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The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 4 ' outside of the 500-year flood plain. Any improvements to the property must comply with Chapter 27 of the County Code relating to Flood Hazard Control. Thus, the reclassification meets 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." While the project site is situated within the State Land Use Agricultural and County's Agricultural (A-5a) zoned district, it is not currently being used for active agricultural purposes. The property is unclassified under the State of Hawai`i's Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) Map and is not in agricultural use. The project site is vacant and heavily vegetated. The Land Use Study Bureau's Overall Master Productivity Rating for the soils in the area is "D" or "Poor". An Archaeological Inventory Survey was prepared by Rechtman Consulting, LLC and submitted to the DLNR-HPD on November 30, 2005. The survey was approved by the DLNR-HPD on October 4, 2006. In a letter dated June 15, 2009, the DLNR-HPD stated that no historic properties will be affected because "SHPD previously reviewed this project and mitigation has been completed." The reclassification of 14.437 acres from the Agricultural to the Urban designation will not be detrimental to the reduction of this area from the agricultural land inventory in the County of Hawaii. Based on the above, the approval of the State Land Use Boundary Amendment from the Agricultural to the Urban District complements the State Land Use District Regulations and is supportive of the Hawaii State Plan. Change of Zone The applicant requests a Change of Zone from Agricultural (A-Sa) to Single- Family Residential (RS-10) to develop a 53-lot single-family residential subdivision on the property. The applicant intends to submit a Planned Unit Development (PUD) application to allow for a small selection of smaller lot sizes of approximately 7,500 square feet. The applicant also requests a concurrent processing of a State Land Use Boundary Amendment from Agricultural to Urban. In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable goals, policies and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and decisions can be made to better time and stage developments to achieve growth determined by the General Plan and related planning documents. The implications of these evaluations and