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Physical Setting The subject property (TMK: 7 -7 -08: 20, 31 & 100) is located in Pahoehoe 2 " and 3rd Ahupua`a, North Kona District, Hawai`i Island. The property is bordered by Ali`i Drive along its mauki or western border, and by private properties along the north, east and south boundaries (see Figure 3). In addition, the Great Wall of Kuakini (Site 6302) forms the eastern boundary of the subject parcel. Currently, a two -story house is located on the subject property fronting AIi`i Drive. Borthwick et al. (1997) describe the vegetation on the subject property as follows: The vegetation on the property is fairly dense and consists mainly of alien plants like koa haole (Leucaena leucocephala), kiawe (Prosopis palltda), 'opiuma (Pithecellobium duke), guinea grass (Panicum maximum), and morning glory vines (Ipomoea indica). An overgrowth of night- blooming cereus (Hylocereus undatus) and wood rose (Meremia tuberosa) covers the north and southwest edges of #18002 platform. The subject property encompasses an area of approximately 7 acres. The property rises in elevation from west to east (makki to mauka) from roughly 10 to 100 feet above mean sea level. Sato, Ikeda, Paeth, Smythe and Takehiro (1973) describe the soils in the area as Punaluu extremely rocky peat, with a typical stratigraphy of 4 inches of black peat underlain by pahoehoe bedrock. The average rainfall for this area of Hawaii is 30 to 40 inches a year (Armstrong 1973). 4 EXHIBIT B