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Maile David, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawai`i August 11, 2022 Page 7 The subject request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statues, relating to Coastal Zone Management. The property is not situated within the Special Management Area. It is located over approximately one (1) mile from the nearest coastline and will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. There are no identified recreational resources, public access to the shoreline or mountain areas, scenic and open space preserves, coastal ecosystems or marine resources in the area. Thus, the proposed request will not adversely impact those resources. Presently, there is no evidence of any traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights being practiced on the site, nor existence of known valued cultural, historical, or native resources in the area. Thus, it is not anticipated that the proposed request will have an adverse impact on cultural or historical resources in the area. The request will not have a significant adverse impact to traditional and customary Hawaiian Rights. In view of the Hawai`i 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 Archeological Inventory Survey (AIS) for the subject property was completed by Bulgrin and Rechtman in 2005. • The valued cultural, historical, and natural resources found in the rezoning area: The State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) confirmed that an archeological inventory survey (AIS) was completed in 2005 and accepted by SHPD. The AIS documented six (6) historic sites, all located within the subject parcel and assessed by SHPD as significant under criterion D. According to the AIS, the sites included historic walls which functioned as boundaries for ranching, a ranching enclosure and a terraced outcrop interpreted as a temporary habitation site in use prior to Western contact. Five (5) of these sites were recommended for no further work and one (1) was recommended for data recovery. SHPD accepted a data recovery plan in 2008, as well as a subsequent data recovery report in 2009. Based on current information, SHPD's determination for the proposed project is "no historic properties affected." The applicant has stated that during clearing and grading of the property SHPD will be notified, and all work shall immediately cease, upon inadvertent discovery of any archeological or historic features. No professional floral or faunal survey was conducted of the property. The vegetation within the project area is primarily non-native and weedy in nature, consisting mainly of introduced grasses, kiawe, koa haole, opiuma, kukui, vines, weeds, and shrubs. According to the applicant, though rare or endangered floral or faunal resources are unlikely to be found on the subject property due to the developed, suburban nature of the surrounding areas, it may be possible to find the Hawaiian