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The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 3 The property is located on Manono Street, adjacent to a real estate office to the north and Durrant Media Five to the south. The property is landscaped, and there is a single-family dwelling on the site. The land uses in the area are a mix of residential and commercial uses. The Big Island Land real estate office is located adjacent to the property to the north and zoned CG-7.5. Adjacent to the property to the south is Durrant Media Five, zoned CN-7.5 in 1998. The Ke Kilohana Oka Malamalama Church is located diagonally across Manono Street to the southwest. Within 500 - 600 feet of the property are single family dwellings and various commercial uses including Freddy's Restaurant, the HGEA office, and the Hilo Hooganji Mission church on the corner of Manono and Pi`ilani Streets. All utilities and services are available to the site. All essential utilities are available to the project site. The project will connect to the existing County sewer system. Solid waste will be disposed of by commercial handlers. The property has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be rectified or which would render the land unusable. The project site is located within Zone "X", area determined to be outside the 500-year floodplain. All development generated storm run-off shall be disposed of on-site and not allowed onto adjacent properties or roadways. Access to the site is from Manono Street, a County roadway with aright-of-way of 50 feet fronting the subject parcel. According to the City of Hilo Zone Map, Manono Street is proposed to be widened to a 60-foot right-of-way; thus affecting five feet of properties along Manono Street. The Department of Public Works (DPW) recommends that access be limited to a single location on Manono Street. The DPW also recommends improvements to the entire frontage of Manono Street consisting of, but not limited to, pavement widening with concrete curb, gutter and sidewalk, drainage improvements, and any required utility relocation. By letter dated October 29, 2008, the applicants requested a "no effect" letter from the DLNR-HPD. No professional surveys were conducted of the site due to the history of extensive disturbance. No professional flora or fauna surveys were conducted of the site. The applicant does not believe that rare or endangered floral or faunal resources are on the site as the project site has been improved and is located within an urban environment close to existing commercia] uses.