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n <br /> The lava hazard zone is #3. The Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) <br /> designation has not been mapped in detail for this.azea, but the entire region is <br /> flood hazard zone X which is an area of minimal or moderate flooding. The <br /> Agricultural Lands of Importance (ALISI~ did not classify this parcel as it <br /> was already urbazuzed. There aze those noises associated with the use of the <br /> surrounding properties such as emergency ambulance and police vehicles <br /> using their sirens. <br /> Public Facilities and Services: <br /> The pazcel abuts the government road Pili Mua Street. At present Pili Mua <br /> Street has a fifty foot right of way, and has a paved width of twenty-two feet <br /> plus paved swales. At the present time there is a six inch public water line. <br /> The County will be improving Pili Mua Street by installing an eight inch <br /> water line and other roadway improvements. No sewage system exists in <br /> Keaau Village. A private system will have to be installed for the proposed <br /> use. Solid waste will be hauled away by a private refuse service. Police and <br /> Fire services could not be any closer. Telephone and electricity are available. <br /> Environmental Assessment and Analysis: <br /> In the long term this parcel wants to be part of what is surrounding it. That <br /> use would seem to be commercial. There are major long term commercial <br /> structures on the abutting parcels. Therefore, the proposed use would seem <br /> to fit in considering the long term property use. There will be some noise <br /> associated with the construction of the project. The construction noise will <br /> be during daytime hours. Increased traffic will occur because of the new <br /> facility. Some of the patients will come from nearby elderly housing and it is <br /> anticipated that they will walk to the clinic. Other patients will come from <br /> other parts of Puna and amve by automobile. Amongst the various <br /> alternative uses for the parcel could be another elderly project or leaving the <br /> land vacant as it now is or a m~~ltifamily residential project. Given the <br /> surrounding uses and the proposed projects planned, it would seem that a <br /> medical facility would be the most logical use to compliment the others. <br /> There would not seem to be any irreversible or irretrievable commitments of <br /> natural resources involved as the land could, in years to come, be used for <br /> many other things. <br /> Archaeological and Historical Resources <br /> As the parcel is within the village proper, it is assumed that if any resources <br /> <br /> once existed, they have long been lost. Talking with "old timers" from Keaau <br /> 3 <br /> <br />