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J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Counci] Page 3 provide improvements to the existing 20-foot wide pavement within the 50-foot wide . Kaokoa Place right-of-way consisting of, but not limited to, paved shoulders and swales, meeting with the requirements of a dedicable street. County water is available to the site. The proposed lots will utilize individual wastewater treatment systems meeting with the approval of the Department of Health. There are no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency designates the property as Zone "X", areas outside of the 500-year flood plain. The Waiakea Uka Flood Control Project is located on the property's northern boundary. The project was constructed to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) standards to manage flood waters in the area. The property is located approximately four miles from the coastline. All project generated runoff will be disposed of on-site, so as not to impact surrounding properties. Thus, the reclassification meets with the standard which states that the lands included within the urban district ....shall be those with satisfactory topography and drainage and reasonably free from the danger of floods, tsunami and unstable soil conditions and other adverse environmental effects." Urban Districts shall include lands characterized by "city-like" concentrations of people, structures, streets, urban level of services and other related land uses. Immediate surrounding properties are in the State Land Use Agricultural district, zoned A-l0a and A-3a and in residential or agricultural uses. Nani Mau Gardens is located southeast of the site on Makalika Street. The area south of Makalika Street was amended from [he State Land Use Agricultural to the Urban District in 1965 (A65-107) for the development of the Panaewa Houselots subdivision during the 1969 Boundary Review. Thus, as urban uses already exist in the immediate area, the urbanization of the project site will not contribute towards scattered urban development. While the property is within the State Land Use Agricultural and County's Agricultural (A-3a) zoned district, it is not currently being used for active agricultural purposes. Except for an existing 51-year old dwelling proposed to be demolished, the project site is vacant of all structures. Portions of the property have been planted in macadamia nut trees but have not been maintained. The remaining portion of the site was previously utilized as pasture. The property is classified as Other Important Agricultural Land; land other than Prime or Unique Agricultural Land of statewide importance for the production of food, feed, fiber and forage crops, and the Land Study Bureau's Overall Master Productivity Rating designates the property as "E" or "Very Poor". Thus, the reclassification of this approximately six-acre area from the Agricultural to the Urban designation will not be detrimental to the reduction of this area from the agricultural land