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<br /> Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> Page 4 <br /> bedrooms, a main living area with a small kitchen. The hale would be perched on a <br /> structure that resembles a tree, approximately 14feet off the ground. The hales would be <br /> less than 35-feet tall and single story. The fabricated troes would have a span of about 60 <br /> feet, with rte branches no taller than 50 feet. According to the applicant, all hales and <br /> trees would be constructed to burldmg requirements. The applicant's desire is to create a <br /> development that would maintain the tropical ambiance of the subject properties and <br /> maintain the rural character of Kukuihaele. <br /> The subject property is situated adjacent to agricultural, resrdenhal and resort <br /> designated lands Change of Zone Ordrnence No. 94-63, effective June 8, 1994, rezoned <br /> TMK 4-8-06: 13, 43, and Portions of 9, 11 and 44. The approximately 113 acres of land <br /> would have enabled Royal Coast Resort Corporation and Silverlink Holdings, Limited <br /> (Royal Coast) to develop the Amen Resort; to include a total of 47 resort units and <br /> 38-agricultural lots for a proposed total of 85-units. However, the resort drd not come <br /> into frurhon This proposed 40-unit development, if approved, would be a vrable <br /> economrc benefit for the community, operating on a smaller scale, than the ongmally <br /> approved 85-unit development <br /> The new landowners propose to develop asmall-scale retreat resort that will <br /> maintain the ambiance of the Kukuihaele area. Resort developments are created to satrsfy <br /> the needs and desires of both the visitors and the residents. Such areas have basrc <br /> amenities and attnbutes which attract the development of visitor accommodations and <br /> related facilrties. Almost every successful resort area has a harmonious combination of <br /> certain charactenstics, such as climate, scenery, recreational amenities and other <br /> man-made facrlihes. In this instance, the area rs designated as a retreat resort area. The <br /> subject properties have an ambrance with its tall banyan and eucalyptus trees, where its <br /> natural factors can be the basis for the proposed "tree" development. The applrcant <br /> desues to maintazn this troprcal ambiance by introducing structures and landscaprng m <br /> then desrgn that add to and not detract from this forested envrronment. <br /> A flora and fauna survey was conducted for the properties in 1991 and 1993 and <br /> no native plants were rdenhfied or fisted as either threatened or endangered There were <br /> srhr?g of the I'o (Hawaiian Hawk) and two indigenous seabeds (White-tazled troprcbrrds <br /> and Great Fngatebud) and one indigenous mrgratory bird (Pacific Golden Plover) The <br /> report concluded that the ongrnal project would not have an impact on the faunal <br /> resources in the azea. Due to the rmproved nature of the subject property and the <br /> surrounding azeas, rt rs not anticipated that endangered or threatened candrdate specres of <br /> flora or fauna are located within the project site, nor has the project site bcen rdentrfied as <br /> a significant botanical or brologrcal habitat <br /> <br />