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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 2 can be made to better time and stage developments to achieve growth determined by the General Plan and related planning documents. The implications of these evaluations and decisions must be also considered as they may have an impact on similaz azeas in the County. The Change of Zone request from an Agricultural 20-acre (A-20a) to the Family Agricultural 3-acre (FA-3a) district will conform to the goals, policies and standards of the General Plan Economic and Land Use elements. The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map component of the General Plan is a representation of the document's goals and policies to guide the coordinated growth and development of the County. It reflects a graphic depiction of the physical relationship among the various land uses. The LUPAG Map establishes the basic urban and non-urban form for areas within the County. The area is designated Orchards. Orchards are agricultural lands which though rocky in character and content support productive macadamia nuts, papaya, citrus, and other similar agricultural products. Soils within the property are identified as Kiloa Extremely Stony Muck (rKXD), which consist of well drained, thin, extremely stony organic soils over fragmental A`a lava and used primarily for woodland and pasture. The Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System identifies soils on the property as "E" or "Very Poor" for agricultural productivity. The ALISH System classifies soils within the property as Other Important Agricultural Lands, which include lands other than Prime or Unique Agricultural Land that is also of statewide or local importance for agricultural use. The Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) designates the property as Zone "X", an area determined to be outside of the 500-year flood plain. The property is located on the north side of Kaloko Drive in the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision at approximately the 2,200-foot elevation. Lands to the north aze zoned Agricultura120-acre (A-20a), and land to the south across Kaloko Drive is zoned Family Agricultural 3-acre (FA-3a). Lands to the east and west are zoned Agricultural 3-acre (A-3a). Surrounding properties are in low-density residential uses surrounded by pasture and forest land. There are some small pasture and nursery areas within the subdivision. The forest lands of Makaula-Ooma abut the subdivision to the north at approximately the 2,100 to 3,500-foot elevation. Bishop Estate lands of Kaupulehu abut the property to the north at the 3,500 to 5,400-foot elevation. These lands are currently used by Hualalai Ranch. The Palani Ranch abuts the property along its southern boundary. The Kaupulehu Forest Reserve abuts the eastern or mauka boundary of the subdivision. The proposed access to the property is from Mahi Street and Kaloko Drive, a 22-foot wide paved roadways with 8-foot grass shoulders within 80-foot right-of--ways, according to the applicant. Kaloko Drive intersects with the Mamalahoa Highway less