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Pete Hoffrnann, Chairman <br />and Members of the County Council <br />Page 7 <br />The property has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be <br />properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. The Flood Insurance Rate <br />Map (FIRM) designates the property as Zone "X", areas outside the 500-year flood plain. <br />The property is located approximately 2 % miles mauka of the shoreline. All project <br />generated runoff will be disposed of on-site. <br />The change of zone from an A-Sa to a RM-I zoned district will not result in a <br />substantial adverse impact upon the surrounding azea, community or region. The <br />property is approximately 10 acres in size and is a portion of a 50-acre four-lot <br />subdivision identified as TMK Nos: 7-3-10: 51, 52, 53 and the subject pazcel (parcel 3). <br />Final Subdivision Approval for the creation of the four lots was granted on August 29, <br />2005 (SUB 02-000051). Parcel 51, consisting of 10 acres, was approved for a State Land <br />Use Boundary amendment from Agricultural to Urban by Ordinance No. 04 105 and a <br />Change of Zone from A-Sato RM-4 by Ordinance No. 04 106 effective September 22, <br />2004. Ordinance No. 04 106 was subsequently amended on September 28, 2006. <br />Portions of the project site have been previously bulldozed. The property is currently <br />vacant of any use. <br />The applicant has submitted a study titled Archaeological Inventory Survey TMK: <br />3-7-3-10: 03, Land of Ooma 1, North Kona District, Island of Hawaii by Haun and <br />Associates dated August 2000 (Appendix B of application). On August 8, 2003, the <br />survey was approved by the DLNR-HPD. The survey, which included approximately 50 <br />acres (TMK Nos: 7-3-10: 51, 52, 53 and the subject property), identified 17 sites <br />consisting often single feature sites and seven complexes of features. The 17 sites were <br />all assessed as significant under Criterion "d" (Criteria descriptions are listed on page 57 <br />of Appendix B). Relative to the project site, four sites were identified: Site 23411 <br />(temporary habitation cave), 23415 (cairn), 23416 (temporary habitation complex), 23417 <br />(temporary habitation site/mazker/complex). Data recovery was performed for Sites <br />23411 and 23416, and Site 23415 required no further work. Site 23417 was <br />recommended for preservation, included in the approved Archaeological Mitigation Plan <br />and will be preserved. A barrier will be constructed around the site during construction. <br />Upon completion, buffers will be established azound the site and cautionary and <br />interpretive signs will be posted. By letter dated March 11, 2005, the DLNR-HPD <br />approved the mitigation plan. <br />The applicant has submitted a study titled, Cultural Impact Assessment Associated <br />with the Proposed Development of Lokahi Kau (TMKs: 3-7-3-010.• 003, 006, OSI, 052, <br />053, 054), Ooma 1 sst and Kalaoa 5`h Ahupuaa, North Kona District, Island of Hawaii, by <br />Robert B. Rechtman, Ph.D., March 2006. The assessment concluded that none of the <br />sites identified in the archaeological inventory survey are considered traditional cultural <br />properties and no specific natural or cultural beliefs and practices were identified relative <br />