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PRIOR CONSERVATION DISTRICT USE PERMITS (CDUP) Please specify all prior CDUP received for the subject parcel. Applicant is unaware of any CDUPs issued for either property, and none were listed in the database examined at OCCL offices in December 2007. PROPOSED USE Total Area of Proposed Use: (indicate in acres or sq. ft) approx. 0.41 acres Describe the proposed use in detail. Include secondary improvements such as grading, septic tank placement, utilities, roads, driveways, fences, landscaping, etc. Illustrate general location of improvements on a TMK map; include preliminary architectural renderings with elevations and building footprints with application. Include existing (before) and proposed (after) graphics. If the parcel is or has been the subject of a violation, please include the violation number. The Puako Community Association, with the cooperation of Mauna Lani Resort, proposes to utilize a 625-foot long by 30-foot wide portion of State of Hawaii land located in the Conservation District in order to build a gated emergency roadway. This roadway would connect the end of Puako Beach Road with Holoholo Kai Beach Park Access Road using portions of State-owned parcels TMKs (3rd) 6-9-01:017 and 6-9-006:051. Parce16-9-001:017 is currently leased by Mauna Lani Resort (Operation), Inc. Trees in the corridor will be cut and the road will be graded by heavy equipment and surfaced with gravel. Operations will take care not to work outside the 30-foot corridor to the greatest extent feasible. An anchialine pond located about 15 feet from the edge of the disturbance area will be circled by construction fencing and avoided. The purpose of this project is to provide an emergency access and evacuation route. T'he gravel roadway would be gated and locked at both ends during normal conditions and would be opened only during emergencies as authorized by the County of Hawaii Civil Defense Agency. The proposed identified land use consists of an emergency transportation improvement being undertaken by anon-governmental entity which benefits the public and is consistent with the purpose of the conservation district. The action is therefore a Public Purpose Use as defined in Section 13-5-22 (P-6, D-2). The transportation system project includes Subdivision for Public Purposes (P-11, D-1). Each of these component actions is an identified land use for the general subzone. Currently the Puako community has only one evacuation route out of the area in the event of emergencies such as wildfires, high surf, tsunami, and traffic accidents. Wildfires throughout the years have threatened the community; one on October 28, 2007 burned 1,500 acres near Puako Beach Road, approaching within a quarter mile of 200 homes and prompting the evacuation of 400 people. In addition, the October 15, 2006 Richter magnitude 6.7 earthquake's epicenter was approximately 15 miles from Puako, causing extensive damage and highlighting the need for alternative access in case of tsunami. Construction of this emergency road has long been the goal of the Puako Community Association, which is solely funding the project. Conservation District Use Application, Puako Emergency Road 3