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Communication 907 Bill 291 Page 2 of 4 • Applicant states that water can be made available to the site from the Department of Water Supply via an 8-inch waterline on Kaloko Drive. The Department of Water Supply considers the Kaloko Mauka Water System a separate system from other systems in Kona which consist of transmission and distribution lines, pump stations and seven reservoirs that extent to the 5,106-foot elevation. All other essential utilities and services are or will be made available to the site. 2. A 1982 `Alala Recovery Plan completed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended that portions of the lands of Kaloko above approximately the 3,200 feet to 3,400 feet elevation, including all parcels in Blocks 8 through 13 of Kaloko Mauka Subdivision, be designated as an essential habitat for the `Alala. The subject property is located at the elevation recommended for preservation as a habitat for the `Alala. 3. As part of the five-year State Land Use District Boundary Review, the Water Resources Research Center recommends that the high rainfall and fog-drop area above the 2,000- foot elevation be redesignated into the Conservation District for protection as a watershed recharge area. The Kona Watershed, which provides for the recharge of aquifers which supply most of Kona's drinking water, includes lands located within the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision and situated above the 1,900 foot elevation. The subject property, located within the recharge area at the 4,600-foot elevation, does not seriously compromise recommendations of these studies beyond existing conditions. 4. In order to protect the natural habitat and watersheds found in this area, the Hawaii County Council on June 2, 1997 adopted Resolution No. 58-97. This resolution established that a maximum density of two dwellings per twenty acres for lands within the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision above the 3,000 foot elevation, with certain conditions, will protect watershed and native forest, maintaining a low density pattern. Resolution 58-97 also includes reservation of easements and special setbacks to protect and maintain naturally forested areas and lot size limits. 5. The Planning Director recommended favorably on this request based on the following: • The Change of Zone request from Agricultural 20-acre (A-20a) to the Agricultural 10-acre (A-l0a) district will conform to the goals, policies and standards of the General Plan Economic and Land Use elements. • The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map designates this azea as Extensive Agricultural, which includes pasturage and range lands. Soils within the property consist of well drained, thin, extremely stony organic soils over fragmental A`a lava and used primarily for woodland and pasture. • The property is unclassified by the Agricultural Lands in the State of Hawaii (ALISH) System. The Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate map (FIRM) designates the property as Zone "X", an area determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain. PC REPORT NO. 92