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This is an aerial photo. Again, youÓll see the property identified with a red outline. YouÓll see the smaller Agricultural lots to the west and the eucalyptus to the east. This is the General Plan designation of the area. Again, we have the black outline of the subject property. A majority of the surrounding area is Important Agricultural land and you have Conservation just to the west with the eucalyptus trees. YouÓll notice the Honokaa area is identified as Low Density Urban and Medium Density Urban. The applicant is requesting a change of zone from Agricultural 40-acre to Agricultural 10-acre for 71.178 acres to subdivide the property into six lots ranging from approximately 10 to 15 acres in size. The reason for the request is to provide lots for the respective family members of the landowners while keeping the land for pastoral and equestrian use. This is the submitted site plan from the applicant. On the lowe HawaiÒi Belt Road; and youÓll see the identified six lots for the proposed subdivision. There is the proposed road lot that will be coming into the property. At this time, the Department of Transportation has given a, permitted access on the west side of the property. The applicant is in discussion with the Department of Transportation to relocate the access to the middle of the property. This is a unique application in the sense that it is proposing a private water system versus a County water system. In the Zoning Code under Section 25-2-46 it states that a change of zone application shall not be granted unless: (1) the department of water supply has determined that it can meet the water requirements of the project and issue water commitments using its existing th system. In the comment letter from the Department of Water Supply dated April 14, which is your Exhibit 3, they had confirmed that there is one existing water meter for the property. No. (2), it says that you can also do specific improvements to the existing public water system, or construct a private water system equivalent to the requirements of the department of water supply to meet the water needs of the project and conditions of zoning delay occupancy until the necessary improvements are actually constructed. In that comment letter Department of Water Supply states that if they were to construct improvements to the existing public water system, it would be approximately $1.2 million. If they were to construct the improvements required by DWS to meet their requirements for a public/private system it would be approximately $2.2 million. The applicant is requesting to construct a private water system, that is it has elements of a private water system, that would be required by Department of Water Supply, but it wonÓt meet their high standards. The Department of Water Supply requires two wells on-site, one well and one backup well. And they also require a 100,000-gallon concrete water tank that is to be located off-site at an elevation of 100 feet above any portion of the exting property. So that makes it very difficult for applicants to be able to meet that requirement, additionally, to be able to put in the transmission lines to the respective lots. The applicant is proposing to put in two wells, so they have the well and the backup well, as well as well as a 15,000-gallon storage tank for each well, as well as the transmission lines. Rather 2 EXHIBIT B