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PC-25 Page 2 June 5, 2001 The Kona Regional Plan adopted by the Planning Commission in April 1984, designates the subject area for General Commercial (CG) and Single Family Residential (RS-4) uses. The Keahole to Kailua (K to K) Development Plan, adopted in 1991, provides a development plan consistent with the General Plan, for those lands situated between the Kona International Airport at Keahole to Palani Road. While the project site is situated to the south of this planning area, it did define the extension of a Mid-Level Arterial in the vicinity of the project site as well as identified Urban Expansion uses makai of its general alignment, which includes the project site. This Urban Expansion area encompasses lands along both sides of Henry Street, which is now the site of the existing Crossroads Shopping Complex and other proposed commercial and residential developments. The project area is located outside the boundaries of the Kailua Village Special District and is not within the Special Management Area (SMA). The ALISH classification does not recognize the soils as being agriculturally important. The Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System designates the soils within the subject property as "E" (Very Poor) for agricultural productivity. A faunal survey of the subject area was not conducted; however, a 1998 survey conducted by Philip Bruner on a parcel located approximately 600 feet to the south of the site, concluded that fauna consisted largely of introduced bird species. No floral study was conducted either, and the presence of endangered floral species is unlikely given the improved nature of the site. On February 2, 2001, an archaeological inventory survey of the subject property identified three sites, a historic wall, petroglyph and a complex of 26 agricultural features possibly associated within the Kona Field System. The study concluded that mapping, written descriptions, photography and test excavation at these sites have documented them adequately and that no further work or preservation is recommended. The subject property is located in Zone X, an area determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain. Surrounding lands include Crossroad Shopping Complex located approximately 100 feet to the southwest of the project site. In 1998, the County Council rezoned approximately 17 acres of land located approximately 450 feet to the south of the project site to a General Commercial (CG-20) zoned district to accommodate a "commercial and community development center" (Hawaiian Development Corporation). In March 2001, the County Council rezoned approximately 23.4 acres of land adjacent to the north of the project site to a Residential- Commercial Mixed (RCX-2) zoned district to accommodate a proposed residential and commercial development (Queen Liliuokalani Trust). Lands adjacent to the east of the project site remain in an A-Sa zoned district. PC-25