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conforming to the County's development standards and also consistent with the scale of future development represented by the Trust within the approved SMA Use Permit No. 201." DESCRIPTION ®F' SUBIECT I'I2OPI;RT~' AND=SLTI~ROUNDING ~ 30. Subject P~-®perties: The project area is located approximately 6 miles south of the Kona International Airport, %2 mile north of Kailua Village, and'/4 mile west (makai) of Makalapua Center. The subject properties consist of 100.757 acres and comprise a roughly rectangular-shaped area bounded by Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway to the east, the Kona Industrial Subdivision to the south,. the Old Airport Road, the County's Kailua Park and the Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area to the west, and the QLT Children's Center to the north. TMK: 7-4-8:2 currently consists of 947.572 acres, of which 87.83 acres are within the project area. The remaining properties within the project area are identified as TMK: 7-4-8:68, which consists of 6.674 acres, TMK: 7-4-8:69, which consists of 4.507 acres, and TMK: 7-4-8:70, which is a road lot that consists of 1.746 acres. The subject properties are currently undeveloped with the exception of roads and public utilities that have been previously constructed by the petitioner. These include Makala Boulevard, Luhia Street and a sewer line leading from Luhia Street to a pump station along Kuakini Highway. The petitioner recently graded a 16-acre area between Luhia Street and Queen Kaahumanu Highway in conjunction with a planned HPM development on a 6-acre portion of the graded area. In the northwest (makai) corner of the project area, a 4 to 5-acre portion of the site has been developed as part of the Swing Zone, a larger commercial recreational complex. 31. U.S.D.A. Soil Type: The predominant soil within the project area is classified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, as Pahoehoe Lava Flows (rLV~. Along the mauka edge of the project area, soils are classified as Punaluu extremely rocky peat (rPYD) soil and A'a lava (rLV). Pahoehoe lava has a billowy, glassy surface that is relatively smooth. In some areas the surface is rough and broken and with hummocks and pressure domes. Pahoehoe lava generally has no soil cover and is typically bare of vegetation except for mosses and lichens. Soil is, however, found in -8-