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Maile David, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawai` August 9, 2022 Page 5 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. The Hawai`i Right to Farm Act, HRS Chapter 165, was enacted to protect farming operations on land in the State Land Use Agricultural District when adjacent land is reclassified out of the Agricultural District. A condition of approval will require the applicants to notify prospective purchasers, tenants, or lessees of the Hawai`i Right to Farm Act. Due to the location of the property within the Captain Cook Rural Town TOD, the reclassification of this 6.875 acres of land from the Agricultural to the Urban State Land Use desgination will nto be detrimental to the reduction of this area from the agricultural land inventory in the County of Hawai`i. Furthermore, an Urban classification would complement the existing and future land use pattern of the surrounding area in view of the urban uses already in existence in close proximity to the subject property. The request will not have a significant adverse impact to traditional and customary Hawaiian Rights. In view of the Hawaii State Supreme Court's "PASH" and "Ka Pa`akai 0 Ka Aina" decisions, the issue relative to native Hawaiian gathering and fishing rights must be addressed in terms of the cultural, historical, and natural resources and the associated traditional and customary practices of the site. Investigation of valued resources: An archaeological inventory survey (AIS) entitled "Final Archaeological Inventory Survey, TMK: 8-1-008:004, Ka`awaloa Ahupua`a, South Kona District, Island of Hawai`i"was prepared by Haun and Associates in March 2021. The valued cultural, historical, and natural resources found in the rezoning area: 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. Feature function consists of livestock control (12), activity area (6), storage(5), bathroom (2), and transportation(1). The four sites in the project area possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. All of the sites are assessed as significant for its information content (Criterion "D"). The sites have yielded information important for understanding historic habitation and animal husbandry activity in the area. Site 31147 is additionally assessed as significant under Criterion "B"