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As will be discussed in a following section, the project area once contained a stone house belonging to Chiefess Kapi'olani and her husband Haiha Naihe. This structure was eventually purchased Reverend John Davis Paris who built a residence on the old foundation.This house subsequently became the Paris Hotel,operated by the Reverend's daughter Ella Hudson Paris. Over the years the hotel fell into disrepair and it was demolished in 2008. No remnants of the hotel or Kapi'olani's former house remain in the project area.Associated outbuildings, cesspools, enclosures and a stone path are present in the parcel,designated as features of Site 31147 in Findings section of this report. The hotel was situated within an approximately 0.27-acre area in the west-central portion of the parcel that has been graded and leveled area (see Figure 18 in Findings section). Currently this area is used as a construction base yard(Figure 4).Ili s 3 F }}' 4i c . t >> , p Figure 4.Construction base yard on former location of Paris Hotel(view to west) The parcel terrain slopes to the southwest.The soil is characterized by Puna extremely stony muck on 3-25%slopes (rPXE; Sato et al. 1973:Sheet 111)According to Sato et al.,this soil type is located at intermediate elevations on the slopes of Mauna Loa and Hualalai (1973:48).This soil is typified by a 5 inch thick layer of very dark brown extremely stony muck overlying fragmental a'a lava. It has a rapid permeability,a slow runoff and a slight erosional hazard and is classified as suitable for pasture and orchards.The underlying lava deposited from Mauna Loa Volcano between 200 and 750 years(Wolfe and Morris 2001:11 and Sheet 1). Annual rainfall in the vicinity of the project area ranges from 750 to 1,350 mm (30 to 53 inches; Giambelluca et al. 2013).The mean average temperature in this general area is approximately 76.1 degrees F(usclimatedata.com). No surface water sources are present in the project area. HAUN & ASSOCIATES 15