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<br /> Stacy Higa, Chairrnan <br /> <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> <br /> Page 6 <br /> The subject request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, <br /> relating to Coastal Zone Management. The property is not located in the Special <br /> Management Area. The site is located approximately eight miles mauka of the shoreline <br /> and therefore will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. There is no <br /> record of a designated public access that traverses the property. According to the <br /> applicant, no valued cultural, historical or natural resources exist on the property and <br /> there is no evidence of any traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights being <br /> practiced on the site. Thus, it is not anticipated that the proposed request will have any <br /> adverse impact on cultural or historical resources in the area. <br /> Water can be made available from a 6-inch waterline in Kaloko Drive. The <br /> applicants state that the Department of Water Supply considers the Kaloko Mauka Water <br /> System a separate system from other systems in Kona. The system consists of <br /> transmission and distribution lines, pump stations, and seven reservoirs which extend to <br /> approximately the 5,000-foot elevation. The reservoirs have a capacity of 500,000 <br /> gallons. Wastewater generated by the proposed development will be disposed of by <br /> individual wastewater disposal systems for each lot, meeting the requirements of the <br /> Department of Health. All other essential utilities and services are or will be made <br /> available to the site. <br /> In view of the recent Hawaii State Supreme Court's "PASH" and "Ka Pa'akai O <br /> Ka'Aina"decisions, the issue relative to native Hawaiian gathering and fishing rights <br /> must be addressed in terms of the cultural, historical, and natural resources and the <br /> associated traditional and customary practices of the site: <br /> • Investigation of valued resources: No formal azchaeological reconnaissance <br /> survey, oral history of kamaaina accounts of the area, historical survey of <br /> documentary records, or botanical study was included in the application. <br /> However, there are existing archaeological studies of the immediate area. <br /> • The valued cultural, historical, and natural resources found in the rezoning azea: <br /> According to the applicant, the parcel is located at the 3,400-foot elevation and <br /> was the subject of a reconnaissance survey in 1970 and 1971 as well as a 1991 <br /> National Park Service study of the area. This study identified remains of an <br /> agricultural field system up to the 3,500-foot elevation. <br /> <br />