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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br />and Members of the County Council <br />Page 9 <br />Access to the proposed lots B-1 and B-2 will be from Mahilani Drive, which is a <br />County owned and maintained street. Access to the proposed lot B-3 will be from an <br />existing access onto Mamalahoa Highway, which is a State owned and maintained <br />highway. Although the Department of Public Works suggested that no access be gained <br />from Mamalahoa Highway, Lot B-3 will be allowed an access from the highway since it <br />already exists. The applicant has proposed a 10 -foot wide planting screen easement along <br />Mamalaboa Highway fronting Lot B-1, Lot B-2 and a portion of Lot B-3. Conditions of <br />approval will require that the 10 -foot no vehicular access planting screen easement be <br />delineated along Lots B-1, B-2 and a portion of B-3 fronting Mamalahoa Highway to <br />prevent any additional access from the Highway. <br />Electrical and telephone services are available to the property. The nearest police <br />station is located in Kealakehe, approximately seven (7) miles from the property. There <br />is a fire station at the intersection of Palani Road and the Queen Kaahumanu Highway, <br />approximately seven (7) miles from the site. A new fire station is planned for Kalaoa that <br />will provide service to this site in the future. <br />The proposed request from an Agricultural -5 acres (A -5a) to a Single Family <br />Residential -20,000 square feet (RS -20) zoned district will not have a significant adverse <br />impact to traditional and customary Hawaiian Rights. <br />Investigation of valued resources: The applicant has presented the following <br />information for the Planning Commission and the County Council to determine the <br />valued cultural, historical, and natural resources within the area sought for rezoning: <br />An Archaeological Assessment of the property was performed on March 18, 2004 <br />by Robert B. Rechtman, Ph.D. of Rechtman Consulting, LLC. On behalf of the <br />applicant, Dr. Rechtman filed a letter with the Department of Land and Natural <br />Resources — State Historic Preservation Division (DLNR-SHPD) requesting a <br />"no -effect" letter. <br />A botanical reconnaissance conducted by Ron Terry, Ph. D. and Layne Yoshida, <br />B.A. of Geometrician Associates, LLC in March 2004. <br />The valuable cultural, historical, and natural resources found in the rezoning area: <br />An archaeological assessment of the property was conducted by Dr. Rechtman. He noted <br />that there were no archaeological resources observed on the subject property. <br />The botanical reconnaissance had identified a total of 83 plant species, of which <br />only four of them were indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands. <br />