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Drive located makai of the property. All wastewater will be disposed of into the sewer line owned by the Keauhou Community Services Inc. The applicant will construct a sewerline along its golf course boundary from the proposed development to the existing sewer line in Alii Drive. All 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 located in the Special Management Area; thus the applicant has submitted a concurrent request for a Special Management Area Use Permit application. The project site is located mauka of Alii Drive and the Mamalahoa Bypass Highway 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 applicant, historically significant sites will be preserved in the buffered landscaped areas of the proposed development. 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 on cultural or historical resources in the area. In view of the Hawaii State Supreme Court's "PASH" and "Ka Pa 'akai 0 Ka 'Aina" decisions, the issue relative to native Hawaiian gathering and fishing rights must be addressed in terms of the cultural, historical, and natural resources and the associated traditional and customary practices of the site: Investigation of valued resources: The following information was included in the application for the review of the Planning Commission: A. An Archaeological Inventory Survey conducted by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i in December, 1992 and revised in September 1994. B. Pending cultural resources survey by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i -4-