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DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT SITE AND SURROUNDING AREA 17. Project Site: The project site consists of three adjoining parcels located west of the Ponahawai Street- Komohana Street intersection and northwest of the Mohouli Street Extension. The project site is approximately 172 acres in size. These vacant properties are situated at an elevation between 240 and 410 feet above mean sea level. The intermittently flowing Alenaio.Stream begins mauka of the Mohouli Street Extension and runs generally through the southern portion of the project site to the southeastern corner near Komohana Street. A portion of the project site directly across from Ka Waena Lapa`au Medical Center has recently been grubbed and graded. Portions of the properties were previously in sugar cane production until the early 1970s. Two small cinder cones which are part of the Hala`i Hills are located in the northeastern portion of the property. The westernmost cinder cone is commonly referred to as Pu`u Honu. 18. Surrounding Zoning and Land Uses: The adjacent residential properties to the north are zoned Single-Family Residential - 7,500 square feet (RS-7.5) and consist of the Kaumana Gardens, Crescent City Heights, Pi`ihonua Houselots subdivisions. The Sunrise Ridge Subdivision which is zoned RS-10 is located adjacent to the south along the mauka portion of Komohana Street. The Ka Waena Lapa`au Medical Center and other medical complexes and offices are located along the makai side of Komohana Street and zoned Neighborhood Commercial—20,000 square feet (CN-20). The Sunrise Estates subdivision, consisting of one-acre sized lots and zoned Agricultural 1-acre (A-la), is located to the south of the property. Lands across the Mohouli Street Extension are vacant and zoned Agricultural 1-acre (A-1a) and Open along Alenaio Stream. 19. FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM): The Alenaio Stream drainage channel, which runs though the property from the Mohouli Street Extension to Komohana Street, is a designated floodway(Zone AE - areas inundated by a 100-year flood, base flood elevations determined). A secondary drainage way north of the Alenaio Stream is designated Zone A (special flood hazard areas inundated by the 100-year flood,but for which no base flood have been determined). The remainder of the property is designated Zone X (area outside of the 500-year flood plain). -8-