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Management Area. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES AND SURROUNDING AREA 14. Subject Property: The subject property consists of two contiguous parcels, one is .644 acres and the other is 9.729 acres is size. The properties are located in the southeast corner of the Milo Street Extension and a 40 to 60 -foot wide partially paved easement (Railroad Avenue). Seven of the eight abandoned warehouses were constructed without building permits in the mid -1900's and were used by the former Puna Sugar Company as storage, repair and maintenance areas for the trucks and equipment used in sugar operations. In the 1990's an additional warehouse was constructed and all eight warehouses were used for a fruit packing and processing plant. The properties are situated at about 300 feet above sea level and are fairly level with less than a 5% slope. 15. Surrounding Zoning/Land Uses: Immediate surrounding properties are in the State Land Use Agricultural district, zoned A -20a and A -5a, and consist of a fruit irradiating facility to the north, a private school (Liberty Christian School) to the west across Railroad Avenue, and vacant lands to the east and south. Further west, south of Milo Street are a floral packing plant and retail nursery store. On the north side of Milo Street near the Keaau-Pahoa Bypass Road are two large properties that were rezoned from A - 20a to MCX-20 and ML -20 in 1998 and 2004. The State Land Use designation was concurrently changed for these two properties from Agricultural to Urban. The property closest to the Keaau-Bypass Road is known as the Ulu Pono Town Center and includes an existing credit union and planned drug store. 16. ALISH: Prime Important Agricultural Land and Unclassified 17. Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System: "C" or "Fair" and Unclassified 18. U.S. Soil Survey: The soils on the site are classified as Ola'a Silty Clay Loam (OaC), which consists of moderately deep , moderately fine soil that has rapid permeability, slow runoff, and a light erosion hazard. This type of soil was formerly used for cultivating sugarcane. 19. FEMA: Zone "X", areas determined to be outside the 500 -year flood plain. 20. Flora/Fauna Resources: No formal flora/fauna study was conducted of the site. As the property was recently graded and grubbed and formerly contained industrial uses, it is -3-