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Stacy Higa, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 2 In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable goals, policies and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and decisions 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 areas in the County. The Change of Zone request from Agricultural (A-20a) to the Agricultural (A-Sa) zoned 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 (IAL), those lands with better potential for sustained high agricultural yields because of soil type, climate, topography, or other factors. 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 subject 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 azea determined to be outside of the 500-year flood plain. The property is located along the southeast side of Hao Street, approximately 700 feet from the intersection of Hao Street and Kaloko Drive in the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision at approximately the 2,700-fool elevation. Lands to the northeast or mauka of the property is zoned A-20a. Properties to the northwest and southeast are zoned A-Sa and lands to the southwest or makai of the site are zoned A-3a and FA-3a, and aze in low- density residential uses surrounded by forest land. There aze some small pasture and nursery areas within the subdivision. The forest ]ands 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.