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recent change of zone request to the County Council. Mr. Greenwell has since withdrawn <br />his change of zone request from further consideration. <br />16. FIRM: According to the Flood Insurance Rate Map prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of <br />Engineers, the project site is located within Zone X, an area outside the 500 -year flood <br />plain. <br />17. ALISH System: According to the Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of <br />Hawaii (ALISH) Map, the majority of the project site is classified as Other Important <br />Agricultural Land, that includes lands other than Prime or Unique Agricultural Lands that <br />are also of state-wide or local importance for agricultural use. About one-fourth of the <br />project site along its northeastern corner is not classified. <br />18. USDA Soil Conservation Services Soil Survey: Soils on the subject property consist of <br />the Honuaulu Series (HVD), which are comprised of extremely stony silty clay loam, <br />12 to 20 percent slopes. Permeability is rapid, runoff is slow and the erosion hazard is <br />slight. This soil is used mainly for pasture and coffee. <br />19. Land Study Bureau: The Land Study Bureau's overall master productivity rating for <br />agricultural use of soils found within the area of the subject property is Class "C" or <br />"Pair". <br />20. Floral/Faunal Resources: No formal floral or faunal surveys of the project site were <br />conducted. In its application, "the applicant does not believe that rare or endangered <br />floral or faunal resources are likely to be found within the subject site." According to the <br />applicant, the project site has already been cleared in the past and planted intermittently <br />with ornamental plants, fruit trees, and coffee. The applicant also noted abandoned <br />coffee and avocado trees, a few monkey pod and African tulip trees, and undergrowth <br />consisting of lantana, Christmas bevy, and ivy gourd. Likewise, the project site is not <br />known to be a habitat for any endangered or rare species of animals. The applicant <br />acknowledges that the Hawaiian hawk (Po) and the Hawaiian owl (Pu'eo) may be found <br />in the project area. <br />21. Archaeological Resources: An archaeological inventory survey of the project site was <br />conducted in June 2000 by Rechtman Consulting. This survey identified a total of six (6) <br />archaeological sites within the project site consisting of two (2) agricultural complexes <br />