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Honorable Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd, Chair COMMITTEE ON PLANNING County of Hawaii Page 3 August 21, 2002 of simple picnic pavilions for the use of owners of some of the private lots. These would all be located at least 300' from the shoreline, north of Keawekaheka Pt. The remainder of this 175-acre area would remain entirely natural and undeveloped except for access easements and public trails. There would be a public shoreline trail running the entire length of the Keopuka property, with amauka-makki connection to the Old Cart Road. 2. In the area between the "Old Government Road", which runs parallel to the Old Cart Road, but about 1600' further inland, and the "Conservation" area, consisting of about 110 acres, development would be limited to about 16 subdivided lots. One farm dwelling could be built on each lot. The areas that could be grubbed, graded, or covered with imported soil would be strictly limited to about 10% of each lot area, exclusive of roads and driveways. The homes would be required to use enhanced septic systems for domestic waste disposal that would greatly reduce the nutrients that could percolate into the ground. Because of the size of the "Conservation" and "Conservation Easement" areas no home would be constructed closer than about aquarter-mile from the shoreline. Except for access and utility crossing as necessary, all significant historic sites would be preserved, along with significant natural features such as lava tubes and lava feeding channels. 3. In the remainder of the property, mauka of the Old Government Road, consisting of about 350 acres, the landowner could subdivide about 110 individual lots. Except for necessary access and utility crossings, significant historical sites would be preserved, along with significant natural features such as lava feeding channels and stands of native trees. There would be no golf course development. There might be a recreational facility for lot owners. There would be an agricultural program and best management practices to control against the potential pollution of ground water by over- fertilization or other agricultural or landscaping practices, and any farm dwellings would use enhanced septic systems. On the entire property, preservation of burials would be handled under the rules of the Burial Council, but the landowner would agree that burials should be preserved in place with appropriate buffers. The public would have ungated vehicular access along the main project roadway through the subdivision to get to the public park area.