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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br />and Members of the County Council <br />Page 7 <br />and unique circumstances that appears, for all intent and purposes, a matter of <br />technicalities rather than the availability of water services. <br />The Department of Health stated that the project site lies within 1,000 feet of a <br />drinking water well (Honokohau Production Well and Reservoir Site) on TMK: 7-4-5: 6. <br />As such, no cesspool or septic tank system is allowed within the 1,000 feet radius limits. <br />Therefore, all wastewater systems shall meet conformance with the rules and regulations <br />of the State Department of Health governing wastewater systems. Therefore, restrictive <br />covenants for the proposed lots shall be drafted to assure compliance with this <br />requirement and submitted to the Planning Department for review prior to securing Final <br />Subdivision Approval. We don't anticipate that this will be a problem for the proposed <br />subdivision since it involves a single lot being created within a much larger 21.7 -acre <br />parcel. Opportunities existing to relocate the proposed 3 -acre parcel to meet the <br />minimum requirements of the Department of Health. All other essential utilities and <br />services are or will be made available to support the proposed development.. <br />The subject development is not contrary to Chapter 205A, 1 Iawai`i Revised <br />States, relating to Coast Zone Management Area. The property is located a little over <br />three (3) miles from the ocean. The proposed development will not adversely impact <br />recreational resources, including access to and along the shoreline or to mountain areas, <br />scenic and open space vistas, visual resources to the shoreline, coastal ecosystems and <br />marine ecosystems. <br />Finally, because the property and surrounding areas have been previously used for <br />fanning activities, it is not anticipated that endangered or threatened candidate species of <br />flora or fauna are located within the subject property, nor has the arca been identified as a <br />significant botanical or biological habitat. An archaeological inventory survey of the <br />project site was conducted in June 2000 by Rechtman Consulting. This survey identified <br />a total of six (6) archaeological sites within the project site consisting of two (2) <br />agricultural complexes and four (4) walls. All of these features were deemed important <br />for their informational content and that preservation of these features were riot required. <br />No further work on these features were recommended. Approval of this inventory survey <br />with recommended mitigation measures by the Department of Land and Natural <br />Resources will be required prior to conducting any land alteration activities. Further, the <br />applicant is not aware of any valued cultural, historical or native resources nor any <br />traditional and customary native Hawaiian rights being practiced in the area, it is not <br />anticipated that the proposed request will have any adverse impact on cultural or <br />historical resources in the arca. <br />The limited scope of uses and improvements associated Ni ith this change of zone <br />request to an Agricultrual-10 acre (A -I Oa) and Family Agricultural -3 acre (FA -3a) district <br />