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J Yoshimoto, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 3 Hualalai Road is a County collector street with an 18 to 20-foot wide pavement with a variable right-of-way. The Department of Public Works (DPW) states, in summary: • Hualalai Road is substandard based on width, alignment and roadside hazard clearances. • The proposed connection to Hualalai Road should be master planned further mauka to serve both the subject property and adjoining Parcel 43 mauka of the site. • Realign the right-of-way property line along the entire subject property frontage of Hualalai Road to provide an alignment meeting with the approval of the DPW. Condition H of Ordinance No. 10 2 affecting Parcel 42 requires roadway connections to the subject parcel. Water can be made available to the site. Police and fire protective services are within close proximity to the project site. All essential utilities will be made available to the property. The project is also consistent with the Hawai`i State Plan, a guide for the long- range development of the State. The Plan identifies goals, objectives, policies and priorities for the State and provides a basis for the determination of policies and allocation of limited resources. Section 226-19 (Objectives and policies for socio-cultural advancement- housing), subsection (b)(1) of the Hawai`i State Plan Chapter 226, HRS, (1996) states "it shall be the policy of this State to effectively accommodate the housing needs of Hawai`i's people." Section (b)(3)which states, "Increase home ownership and rental opportunities and choices in terms of quality, location, cost, densities, style and size of housing." Thus, the proposed project is consistent with the policies outlined in the Hawai`i State Plan. Urban Districts shall include lands characterized by "city-like" concentrations of people, structures, streets, urban level of services and other related land uses. The project site is located near urban-type uses, including the Pualani Estates Subdivision and Sugar Cane Lane Subdivision. Kailua-Kona, the urban center for West Hawai`i with hotels, multi-family residential, single-family residential, public facilities and commercial uses, is located in close proximity to the site. The property has 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