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The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 4 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 Hawaii's Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) Map and is not in agricultural use. The project site is vacant. The Land Use Study Bureau's Overall Master Productivity Rating for the soils in the area is "E" or "Very Poor ". Based on the above, the reclassification of 14.622 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 Hawai`i. Thus, 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 Hawai`i State Plan. The accompanying draft bill to amend the State Land Use Boundaries Maps is provided for your favorable consideration. Change of Zone The applicant requests a Change of Zone from A -5a to CV -20 to develop a commercial shopping complex approximately 170,700 square foot in size. Proposed are three major anchors consisting of 20,000 square feet at the north end and two 15,000 square -foot anchors at the south end. There will be other smaller retail and /or office establishments. Although not finalized, the applicant has been in discussions with a major drug store and a hardware store. The proposed structures will be no higher than two stories, and less than 30 feet in height. 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 decisions must be also considered as they may have an impact on similar areas in the County.