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Stacy Higa, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 3 • rPYD, or Punaluu Extremely Rocky Peat (6 to 20 percent slopes) is a 4-inch layer of peat underlain by pahoehoe lava bedrock. This peat is rapidly permeable. Runoff is slow and the erosion hazard is slight. • rKED, or Kaimu Extremely Stony Peat (6 to 20 percent slopes) is a very dark brown extremely stony peat about 3-inches thick underlain by fragmental a'a lava. This peat is rapidly permeable with slow runoff, and slight erosion hazard. • rLV, A'a lava flows have no soil cover and generally are bare of vegetation. The Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System identifies soils on the property as "D" or "Poor" for the majority of the project site, with "E" or "Very Poor" towards the makai portion of the site. The property is unclassified under the ALISH System. Flood Zone "A" affects pazcels 7 and 8, as designated by the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) dated May 16, 1994 as amended. Any new construction or substantial improvements within the flood zone will be subject to the requirements of Chapter 27 - Flood Control, of the Hawaii County Code and the Hawaii County Storm Drainage Standards. The property is an approximately 108.2-acre vacant parcel located mauka of the Lowe's Home Improvement Center. Surrounding properties aze zoned General Commercial - 20,000 square feet (CG-20) to the west (site of Lowe's Home Improvement Center) and A-Sato the north, east and south. Properties to the north and south are vacant Malulani Gardens Subdivision is located further south of the project site. There are a few small, family-type coffee farms on lots mauka of the site to the east. An extension of the existing Malulani Drive will serve as the single access road to the project site. The DPW states that "according to the General Plan, the extension of the collector street (Hienaloli-Kahului Road) traverses the subject property. As a condition of final subdivision approval, an 80-foot wide road right-of--way, graded full width, exclusive of slopes, to county roadway specifications, shall be provided within the subject property for the planned extension ofHienaloli-Kahului Road, at no cost to the county. Individual lots shall not take direct access from the Hienaloli-Kahului Road Extension." The "fraffc Impact Analysis Report conducted by M&E Pacific, Inc. concluded that the proposed traffic signal at the Queen Kaahumanu Highway/Malulani Drive intersection would mitigate an existing problem with traffic trying to exit Malulani Drive. The study further concluded that the proposed project is not expected to have an adverse traffic