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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 3 of Kupulau Road. Therefore, Kupulau Road would bean 80-foot right-of--way. Koaniani Street, fronting the subject property, is a County dedicable standard road in good condition, with paved shoulders and swales, within a 50-foot right-of--way. Electricity and telephone services are or will be made available to the site. The property has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. The U.S. Corps of Engineers Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) designates a majority of the property as Zone X, areas determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain. According to the Department of Public Works, a small portion of the property at the intersection of Kupulau Road and Koaniani Street is in Zone "AE" (Special Flood Hazard Areas inundated by 100-year flood). Adjacent to Zone "AE" to the northwest is Zone "X" (Other Flood Areas -Area of 500-year flood; areas of 100-year flood with average depths of less than 1 foot or with drainage areas less than 1 square mile). Zone "X" (Other Areas -Areas determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain) also affects the northern portion of the property. Any improvements to the property must comply with Chapter 27 of the County Code relating to Flood Hazard Control. Thus, the reclassification does meet with the standard which states that the lands included within the Urban District shall be those with satisfactory topography and drainage and reasonably free from the danger of floods, tsunami and unstable soil conditions and other adverse environmental effects." While the subject property is within the State Land Use Agricultural and County's Agricultural (A-l0a) zoned districts, it is not currently being used for active agricultural purposes. The State of Hawaii ALISH Map does not classify the subject property in any category. The Land Use Study Bureau's Overall Master Productivity Rating for the soils in the mauka area is "E" or Very Poor and "C" or Fair in the makai portions of the property. The area has been previously used for very limited cattle grazing. Therefore, the reclassification of this approximately 10.23 acre area from the Agricultural to the Urban designation will not be detrimental to the reduction of this area from the agricultural land inventory in the County of Hawaii. Furthermore, an Urban classification would complement the existing and future residential land use patterns of the surrounding properties in view of the adjacent residential subdivisions. Based on the above, the approval of the State Land Use Boundary Amendment to the Urban District complements the State Land Use District Regulations and is supportive of the State of Hawaii Plan. hange of Zone In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable goals, policies and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and decisions can be made to better time and stage developments to achieve quality growth determined by the General Plan and related planning documents. The implications of these evaluations and decisions must be also considered as they may have an impact on similar areas in the County.