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Stacy Higa, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 4 impact at both the Queen Kaahumanu Highway/Henry Street and Queen Kaahumanu Highway/Hale Kapili Street/Wa1Mart access road intersections. According the Department of Public Works (DPW), "based upon the TIAR dated October 22, 2004, the proposed traffic signal at the intersection of Malulani Drive and Queen Kaahumanu Highway will address an existing deficiency at the intersection. The TIAR should but does not address the operation of the intersection of Hale Kapili Street and Malulani Drive or the existing Malulani Gardens Subdivision private road." The applicant has subsequently amended the TZAR. An Archaeological Inventory Survey of the project site was conducted by Scientific Consultant Services, Inc. in 1992. As the project contained several historically significant sites, a data recovery and preservation plan will be completed for parcels 8 and 9. Based on botanical surveys prepared by Kenneth M. Nagata in 1993 (Appendix A of application) and 2000, of the seventy (70) plant species surveyed on the site, six are considered native. None are considered rare, endangered or threatened. The applicant also submitted an avifauna and feral mammal survey conducted by Phillip L. Bruner (revised November 29, 1995). No endemic species were recorded during the survey period, and no special or unique bird or mammal habitat was discovered on the properties. According to the applicant, County water is available to the project site. As there is no municipal sewer system in the azea, sanitary sewer improvements will include a new private gravity sewer collection system that will connect into the existing 12-inch sewerline located within Malulani Drive. Off-site improvements to the County's collection system will be determined based on the sewer adequacy study of the off-site collection system. Al] other essential utilities and services are or can be made available to the site. The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statues, relating to Coastal Zone Management. The property is not located in the Special Management Area. The project site is located approximately 1.5 miles mauka of the shoreline and will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. There is no record of a designated public access that traverses the property. According to the information submitted by the applicant, historically significant sites on the properties will be preserved, and a data recovery and preservation plan will be completed for the project. Currently, 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 nn cultural or historical resources in the area.