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2. Supportive Information: The applicants, who are the landowners, have submitted the attached in support of the request. (Planning Department Exhibit 1 - Change of Zone Application) STATE AND COUNTY PLANS 3. State Land Use Designation: Agricultural. 4. General Plan LUPAG Map: Important Agricultural Land. 5. County Zoning: Agricultural — 3 acres (A -3a). 6. Hilo Community Development Plan: The Hilo CDP, adopted as Planning Commission Resolution No. 1 on May 21, 1975, identifies the area as A -3a. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA 7. Subject Property: The property is roughly triangular in shape and slopes downward from west to east. The eastern boundary of the property borders Akala Road and the southern boundary borders Kaiimana Cave County Park. There is an existing 2- bedroom dwelling constructed in 1923 located in the north comer of the property. The remainder of the property is covered by the 1881 lava flow or is overgrown with common grasses. 8. Surrounding Zoning/Land Uses: Surrounding properties are zoned Agricultural — 3 acres (A -3a) to the north and west and Open to the south. The property across Akala Road to the east was rezoned in 2007 from A -3a to FA -2a. To the southeast are properties zoned Single - Family Residential — 15,000 square feet (RS -15) along Kaumana Drive. Land uses in the immediate area include residential and agricultural activities. The Kaumana Cave is located just south of the subject property as shown in P.D. Exhibit 2 (Map of Kaumana Cave). 9. Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH): The middle portion of the property is classified as Prime Agricultural Land and the remainder is Unclassified. 10. Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System: The northern portion of the property is classified as "C" or "Fair", the southern portion of the property is classified as "D" or "Poor ", and the eastern portion next to Akala Road is not classified. -2-