PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SPP-2023-000039 & PL-USE-2023-000010)

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from 20 feet to 60 feet during the operation of the transitional medical clinic. Access to the permanent medical clinic and workforce housing will be from the proposed Maluhia Road Driveway and will include the Akoni Pule Highway Driveway once the driveway improvements have been completed. 27. Water: According to the applicant, the property is currently served by an existing 8-inch waterline along Akoni Pule Highway fronting the property, and an existing 5/81'-inch meter. Additionally, the applicant stated that the existing meter is sufficient to service Phase I of the development, however, it is insufficient for Phase II and Phase III. According to a memo from the Department of Water Supply (Planning Department Exhibit 3—DWS Letter dated December 5, 2022),the existing 5/8t'-inch meter is only suitable for one single-family dwelling with an average daily usage of 400 gpd. Additionally, DWS stated that while the Department has no objections to the proposed development, the Department cannot provide additional water at this time. DWS went further to state that they are constructing a new water tank, Hala`ula Well, and they will re-evaluate the water usage calculations once the well improvements have been completed and are in operation. According to the water demand calculations provided by the applicant, the water usage for operation of the transitional medical clinic will remain unchanged. The permanent medical clinic and workforce housing will require an additional five (5) units of water and DWS has preliminarily informed the Project's engineers that additional units of water can be made available for Phase II and Phase III of the development subject to final determination by DWS. 28. Wastewater: There is no municipal sewer system in North Kohala. According to the applicant, the existing structures are currently serviced by two (2) cesspools on the property. Both cesspools will be closed accordingly with the State Department of Health (DOH) guidelines during Phase II of the Project. The applicant intends to connect the transitional medical clinic to a new Individual Wastewater System (IWS) with leach field. Due to the topography and siting of the permanent medical clinic, the transitional medical clinic's IWS will be closed once construction of the permanent medical clinic is complete. The applicant then intends to connect the permanent medical clinic to a new separate DOH-approved IWS with primary and secondary backup absorption beds and an additional IWS is proposed for the workforce housing that will share the primary and secondary backup absorption beds -7-