REP PC 061 06/03/1997 1996-1998 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

PC- 61 Page 3 June 3, 1997 Although there aze no perennial streams or surface water features on the subject property, seven major drainage ways carry a lazge volume of water from the mauka watershed to the ocean during rare prolonged rainy periods. A study, assessing the potential impact of fertilizers and pesticides on the subject property, was conducted by Charles L. Murdoch and Richazd E. Green. The study concluded that there is no reason to expect any significant adverse impact of chemicals on the quality of the shoreline water and added that there will be no significant negative impact on the groundwater aquifer even if small quantities of chemicals aze leached to the water table. Your Committee concurs with the following reasons by the Planning Commission and the Planning Director for recommending a favorable consideration for the change of zone request: 1. The zone request conforms with the goals, policies and standazds of the General Plan. 2. The proposed reclassification is consistent with General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map which designates the azea for Low Density Urban. 3. All essential services and utilities, including water, wastewater and roadways aze available to the subject property. Public testimony expressed their concerns relating to public shoreline access from the subject property's northern boundary due to an existing trail. In response to the public testimony of an existing mauka-makal trail, the applicant's representative noted as stated in the azchaeological report by Paul Rosendahl's firm, that amauka-makai trail could not be found. However, an existing lateral trail running pazallel to the shoreline called the Mahukona-Kawaihae Trail (also called the Alaloa Trail and the Ala Kahakai Trail), was recorded in the land court as a 6-foot wide lateral access running the length of the subject property. The applicant is proposing a public shoreline access on the subject property's southern boundary. Because the adjacent pazcel of the subject property's northern boundary is state-owned land, shoreline access would also he available to the coastline. Proposed conditions in the applicant's SMA permit requires increasing the 6-foot wide access to a 10-foot wide access. In expressing some concern relating to the applicant's water commitment with Kohala Ranch Water Company for 76,000 gallons per day, Your Committee wanted some kind of mechanism to ensure that water usage to other surrounding property owners would not be compromised. PC REPORT NO. 61