100 West Lanikaula Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720