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PC-124 Page 3 November 14, 2000 The site is located within Zone X, an azea outside the 500-year flood plain. The ALISH system does not classify the soils as having agricultural importance. The USDA classifies the soils on the subject property as Pahoehoe Lava Flows and Punaluu Extremely Rocky Peat. The Punaluu consists ofwell-drained thin organic soils over pahoehoe lava bedrock, and is medium acid. The peat is rapidly permeable, although water moves rapidly through the cracks. Runoff is slow, and the erosion hazard is slight. The soil is used for pasture. The Land Study Bureau's overall master productivity rating for agricultural use of soils found within the area of the subject property is Class "E" or Very Poor. The applicant's Enviromnental Report did not find any endangered species of plants and animals in the area. The Report also states that the entire property is situated within the Kona Field System. The survey performed by PHRI in November 1998 identified twenty-six sites for evaluation of which five were historically used for livestock control, eighteen for temporary habitation, one for permanent habitation, one as a trail for transportation and an ahupua`a boundary wall. The only permanent habitation in the azea dates to the historic period. No burial sites nor potential burial features were found in the project area. Access to the subject property would be from three locations along Palani Road. Located 1,000 feet apart, two accesses would lead to an internal road servicing the area on the mauka portion of the site. The remaining access would consist of a single driveway onto Palani Road, located approximately 500 feet makai of the closest residential access, and would service the commercial area in the makai portion of the site. A Traffic Impact Analysis Report (TIAR) was completed and submitted to the State Department of Transportation and the County Department of Public Works for their review and comment, and the applicant has agreed to comply with the TIAR recommendations. The applicant had installed a 1.0 million gallon per day potable water well and a 1.0 million gallon storage reservoir in Keahuolu above Mamalahoa Highway, therefore, water and storage are available for the development. The Department of Water Supply and the Trust now need to work out the commitments and allocation of water. The County's Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Facility will be utilized. All solid waste will be taken to the West Hawaii Landfill. All utilities will or can be made accessible to the subject parcel. Mr. James Bell of Belt Collins represented the applicant at today's meeting, and explained that the applicant is not a developer and can never be a developer. The Trust would have to seek a developer to proceed with this project once the lands aze reclassified to RCX. He further explained that the "impetus for rezoning this piece of land as well as about 20 more acres below Henry Street along Palani Road, came from the County of Hawaii: ' In 1998, the State Land Use PC-124