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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> EXHIBIT C <br /> <br /> EVALUATION OF LOWER HONALO LANDS <br /> Belt Collins Hawaii <br /> (See Attached Map Exhibits C-1, C-2, C-3, and C-4) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Important Agricultural Land <br /> <br /> Criteria used in draft General Plan Update: Agricultural land with better potential for <br /> sustained high agricultural yields because of: <br /> <br /> a. Soil type. <br /> <br /> b. Climate. See attached Map C-1. <br /> C. Topography or other factors. <br /> <br /> d. Land identified as "Intensive Agriculture" on 1989 LUPAG maps. See <br /> attached Map C-2. <br /> <br /> e. Land identified in ALISH as "Prime" or "Unique." See attached Map C-3. <br /> <br /> f. Land Classified as "B" in the UH Land Study Bureau report. See attached <br /> Map C-4. <br /> <br /> g. Land classified as "fair" for two or more crops (coffee, macadamia nut, <br /> banana, papaya, and cut flowers) with irrigation by USDA. <br /> h. Coffee Belt defined by elevation. <br /> <br /> Area 1. Land Makai of the New Bypass Highway Down to the Shoreline: <br /> <br /> a. Soil types: <br /> <br /> (i) 230 Waiaha - stony and unsuited for machine tilling. <br /> <br /> (ii) 233 Waiaha - rocky with frequent outcrops of pahoehoe and <br /> unsuited for machine tilling. <br /> <br /> (iii) 289 Pahoehoe - no soil and unsuited for machine tilling. <br /> (iv) 292 Almost Bare Pahoehoe - no soil and very poorly suited for <br /> machine tilling. <br /> <br /> (v) 319 Bare Aa - no soil and unsuited for machine tilling. <br /> <br /> b. Climate - hot and seasonally dry - less than 40" of rain. <br /> <br /> C. Topography or other - steep and rocky, now partially in cattle ranching. <br />