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DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA <br /> 11. Subject Property: The property is a vacant, approximately 20.254-acre vacant parcel <br /> located along the west side of Kaloko Drive in the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision at <br /> approximately the 3,800 to 4,000-foot elevation. The property is heavily forested with <br /> slopes of 6-20 percent. <br /> 12. Surrounding Zoning/Land Uses: Surrounding properties to the north, east and west are <br /> zoned A-20a and are in low-density residential uses surrounded by pasture and forest <br /> land. There are some small pasture and nursery areas within the subdivision. There are a <br /> number of other properties zoned A-10a in the mauka portion of the subdivision, <br /> including two properties just to the south of the subject property. <br /> 13. ALISH: Other Important Agricultural Lands. <br /> 14. Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System: "E" or "Very Poor". <br /> 15. U.S. Soil Survey: rKXD, Kiloa Extremely stony muck. This soil consists of well <br /> drained, thin, extremely stony organic soils over fragmental A'a lava and is used <br /> primarily for woodland and pasture. <br /> 16. FIRM: Zone "X", area determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain. <br /> 17. Flora/Fauna Resources: According to the applicants, the site is presently heavily <br /> forested with native trees and shrubs such as ohia, tree fern, other native trees and shrubs, <br /> and non-native vegetation. Wildlife at the property consists of turkeys, hawks, Chinese <br /> pheasants, and other forest birds. Vegetative cover is a mixture of native and non-native <br /> species. <br /> 18. Archaeological/Historical Resources: According to the applicants' original submittal, <br /> the subject parcel is located at the 3,800-foot elevation within the boundaries of a <br /> precontact age upland agricultural system that was the subject of a reconnaissance survey <br /> and test excavations in 1970 and 1971 by Huehue Ranch, the developers of the Kaloko <br /> Mauka Subdivision. In addition, the National Park Service published a report in 1991 <br /> entitled, "An Ahupuaa Study: The 1971 Archaeological Work at Kaloko Ahupuaa, North <br /> Kona." This study also identified remains of an agricultural field system up to the <br /> 3,500-foot elevation at certain locations. The Department of Land and Natural <br /> Resources-State Historic Preservation Division (DLNR-SHPD) sent a comment letter <br /> dated July 30, 2018, which stated "a review of SHPD's records identified no record of <br /> -3- <br />