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Pete Hoffinann, Chairman <br />and Members of the County Council <br />Page 4 <br />The Department of Transportation (DOT) disagrees with the applicant's statement <br />that no mitigation measures are necessary at the Kaiminani Street intersections with the <br />Queen Kaahumanu and Mamalahoa Highways. <br />According to the applicant, Seascape Development, LLC entered into an <br />agreement with the Department of Water Supply on October 4, 2005 to provide water to <br />the project site as well as surrounding properties. (Refer to Appendix F of the application <br />- unexecuted Water Facilities Agreement) County water will be made available through <br />the extension of a County water line within Kakahiaka Street. In a memo dated Apri127, <br />2007, the Department of Water Supply states that "the water development agreement <br />referenced as Appendix F in the subject application is currently being revised and <br />negotiated between the developer and the Department." <br />Police services are available from the County's police station at Kealakehe, <br />approximately four miles from the project site. There is a fire station at the intersection <br />of Palani Road and the Queen Kaahumanu Highway, approximately six miles from the <br />site, and a volunteer fire station is located approximately %: mile from the property on <br />Kaiminani Drive. The closest public schools aze located in Kealakehe, approximately <br />four miles from the site. Utilities can be made available to the site. <br />There are no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be <br />properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. The U.S. Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) designates the property as Zone <br />"X", areas outside of the 500-year flood plain. The property is located approximately 2 '/s <br />miles from the shoreline. All project generated runoff will be disposed of on-site, so as <br />not to impact properties makai of the site. Thus, the reclassification meets with the <br />standard which states that the lands included within the urban district "....shall be those <br />with satisfactory topography and drainage and reasonably free from the danger of floods, <br />tsunami and unstable soil conditions and other adverse environmental effects." <br />Urban Districts shall include lands chazacterized by "city-like" concentrations of <br />people, structures, streets, urban level of services and other related land uses. <br />Surrounding properties are in a mix of single and multiple-family residential and <br />agricultural uses. Properties to the north, east and south aze zoned A-Sa. The pazcel to <br />the west (makai) across the Kakahiaka Street extension is approximately 10 acres in size <br />and was rezoned from A-Sato RM-4 effective September 28, 2006 by Ordinance No. 06 <br />128 and is currently being developed fora 108-unit affordable housing project called <br />Seascape Condominium. The proposed I,okahi Mauka and Makai developments north of <br />the project site aze zoned RS-10, RS-15, RM-4 and CN-10. Further north is the Kona <br />Palisades Subdivision consisting of smaller non-conforming residential lots zoned A-Sa. <br />