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J Yoshimoto, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 6 County owned property on Lehua Lane near the subject properties. There are six (6) public water spigots and a private standpipe facility that provides services to ten(10) private customers for water hauling and/or delivery services. The system is serviced by a well and 300,000-gallon water tank, which is located on a County owned property on Paradise Circle Makai. No metered water services will be allowed unless a second well is constructed to provide the required redundancy for a public water system. Solid waste will be handled through a commercial hauler. The applicant is proposing to construct a sewage treatment system for the proposed commercial center. Utilities, including telephone and electrical services, are available to the site. The closest police and fire station is located in Na`alehu, approximately twelve(12) miles from the properties. Police and fire substations are available in the immediate area. While the property is within the State Land Use Agricultural and County's Agricultural (A-1 a) zoned district,it is not currently being used for active agricultural purposes. The project site is currently vacant and has been previously bulldozed. The property is unclassified by the State Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawai`i (ALISH) Map and the Land Study Bureau's Overall Master Productivity Rating is "E" or"Very Poor". Thus, the reclassification of this 4-acre area 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. An Urban classification would complement the existing and future land use patterns of the surrounding properties in view of the nearby commercial/light industrial projects and the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates and Hawaiian Ranchos subdivisions. The Urban classification conforms to the standard to include lands with satisfactory topography, drainage, and reasonably free from the danger of any flood,tsunami, unstable soil condition, and other adverse environmental effects. The Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) designates the properties as Zone"X", areas outside the 500-year flood plain. The properties are located approximately 6 miles mauka of the shoreline. All project generated runoff will be disposed of on-site. 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 County General Plan and is supportive of the Hawai`i State Plan.