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Valerie Poindexter, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 4 Urban Districts shall include lands characterized by "city -like" concentrations of people, structures, streets, urban level of services and other related land uses. The project site is located in an urban -like setting adequately sewed by transportation and utilities. Commercial establishments and other amenities are available within close proximity. The reclassification will allow the property to be used for the existing development of the affordable senior housing units and Hilo Adult Day Center facility of the Mohouli Heights Senior Neighborhood project. The reclassification action would conform to the following goals, objectives and/or policies of the housing element articulated in the Hawaii State Plan. The request would be consistent with the following goals, objectives and/or policies articulated in the Hawaii State Plan as it will provide greater opportunities for Hawai`i's elderly to rent an affordable unit in an area in which housing has become scarce and costly. • Promote alternatives to institutional care in the provision of long-tenn 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 Hawaii State Plan. The properties have 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 Hawaii County