PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SMA-2023-000036)

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present along the Walua Road boundary. The property has been significantly graded and altered in the past with the surface modified for cut and fill and is currently overgrown with non-native grasses, minor trees, and bushes. 15. Surrounding Zoning/Land Uses: The property is bounded to the north by residential condominiums, on the south by commercial property developed for professional offices, on the west by Walua Road, and the Ali`i Cove Condominiums (200 multiple-family residential units), and on the east by Kuakini Highway. The parcels to the north and south are zoned CV-10 (village-commercial), to the east A-la, and west the Ali`i Cove property is zoned as RM-4 (multiple-family residential). 16. Coastal Hazards and Flood Zone: The subject parcel is located within Flood Zone X which represents areas determined to be outside the 500 year flood plain. The project area is located more than 700-feet from the shoreline and above 60-feet in elevation, therefore there are no anticipated coastal or flood hazards that will significantly impact the project site. The proposed development would not create an increase in coastal flooding under normal rainfall conditions, and on-site drainage systems will be developed to adequately dispose of project generated runoff. 17. Land Study Bureau Soil Rating: The Land Study Bureau overall Master Productivity Rating classifies the soils within the project site as "E" or very poor. 18. ALISH: The Agricultural Lands of Imporatnce to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) Map classifies the property as "existing urban development". 19. Flora/Faunal Resources: A botanical reconnaissance of the site as conducted in February 2005 by Ron Terry, Ph.D. It was noted in the survey that the surface of the site and the existing vegetation have been altered through grading and weed growth. The report concluded that "no listed candidate or proposed threatened or endangered species was found or would be expected in the area, and no rate plant species or ecosystems are present or nearby. In terms of conservation value, no botanical resources requiring special protection are present." 20. Archaeological/Historical Resources: The subject parcel was surveyed between November 2, 2001, and March 29, 2002,with the subsequent Archeological Data Recovery conducted and finalized in March 2007 for five(5)sites located on the parcel. The objective of the recovery plan was to mitigate impacts to State Inventory of Historic Places (SIHP) -3-