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Valerie T. Poindexter, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 6 will be disposed of on site and not allowed onto adjacent properties or roadways. Police, fire, and emergency services are available nearby in Waimea. All essential utilities, such as electricity and telephone services, are available to the project site. Fair share contributions are paid to mitigate or reduce the impacts of newly created lots or residential units on regional infrastructure such as roads, parks, and fire and police services. Currently there is one dwelling on the applicant's 1.166-acre parcel. Should the RS-20 zoning be approved, the applicant could only create one (1) additional lot. The applicant's proposed zoning request will not create additional lots beyond what the current zoning allows. A condition will be made to address the fair share requirements for the one (1) additional lot proposed. The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Coastal Zone Management Area. ,The subject property is not situated within the County's Special Management Area and is located over eight (8) miles from the nearest coastline and will not be impacted by coastal hazard or beach erosion. There are no identified recreational resources, historic resources, public access to the shoreline or mountain areas, scenic and open space preserves, coastal ecosystems, marine resources or other natural and environmental resources in the area. Thus, the proposed request and use of the subject property will not adversely impact those resources. It is not anticipated that endangered or threatened candidate species of flora or fauna are located within the subject property because the property was previously used for cattle grazing and had been formerly bulldozed and cleared. Presently, there is no evidence of any traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights being practiced on the site, nor existence of known valued cultural, historical or native resources in the area. Thus, it is not anticipated that the proposed request will have any adverse impact on cultural or historical resources in the area. The request will not have a significant adverse impact to traditional and customary Hawaiian Rights. In view of the recent 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: No formal archaeological reconnaissance survey, oral history of kama`aina accounts of the area, historical survey of documentary records, or botanical study was included in the application.