PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SLU-2022-004 & PL-REZ-2022-019)

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extension and Nap6`opo`o Road. The subject property is currently improved with a 36 square foot agricultural shed and is otherwise vacant and covered with vegetation. 12. Surrounding Zoning/Land Uses: Lands to the north are zoned A-la and RS-10. Lands to the northeast are zoned RS-15. Lands to the east are zoned A-la and CV-10. Lands across the Hawaii Belt Highway intersection with Alii Drive extension and Nap6`opo`o Road and to the west are zoned A-5a and lands to the south are zoned CV-10. Surrounding land uses include a mixture of small farms, residential subdivisions, and commercial uses. 13. Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH): The subject property is "Unclassified" on the State Agricultural Lands of Importance Map. 14. Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System: The Land Study Bureau (LSB) designates the subject property as "C" or"Fair Soils" and"E" or"Very Poor". 15. U.S.D.A. Soil Survey: The soils on the subject property are classified as Honuaulu Hydrous Silt and Puna and Haplic Udarent soils with 10 to 20 percent slopes. The soils consist of a`a lava flows. The soil is considered well drained with a very low runoff class. 16. FEMA FIRM MAP: 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: There was no formal flora and/or fauna study conducted for this Change of Zone request. Due to previous grading, grubbing, and cattle grazing activity, the applicants indicated that it is unlikely that any threatened or endangered floral or faunal species are present on the property. 18. Archaeological/Historic/Cultural Resources: An archaeological inventory survey (AIS) entitled "Final Archaeological Inventory Survey, TW: 8-1-008:004, Ka`awaloa Ahupua`a, South Kona District, Island ofHawai`i"was prepared by Haun and Associates in March 2021 (Planning Department Exhibit 3 -AIS dated March 2021). The AIS identified four historic sites with a total of 26 features. These consist of three single feature wall sites (Site 50-10-47-311441, Site 31145, and Site 31146) and one complex comprised of 23 component features (Site 31147). The identified features consist of nine enclosures, four walls,three stone-lined pits,two concrete pads, two platforms,two retaining walls, one lava blister, one trail, one walled terrace, and one wooden structure. -3-