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Dru Kanuha, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 7 concrete paved driveway from Old Government Road to the property. The requested rezone and subsequent 3-lot subdivision will increase residential density on this substandard road. Therefore, the Planning Director agrees with these recommendations and conditions of approval will be included to implement these recommendations. Regarding water for this application, Section 25-2-46(m) (Concurrency Requirements) within the Zoning Code states that a zoning amendment application shall not be granted unless: (1) the department of water supply has determined that it can meet the water requirements of the project and issue water commitments using its existing system; or(2) specific improvements to the existing public water system, or a private water system equivalent to the requirements of the department of water supply will be provided to meet the water needs of the project and conditions of zoning delay occupancy until the necessary improvements are actually constructed. The Department of Water Supply has verified that the subject property is currently served by three 5/8-inch meters, but the system has substandard water pressure conditions and do not meet water system standards for subdivisions in accordance with the Hawai`i County Code and Rules and Regulations of the Depaitinent of Water Supply. For the applicant to upgrade the system to meet these standards, it will require extensive water system improvements, including, but not limited to, storage reservoirs, booster pumps, and distribution pipelines. In this particular case, the Planning Director will support a change of zone to FA-la to allow for the subdivision of the property into three parcels that will then be conveyed to the applicant's family members. The main reason for supporting this request is that no new additional DWS water meters will be required to service the proposed subdivision and the applicant will install a private pump system to increase water pressure for each lot. The issue surrounding the substandard service provided by the existing water meters currently servicing the project site is not about lack of capacity, it is about adequate pressure, which the applicant intends to resolve by the installation of a pump and storage system to supplement the existing system. The applicant made recent efforts to secure the transfer of two additional water meters to service the project site in accordance with existing protocols offered by the Department of Water Supply, with each water meter being able to service a single family residential unit. At no time was lack of adequate service through these existing and transferred water meters ever an issue. It was simply a lack of adequate pressure, which will be resolved through onsite improvements. Additionally, the property receives about 35 inches of rain annually which should be sufficient for agricultural purposes.