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Communication 565 Bill 139 Page 2 of 5 4. The cost of the project is estimated to be $3.5 million. 5. Access will be from Ponahawai Street, a County roadway with aright-of--way width of 60 feet with a 24-foot wide pavement and 4-foot wide grassed shoulders. The Department of Public works limits access to the subject parcel through the Road and Utility Easement "RU-3" which is located along the property's western border. There is also a No Vehicular Access 10-foot wide Planting Screen Easement along Ponahawai Street fronting the subject property. 6. County water is available from an existing 6-inch or 8-inch waterline fronting the property along Ponahawai Street. 7. All essential utilities are available to the 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 standazds of Land Use (Commercial) and Economic Elements of the General Plan. • The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map designates the subject property and its immediately surrounding area as Medium Density Urban and the project site is located within close proximity to other commercial areas, employment centers and public safety services. • The Change of Zone request is not contrazy to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to Coastal Zone Management as the subject property is not proximate to the shoreline and will not be impacted by coastal hazazd and beach erosion. • According to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the southern portion of the property is within Flood Zone "A", the Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the 100-year flow where no base flood elevations are determined. The Department of Public Works states that construction within the designated FEMA flood zone shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 27, Flood Control, of the Hawaii County Code. • The project site was previously used for sugar cane and has been vacant and overgrown for yeazs. Presence of nay known rare, threatened, or endangered species or endangered floral and fauna species is remote. Likewise, the existence of azchaeological sites with the property is unlikely. No record of a designated public access traverses the property and no valued cultural, historical or natural resources exist on the property there is no evidence of any traditional and customary native Hawaiian rights being practiced on the site. Therefore, it is not anticipated that the proposed request will have adverse impacts on cultural or historical resources. PC Report No. 43