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Dru Kanuha, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 4 Hilo landfill. The property is in Zone"X", which is an area determined by FEMA to be outside the 500-year flood plain. All development-generated storm runoff will be disposed of on site and not allowed onto adjacent properties or roadways. All other essential utilities are available to the site. Police, fire, and emergency facilities are located in Hilo. Typically the County Council requires that applicants provide a fair share contribution to mitigate the potential regional impacts of their development on public facilities and services such as roads, parks, solid waste, and police and fire services. For the Residential and Agricultural (RA) zoning district, the County Council has historically required this contribution for minimum lot sizes of one acre. Therefore, a fair share contribution would be required for the requested RA-la zoning for the newly created lot. The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Coastal Zone Management Area. The property is not situated within the Special Management Area. It is located approximately 5.5 miles from the nearest coastline and therefore, will not be impacted by coastal hazards and beach erosion. There are no identified recreational resources,historic resources, public access to the shoreline or mountain areas, scenic and open space preserves, coastal ecosystems, marine resources or other natural and environmental resources in the area. Thus, the proposed request and use of the property will not adversely impact those resources. Because the property is developed, it is not anticipated that endangered or threatened candidate species of flora or fauna are located within the subject property, nor has the area been identified as a significant botanical or biological habitat. Presently, there is no evidence of any traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights being practiced on the site, nor existence of known valued cultural, historical, or native resources in the area. Thus, it is not anticipated that the proposed request will have any adverse impact on cultural or historical resources in the area. Based on the above findings, approval of this change of zone request from an Agricultural 3-acre (A-3a) to a Residential and Agricultural-1 acre(RA-1a) zoned district would result in an appropriate land use pattern that will further benefit the general public. The accompanying draft bill to amend Section 25-8-33 (City of Hilo Zone Map), of Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawai`i County Code, is provided for your favorable consideration. Please note the proposed conditions of approval attached to the draft bill.