PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SPP-2022-000024)

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generate any significantly adverse traffic impacts on the local roadway system. E. Other Utilities Electrical and telephone services are already available to the site. VI. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS A. General Description The parcel fronts the private road called Hooma'lie Place. The current vegetation suggests that, aside from limited on-going cattle grazing in the past, there has been no recent active agricultural activity being conducted on the site. For example, no abandoned coffee or fruit trees were found on the property. The Applicants intend to plant some of them in the near future, however. The site is situated at approximately the 1,750-foot elevation level. The mean annual rainfall in this area ranges between 30 to 70 inches. The wetter months tend to occur between June through September. The mean annual temperature is about seventy-five (75) degrees Fahrenheit, with the warmer months during the summer. Because the site is situated on the leeward side of the island, winds tend to be light and variable. Slight easterly winds occur during the day, while westerly or mountain winds are prevalent during the evenings. 6_ Soils The topography of the site slopes slightly in a makka (east) to makai (west) direction. There is a gradual 10 to 15 percent slope. The Land Study Bureau Overall Master Productivity Rating for the subject site appears to have two (2) classifications — "C" (C-55) or fair and "D" (D-267) or poor. The "C" classification suggests that the site is fair for productivity capacity for agricultural crops, while the "D" suggests poor or limited productivity capacity. The "C" classification denotes soils of the Honuaulu and Pahoehoe series, with shallow, moderately fine soil material. The color is dark brown, and the parent material is volcanic ash, with outcrops of Pahoehoe. This type of soil is well drained and very poorly suited for machine tillability. 10