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<br /> Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br /> <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> <br /> Page 3 <br /> improvements for the area relating to traffic, traffic safety, water, fire protection, parks <br /> and civil defense. <br /> The property is situated within close proximity to the employment center of <br /> Kailua-Kona. The subject reclassification is for land located just three miles from the <br /> urban retail/employment center of Kailua-Kona, and thereby conforms with the Land <br /> Use Commission Rules which encourages urban developments in close proximity to <br /> existing developments in close proximity to existing services and facilities. <br /> All utilities and services are available to the property which are essential to <br /> accommodate urban development. However, the subject property should be developed <br /> in increments. The number of lots in the first increment shall not exceed the number of <br /> units of water which are available and have been committed to the subject property by <br /> the Department of Water Supply. There would be two accesses to the subject parcel. <br /> The principal one would serve fourteen (14) lots via Oneone Street which connects to <br /> Ka'iminani Drive within the Kona Palisades Estates. Oneone Street has a 50-foot <br /> right-of-way width and a 20-24 foot wide pavement. The unimproved section of <br /> Oneone Street, which is jointly owned by the applicant and the road's other adjoining <br /> land owner, would be extended to the subject property's northerly boundary by the <br /> applicant or the other land owner. Anew County-standard but privately-owned <br /> roadway from Oneone Street would be constructed to serve these fourteen (14) lots. <br /> The other access which would serve the other four (4) lots would be via Ke'oke'o <br /> Street which also intersects with Ka'iminani Drive. Ke'oke'o Street has a 50-foot <br /> right-of-way and a 20-foot wide pavement. Ka'iminani Drive, which serves as the <br /> primary mauka-makai connector road between Hawaii Belt Road and Queen <br /> Ka'ahumanu Highway, has a 60-foot wide right-of-way with 24-foot wide pavement. <br /> Electrical service is available to the Property from Hawaii Electric Light Co. Inc., and <br /> telephone service is available from GTE Hawaiian Tel. <br /> The property has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot <br /> be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. The U.S. Corps of <br /> Engineers Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) designates the property as Zone X, area <br /> of minimal tsunami inundation. Any improvements to the property must comply with <br /> Chapter 27 of the County Code relating to Flood Hazard Control. Thus, the <br /> reclassification does meet with the standard which states that the lands included within <br /> the urban district"... shall be those with satisfactory topography and drainage and <br /> reasonably free from the danger of floods, tsunami and unstable soil conditions and <br /> other adverse environmental effects." <br /> While the subject property is within the State Land Use Agricultural and <br /> County's Agricultural (A-Sa) zoned districts, it is not currently being used for active <br /> agricultural purposes. The State of Hawaii ALISH Map does not classify the subject <br /> property in any category. The Land Use Study Bureau's Overall Master Productivity <br /> Rating for the soils in the area is "E" or Very Poor. Therefore, the reclassification of <br /> this 5.919 acre area from the Agricultural to the Urban designation will not be <br /> detrimental to the reduction of this area from the agricultural land inventory in the <br /> County of Hawaii. From a land use perspective, it is a more feasible alternative to <br /> infill urban development within this particular area of North Kona. In doing so, it <br /> would tend to alleviate the conversion of more productive agricultural lands in more <br /> <br />