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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 4 other related infrastructure. Primary access to the site is from Kapoho Beach Road, a private road with an approximate pavement width of 20 feet, to Ililani Road, a private 12- foot wide unpaved red cinder road. The distance from the intersection of Kapoho Beach Road to the property is approximately six-tenths of a mile. Of that distance, one-tenth is paved and five-tenth is cinder. According to the Depaztment of Water Supply, this pazcel has an existing service lateral fora 5/8-inch meter. The applicants aze requesting a zoning designation of Family Agricultural (FA-2a), which would allow further subdivision of this 4.861- acre lot. Should the applicants decide to subdivide the property in the future, they will be required to provide the lots with a water system meeting with the approval of the Department of Water Supply prior to securing Final Subdivision Approval. Wastewater generated by the proposed development will be disposed of utilizing an individual wastewater disposal system for each lot meeting the requirements of the Department of Health. All other essential utilities and services aze or will be made available to support the proposed rezoning. The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Coastal Zone Management. The property is not located in the Special Management Area. The project site does not abut the shoreline and will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. There is no record of a designated public access to the shoreline or mountain areas that traverses the property. According to the applicants, no valued cultural, historical or natural resources exist on the property and there is no evidence of any traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights being practiced on the site. Thus, it is not anticipated that the proposed request will have any adverse impact on cultural or historical resources in the area. By letter dated December 1, 2003, the applicants have requested a "no effect" letter from the State Department of Land and Natural Resources Historic Preservation Division (SHPD). No comments were received from the Historic Preservation Division as of this writing. According to the applicants, the property contains no documented archaeological, cultural, or historical sites on the National Register or the Hawaii Register. No formal flora/fauna study was submitted. The applicants have stated that "there is a general covering of Ohia trees, Autograph trees, ferns and shrubs on the site." The property is overgrown with vegetation, including Christmasberry, Plumeria, Hala, Banana, Wild Orchid, Monsteria and Noni. In view of the recent Hawaii State Supreme Court's "PASH" and "Ka Pa'akai O Ka Aina "decisions, the issue relative to native Hawaiian gathering and fishing rights must be addressed in tenns of the cultural, historical, and natural resources and the associated traditional and customary practices of the site: