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HAMAIWA LAND SALE: I<OHOLALELE <br />FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT <br />1.4 SURROUNDING LAND USES <br />The site is bound to the north (makai) by Mamalahoa Highway. Across the highway, <br />Kamehameha Schools owns the property from the highway to the ocean and grows eucalyptus <br />trees (see Figure 3). <br />To the east of the Site (towards Hilo), near the highway are a cluster of commercial buildings <br />and single family dwellings in a town called Kuka`iau. Kainehe Gulch forms the east boundary <br />of the Site. Mauna Kea Ranch Road provides access to the lots east of Kainehe Gulch. <br />South of the Site (mauka) are large privately owned lots in the State Land Use Agricultural <br />District, the Hamakua Forest Reserve Pa`auilo sector bordering the southwest corner of the Site, <br />and the Hamakua Forest Reserve Kainehe sector bordering the southeast corner of the Site. <br />The Kawaili Gulch forms the west boundary of the Site (towards Honoka`a). Across this gulch, <br />the Antone De Luz Road provides access to single family dwellings and ranches within the <br />Pa`auilo Homesteads, as well as the lots the County plans to sell described and assessed in a <br />previous environmental assessment,3 A cluster of single - family dwellings is located west of the <br />Site along Mamalahoa Highway in the Ka`ohe Tract Subdivision with access from Ka`ohe Road. <br />The town of Pa`auilo is approximately a mile to the northwest. <br />s PBR HAWAII, December 2006. Pa'auilo Lands Final Environmental Assessment. Prepared for the County <br />of Hawaii Department of Finance. <br />1 -5 <br />