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<br /> . <br /> ~~t <br /> REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON PLANNING <br /> DATE: May 19, 1997 Re: C-280 <br /> PLACE: Councilroom <br /> TIME: 1:40 p.m. <br /> Chair and Members <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 79, transmitted by Mayor Stephen <br /> K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 280, dated Apri121, 1997, regarding the State Land Use <br /> Boundary Amendment by Hakalau Farms at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-4-65:04, <br /> reports as follows: <br /> Bill No. 79 amends the State Land Use Boundaries Map, H-66 for the County of Hawaii, by <br /> changing the district classification for approximately 10.23± acres of land from the Agricultural <br /> to the Urban District. <br /> Bill No. 79 was deferred at the Planning Committee's May 6, 1997 meeting due to issues that <br /> needed to be resolved. <br /> The subject property, vacant and overgrown with native vegetation, is located at the northwest <br /> corner of Kupulau Street and Koaniani Street intersection, adjacent to (Puna side) Kahalani <br /> Estates Subdivision where the applicant intends to create atwenty-six (26) lot residential <br /> subdivision with minimum lot sizes of 15,000 square feet. <br /> Concurrently, the applicant is also requesting a change of zone for the subject property from an <br /> A-l0a designation to a RS-15 designation. <br /> Access to the subject property would be via Kupulau Road and Koaniani Street which is a county <br /> dedicable road in good condition with paved swales and shoulders within a 50-foot wide right of <br /> way. Kupulau Road is a county road with paved shoulders and swales with an approximate 28- <br /> foot wide pavement within a 40-foot wide right-of--way. A 40-foot future road widening is <br /> proposed for the mauka portion of Kupulau Road, which would make it an 80-foot wide right-of- <br /> way. <br /> Soils on the makai portion of the subject property have been classified as "C" (Fair) and the <br /> remaining have been classified as "E" (Very Poor) for agricultural productivity by the Land <br /> Study Bureau's Detail Land Classification System. The soils within the subject property aze <br /> unclassified by the Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) system. <br /> Currently, the existing 8-inch county water line along Kupulau Road cannot support the <br /> proposed development until the completion of the proposed Waiakea Homesteads Water System <br /> Improvements scheduled to begin within the year. <br /> PC REPORT NO. 54 <br /> <br />