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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> DESG iPTION OF PROPERTY AND SURRO(W)ING AREAS <br /> <br /> 17. Subject Property: The subject property is approximately 45.945 acres. The proposed <br /> development will be located in the northwestern corner of the property on <br /> <br /> approximately 7.084 acres. The property is located in Kurtistown on the mauka side of <br /> the Hawaii Belt Road between South Road to the north and Huina Road to the south. It <br /> <br /> is approximately 450 feet west of its intersection with the Hawaii Belt Road, with <br /> several pockets of the property having frontage along the Hawaii Belt Road. The land <br /> <br /> was formerly cultivated in sugar cane by Puna Sugar Company. It has been fallow <br /> since the closure of the sugar company approximately 20 years ago and has not been in <br /> <br /> active agricultural use. <br /> <br /> 18. Elevation/Rainfall: The property is situated between the 650-750 foot elevation. The <br /> area receives approximately 160 inches of rainfall annually. <br /> <br /> 19. ALISH: The property is classified as "Prime" agricultural land according to the State <br /> Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii <br /> <br /> (ALISH) Map. These are lands that have the soil quality, growing season and moisture <br /> supply needed to produce sustained high yields of crops economically when treated and <br /> <br /> managed according to modern farming methods <br /> 20. FIRM: Zone "X", area determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain <br /> <br /> 21. U.S.D.A. Soli Type.. Mainly Olaa silty clay loam, 0 to 10% (OaQ with some <br /> <br /> Keaukaha extremely rocky muck, 6 to 20 percent (rKFD). Keaukaha soils consists of <br /> strongly acid, well-drained and thin organic soils overlying pahoehoe lava bedrock.-, <br /> <br /> Above the lava, permeability is rapid, runoff is medium and the erosion hazard slight. <br /> Olaa soils consists of dark brown well-drained, silty clay loams that are underlain by <br /> <br /> Aa lava. Permeability is rapid, runoff is slow, erosion hazard slight. This soil is used <br /> for the cultivation of sugarcane <br /> <br /> 22. Land Study Bureau Soil Rathrg: The Land Study Bureau's Overall Master <br /> Productivity Rating system classifies these soils are "C" or "Fair:" <br /> <br /> 23. Drainage: According to the applicant, there are no existing drainage ways or <br /> <br /> <br /> -4- <br />