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Maile David, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawai`i August 9, 2022 Page 3 The Kona Community Development Plan (KCDP) was adopted by the Hawai`i County Council by Ordinance No. 08-131 on September 25, 2008. The subject property is located within lands covered by the KCDP and is situated within the Captain Cook Rural Town TOD, an area where the KCDP encourages growth. According to Section 4.2.2, overall land use strategy indicates that, "outside of the Kona Urban area, the character of the rural towns shall prevail. This means that limited future growth should be directed to the existing rural towns and villages in a way that revitalizes and enhances the existing rural lifestyle and culture of those communities. Outside of these towns and villages, the protection of important agricultural lands is a priority objective. " Thus, the proposed SLU boundary amendment is consistent with the KCDP. Finally, the reclassification action would be consistent with the goals, objectives, and policies of the Hawai`i State Plan by, 1) providing urban type uses in close proximity to existing urban areas where adequate public facilities are already available, and 2) converting marginal or non-essential agricultural lands for appropriate urban uses while maintaining agricultural lands of importance in the agricultural district. The Urban classification conforms to the standard that the development is within reasonable proximity to centers of trading and employment and to basic services such as schools, police and fire protection, transportation systems and water. The subject property is located at the cross junction of Hawai`i Belt Road (Mamalahoa Highway), Ali`i Drive Extension and Napo`opo`o Road. Existing access to the subject property is directly from Hawai`i Belt Road, a primary arterial roadway that is owned and maintained by the State. The applicant is proposing to construct a new County dedicable standard road to service the western end of the proposed subdivision from Hawai`i Belt Road and a 12-foot-wide paved outbound access road within a 20-foot-wide easement from the southern end of the subject property. The State Department of Transportation(DOT) requires that a Traffic Assessment or an access evaluation be submitted and accepted by the State DOT. Additionally, DOT further requested that the report include an analysis pertaining to traffic safety and line of site for the two proposed access points. Conditions of the concurrent change of zone request will address these requirements. Water can be made available to the site. Wastewater will be served by Individual Wastewater Systems (IWS) meeting the approval of the State Department of Health (DOH). Police and fire protective services are within close proximity to the project site. All essential utilities can be made available to the property.