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J Yoshimoto, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 4 use entitlements and financing for the development of village/town centers, the PCDP indicates that a plan for each regional town center should be prepared through an inclusive community-based process. Funding is currently available to prepare regional town center plans for Pahoa, which is expected to be completed in the next 18 to 24 months. Although it would be preferable to implement zoning changes after this plan is created, it is not a requirement of the PCDP and zoning changes can be granted in the interim so long as the proposed zoning district is consistent with the General Plan LUPAG Map. Lastly, the applicant met with the Puna Community Development Plan Action Committee and was in full agreement to conform the project site layout and building design to the Pahoa Village Design Guidelines. Based on the above findings, the request will conform to the General Plan and Puna Community Development Plan. All essential utilities and services are available to the site. Access to the project site is from Pahoa Village Road, which is a County owned and maintained roadway identified as a collector with an existing right-of-way width of approximately 40-feet and a pavement width of approximately 20 feet with grassed shoulders. The Department of Public Works (DPW)has recommended that the applicant provide improvements to the property's entire Pahoa Village Road frontage consisting of, but not limited to,pavement widening with concrete curb, gutter and sidewalk, drainage improvements, and any required utility relocation which will be located in any future road widening setback established by the Planning Department. In the past, the Planning Department and County Council have not required future road widening strips along Pahoa Village Road from landowners that have rezoned their properties to a commercial zoning district. However, in 2008 the Puna Community Development Plan was adopted, which recommends that village/town centers incorporate walking and bicycle paths into the roadway network. In order to provide these multimodal facilities, additional right-of-way will be needed. Therefore, the Department recommends that the future road widening strip and road frontage improvements be required as a condition of approval for the Change of Zone. The project site has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. The property is located in flood zone"X" which is an area determined by FEMA to be outside the 500-year flood plain.