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engineers and PUD designer placed the location of the access road to meet adequate line of sight requirements and to avoid the area's flood zone. Committee Member Keeney asked if the project would go before County Council for approval as an affordable housing project. Mr. Meeker replied that 201H was not applicable to this project because they are working within the existing zoning. Council Member Kimball added that the project would still go through the PUD process and go before the Planning Commission. The project would also go before County Council for review because they are applying for a rezone. She thanked Lehua Village Partners, LLC for coming out to the community early to begin this dialogue. Francine Roby expressed concern for this area being labeled "high susceptibility" for landslides under the HCDP's community hazards profile on hazards. Ms. Roby also stated that cul-de-sacs are not a good idea because it only allows people with one exit route when a hazard occurs. Chair Kurokawa agreed that for higher density areas in town you want more connectivity for distribution of traffic. Committee Member Carol Ignacio commented that the 2019 medium income in Hawaii County was about$63,000 and "affordable" for people is about 30% of that. She queried what affordable would look like for this project. Mr. Meeker stated that they did not have fixed pricing right now. The OHCD has affordable housing guidelines with numbers for 80%, but this project will be well under those numbers. They won't know for certain until they have fixed infrastructure costs. Chair Kurokawa asked if they were planning on building homes or subdividing the land. Mr. Meeker stated that Lehua Village 1 would be finished lots for buyers to build their own homes on. They remain uncertain about Lehua Village 2. Chair Kurokawa noted there may be some extra costs for building because of the sloping terrain, versus a flat site. He also noted that affordable housing usually entails having smaller lots, so the developer can develop more, and the lots can be lowered in cost. Chair Kurokawa also shared concerns around maintaining visual screening from Hawai'i Belt Road, so the view does not become rooftops. Mr. Meeker encouraged everyone to view the area firsthand and look at the gentle slope, especially Village 1, stating the topography does not present a challenge in this area. View planes will be protected by ensuring only one-story homes can be built on the makai side. Committee Member McKnight asked to what extent outreach had been done with the surrounding community. Mr. Meeker acknowledged that this is the start of that process, and that they would be meeting with the Honoka'a Business Association in a couple weeks. He added that they have nothing currently scheduled in terms of meetings with residents, but they are open to do whatever is appropriate. Click here for Comm. No. 2021-07.1 - Lehua Village Partners, LLC map and concept plan: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/Weblink/1/doc/112472/Pagel.aspx 4. Island-wide Action Committee Member Initiatives: Chair Kurokawa incorporated this business agenda item with #5—Implementation Updates from Action Committee Members (read below). 5. Implementation Updates from Action Committee Members: a. Emergency Preparedness & Hazard Mitigation—Francine Roby&Jeff McKnight: Ms. Roby has federal emergency planning experience and has adapted that planning process to a household model. She has looked at plans from various counties, including the COH Multi-hazard Mitigation Plan, and created a self-instructional document that helps households learn and think about the types of decisions they need to make for emergency preparedness. It includes httys.llwww.ylannin,-.hawaiicounty.,-ov/ hamakua(a�hawaiicounty.gov Page 4