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Communication 692 Bill 229 Page 2 of 4 5. Water can be made available from an existing 8-inch waterline in Kaloko Drive. The Department of Water Supply considers the Kaloko Mauka Water System a sepazate system from other systems in Kona and consists of transmission and distribution lines, pump stations and seven reservoirs that extend to the 5,000-ft elevation. The reservoir has a capacity of 500,000 gallons. All other essential utilities and services are or will be made available to the site. 6. The site is presently heavily forested with native trees and shrubs such as ohia, tree fern, other native trees and shrubs, and non-native vegetation. Wildlife consists of turkeys, hawks, Chinese pheasants and other forest birds. 7. The Office of State Planning's five-year State Land Use Boundary Review, Water Resources Research Center recommends that the high rainfall and fog-drip area mauka of the 2,000-foot elevation be redesignated into the Conservation District for protection as a watershed recharge area. The Kona Watershed, which provides for the recharge of aquifers that supply most of Kona's drinking water, includes those lands located within Kaloko Mauka Subdivision above the 1,900-foot elevation and includes the subject property. 8. The Planning Director recommended favorably on this request based on the following: • The Change of Zone request from Agricultural 20-acre (A-20a) to the Agricultural (A-Sa) 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 of the General Plan designates the area as Important Agricultural Land (IAL), those lands with better potential for sustained high agricultural yields because of soil type, climate, topography, or other factors. 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 Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification system identifies soils on the property as "E" or "Very Poor" for agricultural activity. The Agricultural Lands in the State of Hawaii (ALISH) System classifies soils within the subject property as Other Important Agricultural Lands. These lands include lands other than Prime or Unique Agricultural Land that is also of statewide or local importance for agricultural use. • The Change of Zone request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to Coastal Zone Management as the subject property is not located within the Special Management Area. The site is located approximately seven miles mauka of the shoreline and therefore, will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. • There have been several archaeological studies conducted in the area. An archaeological investigation of the Kaloko ahupua`a was conducted in 1970 and 1971. In addition, the National Park Service published a report in 1991 titled "An PC REPORT NO. 58