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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 2 The Change of Zone request from Agricultural-20 acres (A-20a) to Agricultural-3 acres (A-3a) zoned district will conform to the following goals, policies and standards of the General Plan Land Use and Agricultural Elements: o Designate and allocate land uses in appropriate proportions and mix and in keeping with the social, cultural and physical environments of the County. o Zoning request shall be reviewed with respect to General Plan designation, district goals, regional plans, State Land Use District, compatibility with adjacent zone uses, availability of public services and utilities, access, and public need. o The compatibility of agricultural and non-agricultural uses should be carefully reviewed and where appropriate, buffers required. o Rural-style residential-agricultural developments, such as new small-scale rural communities or extensions of existing rural communities, shall be encouraged in appropriate locations. o Protect and encourage the intensive utilization of the County's important agricultural lands. o The county shall encourage the development and maintenance of communities meeting the needs of its residents in balance with the physical and social environment. o Agricultural land shall be used as one form of open space or green belt. While the potential for intensive and/or extensive agricultural uses may exist, the project site is comprised of soils identified as Punaluu extremely rocky peat (rPYD), 6 to 20 percent slopes. This soil consists of well-drained, thin organic soils over pahoehoe lava bedrock, and are gently sloping to moderately steep. A representative profile of the surface layer is black peat about 4 inches thick. The soil is medium acid and rapidly permeable. Runoff is slow, and erosion hazard is slight. This soil is mainly used for pasture. Soils within the subject property have been classified as "E" (Very Poor) for agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System. Finally, soils within the subject property are unclassified by the ALISH system. The requested A-3a zoning is consistent with the recommendation of the Kona Regional Plan.