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The Honorable Chairman Holeka Goro Inaba and Members of the County Council County of Hawai i December 24, 2024 Page 6 There is a secondary emergency vehicular access through a gate at the eastern terminus of Waiula Drive at the Anekona Subdivision, which connects to Kanehoa Street. This road offers an additional route to Kawaihae Road for emergencies. The gate can be opened by the Fire Department or Civil Defense during emergencies. Internal project roadways will be built to standards allowed by the concurrent PUD approval that will provide sufficient roadway and pedestrian facilities while helping the applicant defray infrastructure costs in developing the proposed affordable residential subdivision. A Traffic Impact Analysis Report (TIAR) submitted with the application concludes that the development will not significantly impact traffic operations on nearby facilities and intersections, thus no mitigation is recommended. Water can be made available to the site to support the proposed affordable housing project. Wastewater will be served by individual wastewater systems meeting the approval of the State Department of Health). Police and medical services are located in Waimea, approximately 7.5 miles away. There is a volunteer fire station is located at the top of Waiula Drive, adjacent to the project site. The nearest manned fire and emergency services stations are also in Waimea and near the South Kohala resort area, approximately 7.5 and 9.4 miles away, respectively. All other essential utilities can be made available to the property. There are no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be properly rectified, or which would render the land unusable. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency the project area is designated as Zone "X", which is an area determined to be an area of minimal flood hazard. While the larger property upon which the project area sits consists of undulating topography, the planned development sites for residential uses were sited on more gently sloping areas. The topography of the project site gradually slopes from north to south with less than a 4% slope. The property is located approximately 3.6 miles from the nearest shoreline and is not situated within the Special Management Area, the tsunami inundation area or evacuation area. Conditions of approval of the concurrent Change of Zone application will require that all development -generated runoff will be disposed of on site and not directed toward any adjacent properties and that all earthwork activity, including grading and grubbing, will conform to Chapter 10, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, of the Hawaii County Code. Thus, the reclassification meets the standard which states that the lands included within the urban district, "... shall be those with satisfactory topography and drainage