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Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Chair and Members of the County Council December 22, 2025 Page 4 The proposed Rural boundary amendment request also conforms to the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map which designates the area as Rural. The General Plan's Rural designation includes existing subdivisions in the State Land Use Agricultural and Rural districts that have a significant residential component. The Kanehoa Estates Subdivision, as well as adjacent subdivisions, includes a mix of rural -residential and limited agricultural activities. This boundary request would allow a rural development for residential -agricultural uses that will complement the existing and future residential -agricultural land use patterns of the immediate vicinity. The property is located within the State Land Use Agricultural and County's Agricultural (A- 5a) zoned districts. The property is unclassified by the Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) System. Soils within the property are classified as E, considered very poor for agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau. While the potential for agricultural uses may exist, the soil conditions within the property and surrounding area would make it difficult for sustained agricultural activities from being conducted on the site. Based on the above findings, the granting of the Rural boundary amendment would complement and implement the General Plan. All utilities and services are available to the property, which are essential to accommodate rural development. Access to the subject property is from Kanehoa Place, a privately owned and maintained roadway with a fifty (50) foot right-of-way with twenty (20) feet of asphalt paving. Both proposed lots will have direct access to Kanehoa Place. The Department of Water Supply (DWS) has indicated that the subject property is currently served by two 5/8-inch water meters, and each meter is adequate to serve only one dwelling, based on an average daily usage of 400 gallons. DWS further noted that the existing water system facilities cannot accommodate serving more than two dwellings without extensive improvements to its system. Based on this limitation in County water, the applicant subsequently amended the request to a Residential Agricultural 2.5-acre (RA- 2.5a) zoning designation to address DWS's concerns by eliminating the potential for a three -lot subdivision. Any new dwelling constructed on the property would be served by an individual wastewater system in accordance with the requirements of the State Department of Health (DOH). Solid waste will be disposed of at the Waimea transfer station. The subject property is in area designated as Zone X, which is an area determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to be outside the 500-year flood plain. All earthwork activity, including grading and grubbing, shall conform to Chapter 10, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, of the Hawaii County Code.