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Maile David, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawai`i January 09, 2022 Page 11 cultural,historical, and natural resources and the associated traditional and customary practices of the site. Investigation of valued resources: A Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey(AIS) of the subject property was completed by Haun&Associates in May 2021 and amended in August 2021 and again in October 2021. A Native Hawaiian Traditional and Customary Practices Assessment was prepared by Christopher Monahan, Ph.D. in June 2021. In addition, a Biological Survey was conducted by Ron Terry, Ph.D. in May 2021 for the subject area which concluded in a Biological Survey report dated May 2021. The report, which was submitted with the application, included results of field surveys conducted in May 2020 and November 2020 for the entirety of the project area. The valuable cultural, historical, and natural resources found in the PD area. The most recent draft AIS identified 14 sites with a total of 418 features, 13 complexes with two (2) to 240 component features within the Kumu Hou PD area. The 14 sites identified in the AIS include nine (9) sites previously identified in archaeological studies of the area and five(5)newly identified sites, all of which were assessed as significant under criterion"d" (yielding information important for research on history or prehistory). Of these, three (3) sites have also been deemed significant under criterion"e" (cultural value) and proposed for preservation via a site preservation plan, these include Site 26871 (trail) and portions of the Site 31230 (trail),which were identified as part of a mauka- makai trail network, and Site 26873, which was identified as the location of a previously excavated lava tube and other features on a pahoehoe rise. The trail portions discussed above appear to be part of the overall trail network linking to the natural pahoehoe area and the other trail sites and possibly led makai bound trail users in the direction of the ancient Ala Loa and/or towards `Anaeho`omalu Bay.No further work or preservation is recommended for the other 11 of the 14 identified sites. The final draft AIS determines the three (3) sites as significant under criterion"d" and"e" and recommends their preservation pursuant to a required preservation plan to be approved by SHPD. The Native Hawaiian Traditional and Customary Practices Assessment found that given the distance from the shoreline there would be no impacts to shoreline fishing and gathering. The assessment recommended the submission of an AIS to SHPD, further consultation with agencies to agree on significance and mitigation, and an assessment of the project by a hydrogeology expert to assess groundwater and aquifers in this region. The biological survey report found that there are no designated or proposed critical habitats for endangered plant or animal species located within the project area. The study also concluded that no federally listed threatened or endangered plant species