PD BACKGROUND REPORT (SLU-20-054)

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12. Surrounding Zoning/Land Uses: Surrounding properties are zoned A-la, RM-4, RM-3, and RS-10. The adjacent single-family residential district includes the Sunrise Ridge Subdivision to the northeast which is zoned RS-10. The Sunrise Estates Subdivision is immediately north and west of the subject property on lands zoned A-Ia. The Mohouli Heights Senior Neighborhood is located adjacent to the subject property to the east. Further south across Mohouli Street is a 267-acre undeveloped property zoned A-la owned by the State of Hawaii. Properties to the east across Komohana Street and along Mohouli Street are zoned RS-10 and consist of single-family dwellings. Undeveloped lands further north were rezoned in 2004 to the Wailani Project District. 13. Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH): Unclassified. 14. Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System: "D" or"Poor." 15. U.S.D.A. Soil Survey: The property is classififed as Keaukaha Series, Keaukaha extremely rocky muck with 6 to 20 percent slopes (rKFD) and Pahoehoe lava flows (rLW) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service (SCS) Soil Survey, U.S. Soil Conservation Service 1973. The Keaukaha soil series consists of well- drained thin organic soils overlying pahoehoe lava bedrock. The soil above the lava is rapidly permeable. The pahoehoe lava is very slowly permeable but water runs rapidly through the cracks. Runoff is medium and the erosion hazard is slight. 16. Flood Zone: The subject parcel is in an area designated as Zone X on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Zone X is an area determined to be outside the 500-year floodplain. 17. Flora/Fauna Resources: According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)in the 2021 Environmental Assessment, the federally threatened Newell's shearwater, Hawaiian petrel, Hawaiian hoary bat and the Hawaiian hawk have all been observed in the project vicinity. The USFWS stated that outdoor lighting can result in seabird disorientation, fallout and injury or mortality. There is no federally designated critical habitat located in the vicinity of the project. According to USFWS,potential impacts to seabirds can be minimized by: 1) shielding outdoor lights associated with the project, particularly when used during each year's peak fledging period(September 15 through December 15); 2) avoiding night-time construction; and 3)providing all project staff with information regarding seabird fallout. To avoid impacts to the endangered Hawaiian -3-