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Electric/Phone 45. Electrical and telephone services are available to the Property through overhead lines along Edita Street and Kaumana Drive. Public Safety 46. The HPD expressed concern that the Development would increase noise, crime and traffic. However,there was no evidence that HPD lacks the ability to provide police protection for the Development. III. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPERTYAND SURROUNDING AREAS 47. The Property is presently vacant and undeveloped. 48. Surrounding lands to the south and west of the Property are zoned A-la, with properties further south being zoned A-20a and A-1Oa. Properties to the north of the Property are zoned RS-10 and RS-15,with some lands zoned A-3a further north across Kaumana Drive. One parcel is also zoned OPEN adjoining the northeast corner of the lower portion of the Property. Surrounding uses consist mainly of single-family residences with some vacant lands, and a small percentage of agricultural activity. 49. The soils on the Property are primarily composed of pahoehoe lava flow. The Agriculture Lands of Importance to the State of Hawai`i map designates the property as unclassified. Also, the Land Study Bureau classifies the soil on the Property under its detailed land classification system, as "D" or "Poor" for agricultural activity. 50. No archaeological sites have been found on the Property, and it is surmised that any pre-existing sites would have been destroyed by the lava flow of 1880-1881. Although Connections submitted a request to the State Historic Preservation Division ("SHPD"), 9