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16. Special Management Area: The property is not located within the Special Management Area(SMA). The property is over six(6)miles from the nearest coastline. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA 17. Subject Property: The subject, 1.545-acre property is triangular in shape and located in the southeast corner of the intersection of Highway 130 and Highway 132. The property has been fully graded and has been improved with four(4) community buildings permitted by the County as articulated above. 18. Surrounding Land Uses/Zoning: Surrounding lands are zoned A-la and A-5a on the east side of Highway 130 and RS-10, A-la, CV-10 and CN-20 on the west side of Highway 130. The east side of the highway consists mainly of dwellings, agricultural uses, and vacant land. There is a church north and across Highway 132 near the subject property. Tangerine Acres Subdivision is east of the subject property. The west side of the highway is the part of Pahoa Village and includes the Pahoa High School Complex, Pahoa Sacred Heart Church and preschool, and several commercially zoned properties. 19. Flood Zone: Zone"X", an area determined by FEMA to be outside the 500-year flood plain. 20. Flora/Fauna Resources: As the property has been extensively grubbed and graded, no floral or faunal surveys have been prepared for this application. According to the applicant, residual vegetation on the subject site consists of some ginger, ti-leaf, palms, and other non-native landscaping. Birds observed in the vicinity of the project area include mynah, dove, cardinal, Japanese white-eye, and finch. Common terrestrial fauna in the area includes mongoose, feral cats, rats, and coqui frogs.None of the present plant or animal species are considered endangered. 21. Archaeological/Cultural/Historical Resources: Through the previous Use Permit process for a medical clinic on the property, the Department of Land and Natural Resources-State Historic Preservation Division issued a"no-effect" determination on September 9, 2013, due to previous grubbing/grading of the property(see Exhibit B of the application). 22. Public Access: There is no designated public access to the mountains or the shoreline that traverses the property. -4- i