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June 30, 2010
J Yoshimoto, Chair Donald Ikeda, Chair
and Members of the Hawaii County Council and Mem. of the Comm. on Planning
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
25 Aupuni Street 25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Hilo, Hawaii 96720
RE: Bill 194- AMENDMENTS TO PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Dear Chair Yoshimoto, Councilmember, Chair Ikeda and Members of the Committee on
Planning:
Thank you for this opportunity to testify on this matter. My name is Kimo Lee and I am
the Director of Development for W.H. Shipman, Ltd. I have been involved with the CDP
from the beginning and continue to volunteer on the Transportation and Malama I ka
Aina sub committees. I concur with the proposed amendments to the Puna Community
Development Plan ( "Puna CDP)" that are included in Bill 194 initiated by the County
Council on December 18, 2009 and concur with the Planning Director's May 11, 2010
favorable recommendation to amend the Puna CDP.
The Puna CDP is an evolving document and the proposed amendments to the Puna CDP
contained in Bill 194 and the Planning Director's favorable recommendation to amend the
Puna CDP will allow the flexibility in the future.
Specifically, 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, eliminate down zoning 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 CDP;
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• Addition of the Maku'u Community Village Center to establish a village center to
hold weekly farmers markets consistent with the proposal by the Maku'u Farmer's
Association to include a community and cultural center, and a comprehensive health
center;
• 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 CDP 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.
Please approve the proposed amendments to the Puna CDP contained in Bill 194.
Me ka Pono,
Kimo Lee
Director of Development
W.H. Shipman, Ltd.