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Communication 564 Bill 138 Page 2 of 4 4. The cost of project estimated to be in excess of $1 million, which would include site prepazation, wastewater system, roadway improvements, including curb, gutter and sidewalk section along the frontage of the property. 5. Access will be limited to an approved access via an easement on an adjoining property makai of the subject site in order to minimize potential traffic movement conflicts along Ponahawai Street. The adjoining property owner has agreed to allow unrestricted access through a 25-foot road and utility easement identified as "RU-7" and applicant intends to construct a 20-foot wide paved private roadway from Ponahawai Street to the entrance of the project site. 6. Water is available from an existing 6-inch waterline fronting the property along Ponahawai Street. 7. All essential utilities and services aze available to the project site. 8. The Planning Director recommended favorably on this request based on the following: • The Change of Zone request conforms to applicable goals, policies and standards of Land Use (Commercial) and Economic Elements of the General Plan. • The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map designates the property and its immediately surrounding area as Medium Density Urban and the requested Neighborhood Commercial zoning is consistent with the LUPAG Map for this area of Hilo. • The Change of Zone request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to Coastal Zone Management as the subject property is not proximate to the shoreline and therefore will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. • There is no record of a designated public access that traverses the property, no valued cultural, historical or natural resource that exist on the property and there is no evidence of any traditional and customary native Hawaiian rights being practiced on the site. • According to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the project area is within Zone "X," an area determined to be outside the 500-yeaz flood plain. • The project site was previously utilized for sugar cane but has been graded. The presence of any known rare, threatened, or endangered species or endangered floral and fauna species is, therefore, remote. • Requisite of the Planning Director's favorable recommendation for the Change of Zone request, aze seventeen (17) conditions contained in Bill No. 138 that outline specific requirements for the proposed project. The August 14, 2007 Committee on Planning meeting in West Hawaii was cancelled and rescheduled to August 21, 2007 at the Hilo Councilroom. PC Report No. 42