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Heather Kimball, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawai`i March 15, 2024 Page 6 In response to agency and association/public comments, the applicant indicated that they have no major objections to agency requests or to the TIAR recommendations. Based on the preceding, a condition of approval will be included to comply with agency requirements and implement the TIAR recommendations. Potable and fire suppression water will be provided by the West Hawai`i Water Company (WHWC), which is a private water provider that has been approved by the State Public Utilities Commission (PUC). A condition of approval will require the applicant to provide water for the proposed use through an agreement with WHWC. There is no County sewer system in the area, however, service will be provided by the West Hawai`i Sewer Company, a private wastewater disposal provider approved by the PUC. A condition of approval will require the applicant to provide wastewater service for the proposed use through an agreement with WHSC. Solid waste will be handled by a private waste management service and disposed of at authorized landfill sites or transfer stations, all essential utilities are available to the property and the closest police, fire and medical facilities are located nearby in Waimea. A condition of approval will be included to require the applicants to meet all applicable County, State and Federal laws, rules, regulations, and requirements. There are no severe geological or topographical problems for the property that cannot be properly rectified, or which would render the land unusable. The subject property is in an area designated as Zone "X", an area determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain, on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). A condition of approval will be added to require that all development generated runoff will be disposed of on-site and not directed toward any adjacent properties and all earthwork activity, including grading, grubbing, and stockpiling, and the project will conform to Chapter 10, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, of the Hawai`i County Code. Thus, the proposed change of zone meets this criterion. The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawai`i Revised Statutes, relating to Coastal Zone Management Area. The subject property is located approximately 4.7 miles from the nearest shoreline, is not situated within the Special Management Area and will not be impacted by coastal hazards and beach erosion. The Ka Pa`akai 0 Ka `Aina Assessment included with the application (and discussed further below) notes that the subject property is in an area once crisscrossed with trails used by early Hawaiians to access resources between the coast and upland regions, and that these trails were later repurposed by paniolo for ranching uses. According to the Assessment, one such trail passed just north of the subject property, but its physical traces have been