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Valerie Poindexter, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 3 intensive agricultural uses such as grazing and pasture may be included in the Extensive Agriculture category. Low Density Urban are residential, with ancillary community and public uses, and neighborhood and convenience-type commercial uses with overall density up to six (6)units per acre. Medium Density Urban are village and neighborhood commercial and single family and multiple family residential and related functions up to 35 units per acre. On the Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawai`i (ALISH) map, the majority of both properties are identified as "Prime Agricultural Land"with a sliver on each parcel as "Unclassified". Most of Parcel 33 is classified as "C"or"Fair" for agricultural soil productivity with the length of the property line parallel to Kaumana Drive as "unclassified." The entirety of Parcel 34 is classified as "C" or"Fair" for agricultural soil productivity. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) indicates that the soil survey for the subject properties are lava flows, pahoehoe (rLW), which has been mapped as a miscellaneous land type. This lava has a billowy, glassy surface that is relatively smooth, though can be rough and broken in some areas. In areas of higher rainfall, this lava contributes to the ground-water supply. Kaiwiki silty clay loam, 0 to 10 percent slope (KaC), is low on the windward side of Mauna Kea. Permeability is rapid, runoff is slow and erosion hazard is slight. Roots can penetrate to a depth of five (5) feet or more. The two (2) subject properties are approximately twenty(20) acres in size with a combined land size of forty(40) acres. Both parcels sit around the 1,100-foot elevation gradually sloping down towards the east. Parcel 33 is shaped like a capital letter 'T' with the bottom shortened about two-thirds down, and is currently used for pasture land. Parcel 34 is a five-sided polygon, and is improved with a single-family dwelling built in 2007 and is located in the northeastern corner about 300 feet in from Akolea Road. The remainder of Parcel 34 is overgrown with Wainaku grass. Surrounding properties are zoned agricultural (A-20a and A-3a) to the north and east across Akolea Road. To the south and west are properties zoned A-20a. Uses in the immediate area include scattered single-family dwellings, farm dwellings and agricultural activities. Both properties are in the State Land Use Agricultural district. The Hilo Community Development Plan (CDP), adopted as Planning Commission Resolution No. 1 on May 21, 1975, identifies the property for agricultural use. The proposed change of zone would complement the existing land uses in this area and will provide for orderly development of the area.