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<br /> <br /> <br />William P. Kenoi BJ Leithead Todd <br /> <br />Director <br />Mayor <br /> <br />Margaret Masunaga <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i <br /> <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE <br /> <br />Aupuni Center 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br /> <br />Phone (808) 961-8288 Fax (808) 961-8742 <br /> <br />Memorandum <br /> <br />Date: December 11, 2012 <br /> <br />To: BJ Leithead Todd, Planning Director <br /> <br />From: Dan Taylor, Chair, PCDP AC <br /> <br />Subject: Change of zone Application No. (REZ 12-000159) <br /> Applicant: Aguinaldo 4, LLC <br /> <br /> Request: RS-10 to CV-20 <br /> <br /> TMK: 1-5-003:037 <br /> <br />A subcommittee of the AC, consisting of four members, is divided on our recommendation to you <br />concerning subject change of zone application. We are pleased to collaborate with the Pāhoa <br />Regional Town Center Plan Steering Committee, whose counsel we respect highly, and whose <br />recommendation bears resemblance to ours. If only technical planning issues are considered, our <br />decision would unequivocally be to deny the application. <br /> <br />The application by Anguinaldo4 proposes to change land use zone designation from residential (RS- <br />10) to Commercial (CV-20.) Aguinaldo proposes to develop a medical facility on 1.5 acres, on a <br />parcel with a long history of family ownership. We would have no problem with this if the parcel were <br />not at the intersection of two main roads, State Highway 130 and Country Road 132. Planning <br />Department protocols and the Puna Community Development Plan, intend to avoid enabling <br />commercial development next to highway corridors, and especially makai-side development along <br />Highway 130. To approve this application would establish a precedent for exceptions, and might set in <br />motion an uncomfortable series of similar applications, leading to endless conflict among community <br />planners, developers, and Planning Department officials. <br /> <br />Other reasons to deny the Aguinaldo4 application recognize a rather awkward traffic flow <br />configuration for persons seeking access to and egress from the proposed facility, a business plan that <br />fails to consider the design strategy of the emerging Pāhoa Regional Town Center Plan, a significant <br />lack of infrastructure for a medical facility, and an irrational assessment of the suitability of the <br />designated property for commercial zoning. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br /> <br /> <br />