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Stacy Higa, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 2 General Plan and related planning documents. The implications of these evaluations and decisions must be also considered as they may have an impact on similar areas in the County. The Change of Zone request from an Agricultural (A-20a) to the Agricultural (A- I Oa) 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 subject area is designated Important Agricultural Land. 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 property is designated as Other Important Agricultural Land (DIAL) by the Agricultural Lands in the State of Hawaii (ALISH) System. DIAL is land other than Prime or Unique Agricultural Land that is of statewide or local importance for the production of food, feed, fiber and forage crops. The lands in this classification are important to agriculture yet they exhibit properties such as seasonal wetness, erosion, limited rooting zone, slope, flooding, or drought that excludes them from the Prime or Unique Agricultural Land classifications. 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 south side of Kaloko Drive in the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision at approximately the 3,400-foot elevation. Surrounding lands to the west and northwest are zoned A-l0a and A-7a and in low-density agricultural/residential uses surrounded by pasture and forest land. Adjacent properties to the northeast and south are zoned A-20a. 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 Kaloko Drive, a 22-foot wide paved roadway with 8-foot grass shoulders within an 80-foot right-of--way. Kaloko Drive intersects with the Mamalahoa Highway approximately four miles below the property.