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10. Special Management Area (SMA): The property is located approximately 1,435 feet from the nearest coastline and not situated within the Special Management Area. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES AND SURROUNDING AREA 11. Subject Properties: The project site consists of two (2) contiguous parcels. Parcel 26 consists of 18.57 acres, while Parcel 27 consists of 21.11 acres. According to the applicant, most of the site has been cleared and used for sugar cultivation in the past and more recently for cattle grazing sweet potato cultivation. Access to the properties is currently via a driveway to Parcel 26 from Amau`ulu Road and there is an internal network of farm roadways across the two parcels. Furthermore, the topography of the project site slopes between 10 to 15 percent in a west to east direction, with the upper portion of the property at 190 -foot elevation and the lower portion being at the eastern end at the 80 -foot elevation at Wainaku Street. An approximately 1.5 -acre cleared and grassed portion of Parcel 26 has been used by the County as part of Clem Akina Park, under lease with the previous landowner. This section of Parcel 26 is currently zoned Open (0). Additionally, there is an historic era (late 1800s to 1940s) cemetery located within a bamboo grove directly above the Park on Parcel 26. 12. Surrounding Zoning/Land Uses: The project site is bounded to the north and west by A -20a zoning consisting of agricultural fields, to the east by Wainaku Street, and to the south by Amau`ulu Road. Developments surrounding the property include Dodo' Mortuary property located along the northeast corner of the project area zoned A -3a and A -20a and operating under Use Permits, Clem Akina Park (zoned Open), and residential neighborhoods located along the southeast corner of the project area and across Wainaku Street to the east (zoned RM -1). An agricultural study facility is located along the southwest corner of the property. 13. ALISH: Prime Agricultural Land and Existing Urban Development. 14. Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System: "C" or "Fair" and Existing Urban Development. 15. U.S. Soil Survey: The soils on the site are classified as Hilo Series (HoC and Hol)). These soil series are characterized by moderately deep soil witha moderately fine texture. The runoff is relatively rapid and permeable, with slight to moderate erosion potential. -4-