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�'J • <br /> f''4s\y '1u16 OCT 21 A(9 ? 20 - • <br /> /mu.. 7L�A11\�i��.l•I 11-I ,'� 111 TNT <br /> OUN1,Y OF HAWAII • .. <br /> KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS -� <br /> October 21, 2016 1 <br /> Brad Kurokawa, Chair <br /> Hamakua Community Development Plan <br /> Steering Committee <br /> County of Hawaii, Planning Department _. <br /> 101 Pauahi Street,Suite 3 <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Subject: Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide(LUPAG) map for TMK Nos.327-003-024 and <br /> 327-003-025; Pahoehoe,South Hilo, Hawaii <br /> On behalf of Kamehameha Schools (KS), I am submitting testimony on the Pauka'a Map <br /> Adjustments. This written testimony is a follow up to our verbal testimony submitted at both <br /> your September 10, 2016 and September 28, 2016 Steering Committee meetings. <br /> As verbalized by Mr. Ron Whitmore of the County of Hawai'i Planning Department at your <br /> September 28, 2016 meeting, KS again asks both the Planning Department and the steering <br /> committee to confirm that any future proposal to develop clustered farm-worker housing and <br /> other support infrastructure would not be prevented should the LUPAG designation be changed <br /> from its current Low Density Urban (LDU)to Important Ag Land. <br /> KS owns 293,065 acres of land on Hawai'i Island, 160,935 acres of which are zoned for <br /> agricultural use. Of that acreage, approximately 40,000 acres are in the CDP planning area: Hilo <br /> (7,230 acres) and Hamakua (32,150 acres). <br /> KS humbly requests that the Hamakua Community Development Plan (CDP)Steering Committee <br /> leave the current Low Density Urban (LDU) Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG ) map <br /> designation in place for TMK Nos. 327-003-024 and 327-003-025. These parcels comprise <br /> approximately 49 acres, or iust one-tenth of a percent of our land in Hilo and Hamakua. Please <br /> consider that KS is not seeking any requests for our remaining 39,950 acres in the region. <br /> Promoting and supporting agriculture production in the Hilo and Hamakua districts are a high <br /> priority for KS. Our lands at Pahoehoe (shown on your Pauka'a map and in our attached exhibit) <br /> are some of our most heavily invested agricultural lands on the island. Over the last 8-10 years <br /> KS has invested approximately$700,000 in critical infrastructure to support agriculture at <br /> Pahoehoe, which in turn modernizes and supports agribusiness in the larger region. <br /> Infrastructure upgrades include: <br /> 895 KAUHIULA ROAD,HILO,HAWAI'I 96720 TELEPHONE(808)982-0830 FAX(8o8)982-0845 <br /> Founded and Endowed by the Legacy of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop <br /> 108157 <br />