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The Honorable Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba and Members of the County Council County of Hawai'i February 16, 2026 Page 6 Solid waste will be handled by the individual lot owners or a commercial hauler and disposed of at authorized facilities. Police, fire, and medical services are available within the greater Hilo/Kea'au area. Conditions of approval will require compliance with all applicable County, State, and Federal laws, rules, regulations, and requirements. Furthermore, a condition of approval will require the applicant will be to make a fair share contribution to mitigate regional impacts to parks and recreation, fire, police, solid waste, and roads, prior to receipt of final subdivision approval for any new lots created. There are no severe geological or topographical problems for the property that cannot be properly rectified, or which would render the land unusable. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) designates the subject property as Zone "X", an area determined to an area of minimal flood hazard. Conditions of approval will 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. The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Coastal Zone Management Area. The subject property is located approximately 5 miles from the nearest shoreline, is not situated within the Special Management Area and will not be impacted by coastal hazards and beach erosion. There is no designated public access to the mountains or the shoreline that runs through the property. The proposed use will not adversely impact any recreational resources, including access to and along the shoreline, scenic and open space nor visual resources, coastal ecosystems, and marine and coastal resources. Therefore, the proposed use is not contrary to the objectives of Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The request will not have a significant adverse impact to traditional and customary Hawaiian Rights. In view of the Hawai'i State Supreme Court's "PASH" and "Ka Pa akai O Ka Aina" decisions, the issue relative to Native Hawaiian gathering and fishing rights must be addressed in terms of the cultural, historical, and natural resources and the associated traditional and customary practices of the site.