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DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA 10. Subject Properties: The project area is located approximately halfway between the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole and Kailua-Kona, between the Kaloko Industrial area to the north and the Honok6hau industrial area to the south. The project area was originally rezoned as three (3) separate parcels, with Parcel 1 consisting of 186.733 acres rezoned from Open to MCX-20, Parcel 2 consisting of 85.733 acres rezoned from Open to MG-la, and Parcel 3 consisting of 9.901 acres rezoned from Open to MCX-20. Through subsequent subdivision actions, the project area now consists of 17 separate parcels. There are existing quarry operations, concrete batching and a pre-cast operation and related uses covering approximately 100 acres of the West Hawaii Business Park, primarily on Parcel 2 and a portion of Parcel 1. The quarry and related uses were approved by Conservation District Use Permit HA-66/6/12-35 and have been in existence in this area since 1967. Appropriate buffers will be provided between existing quarry uses and the proposed and existing industrial and commercial mixed uses. Excavated areas no longer yielding aggregate materials will be appropriately smoothed to allow for future development. Parcel 3 is the site of the Kaiser Permanente Kona Medical Office, which was built in 2014. 11. Surrounding Zoning and Land Uses: The adjacent properties to the north are zoned Limited Industrial 1-acre (ML-la) and Industrial-Commercial Mixed 1-acre (MCX-la) and are the site of the Kaloko Light Industrial area. Properties to the east(mauka) are zoned Open and Agricultural 5-acre (A-5a) and intermittently used for cattle grazing. Properties to the south are zoned Limited Industrial 1-acre (ML-la), Limited Industrial 3- acre (ML-3a), and General Industrial-5 acre (MG-5a) and are the site of the Honok6hau Business Park. The Kaloko-Honok6hau National Historical Park is located directly across or makai of the Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway to the west. 12. Flood Zone: Zone "X", areas determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain. 13. Archaeological/Historical/Cultural Resources: According to correspondences from the Department of Land and Natural Resources-State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD), an Archeological Inventory Survey was accepted on February 12, 2001, that identified 70 historic sites in the project area. 30 sites were recommended for data recovery, a burial -7-