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Dru Kanuha, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 5 Wastewater will be disposed of by individual wastewater systems meeting the requirements of the Department of Health. All other essential utilities or services are available to the property. There is no severe geological or topographical problem for the property that cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. The property is located in Zone "X", an area determined by FEMA to be located outside of the 500-year floodplain. Per DPW-Engineering Division's comments, the applicants will be required to prepare a drainage study and construct a drainage system meeting with the approval of the Department of Public Works. To eliminate the potential of additional dwellings on each proposed lot that will contribute to the cumulative burden on existing infrastructure, a condition is included to prohibit a second dwelling unit and condominium property regimes on each lot to be recorded as a covenant in the deeds of all the proposed. The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statues, relating to Coastal Zone Management Area. The subject property is located over seven (7) miles from the shoreline and is not in the Special Management Area. Thus,the property will not be affected by coastal hazards and beach erosion. There are no identified recreational resources,public access to the shoreline or mountain areas, scenic and open space preserves, coastal ecosystems, marine resources or other natural and environmental resources on the subject property. In view of the Hawai`i 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 Hawai`i State Historic Preservation Division requested an archeological field inspection on the subject property. In response, the applicants hired Haun and Associates who conducted the inspection in August, 2015. Dr. Haun's August 10, 2015 letter report states that, "The field inspection did not identify any cultural resources or natural lava formations such as tubes or blisters associated with native Hawaiian burials. Haun &Associates recommends no further archaeological work based on the