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Pete Hoffmann, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 5 North Kohala. The project site's proximity to existing schools would foster educational opportunities for students as well as residents in the nearby community. The Federal Emergency Management Agency designates the property as Zone "V,.an area determined to be outside of the 500 -year floodplain. The property is identified as Prime Agricultural Land by the Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) System. However, the property is currently not being used for any agricultural activities. Soils within the property and surrounding area are classified as "B" or "Good" for agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau. Access to the project area will be from Akoni Pule Highway, under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Transportation. County water is available to the project site from an existing 8 -inch waterline within the Akoni Pule Highway. Individual wastewater systems will service the site. All essential utilities are available to the property. The subject request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Coastal Zone Management Area. The property is not located within the Special Management Area. The project site is located mauka of the Akoni Pule Highway and therefore, will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. There are no identified recreational resources, public access to the shoreline or mountain areas, designated scenic and open space preserves, coastal ecosystems, marine resources or other natural and environmental resources in the immediate project area. Thus, the proposed request and use of the property will not adversely impact those resources. A study titled "Archaeological Assessment, Cultural Impact Assessment and Botanical Survey for a 3.8 -acre Parcel at Honomakau, Pueuehu Ahupuaa, North Kohala, Hawaii Island (TMK: 5-4-8: 2) was conducted by Cultural Surveys Hawaii, Inc. in September 2006 (Appendix B, Final Environmental Assessment, October 2007). No archaeological, historical, or cultural sites were identified on the site. The study concluded that "the development of this Honomakau project area will have no adverse impact on archaeological, historical or botanical resources or on any on-going cultural practices." In a letter dated May 7, 2008, the DLNR-HPD has stated that no historic properties will be affected because intensive cultivation and previous grubbing/grading has altered the land, and the Historic Preservation Division has reviewed this project during the HPDES assessment phase and a determination was made at that time that no historic properties would be affected by the proposal.