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I ' Valerie Poindexter, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 4 • Promote alternatives to institutional care in the provision of long-term care for the elderly populations. • Seek to use marginal or non-essential agricultural land and public land to meet housing needs of low and moderate-income and gap-group households. • Effectively accommodate the housing needs of Hawai`i's people. • Promote design and location of housing developments taking into account the physical setting, accessibility to public facilities and services, and other concerns of existing communities and surrounding areas. Thus the proposed project is consistent with the policies outlined in the Hawai`i State p P Plan. The property has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. According to the Department of Public Works—Engineering Division, the subject parcel is in an area designated as Zone X on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA). Zone X is an area determined to be outside the 500-year floodplain. All development-generated runoff shall be disposed of on site and not directed toward any adjacent properties. A drainage study shall be prepared and the recommended drainage system shall be constructed meeting the approval of the Department of Public Works. All earthwork activity, including grading and grubbing, shall conform to Chapter 10, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, of the Hawai`i County Code. Any improvements to the subject property must comply with Chapter 27 of the Hawai`i County Code, relating to Floodplain Management. Thus, the reclassification meets the standard which states that the lands included within the urban district, "...shall be those with satisfactory topography and drainage and reasonably free from the danger of floods,tsunami and unstable soil conditions and other adverse environmental effects." The Hawai`i Right to Farm Act, HRS Chapter 165, was enacted to protect farming operations on land in the State Land Use Agricultural District when adjacent land is reclassified out of the Agricultural District. A condition of approval will require the applicant notify prospective purchasers, tenants or lessees of the Hawai`i Right to Farm Act. Therefore, the reclassification of this 6.569-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