2021-01-07 Windward Exh B COH Parks and Recreationn SMA 20-000077

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Here's a location map. Most of us know where this is but is just north of Honomu and makai of Akaka Falls State Park. As you can see it's kind of between Hakalau and Pepe`ekeo. The inset map kind of shows that the park right along Kolekole Stream. The Applicant in this case the County Parks and Recreation is requesting a number of things at the park. I'll go through them. Converting the existing restrooms into single occupant accessible restrooms and upgrading the existing associated septic system. Providing a new accessible comfort station with septic systems. Building one (1) new pavilion, demolishing one (1)pavilion, and repairing the remaining pavilions. Providing drainage improvements to divert shower runoff from the stream. Replacing the shower and picnic tables with accessible facilities. Removing non-native vegetation. Repaving and improving the stability and integrity of the driveway and parking area. Developing an on-site potable water system and fire protection water system. Some landscaping improvements and other work including remediation of lead contaminated soils and some asbestos or lead removal from the existing structures. Now,just to give the Commission a little bit of background the lead remediation project is ongoing and required soil removal and that is been coordinated through Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Health and Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR). I think if there is more specific questions about the lead remediation project and those details the Applicant is here and could address that. But today this SMA is really for the site improvements it does include soil remediation from the park itself and then the asbestos and lead removal from the existing structures that's typical for old structures. So, the idea and the intent of this project is to one clean up this area make it safe for the public two improve access to the site, to the park as this is a very heavily used park. It's been in existence since 1938 so, it's been around for a while and the community relies on this and at the same time the Hakalau Park is also closed in this area. So, getting this up and running getting it accessible for the public for those with disabilities and at the same time making it safe is really the goal of this project. Here is the County zoning you see that it's about a little bit of A-20a, Agricultural 20-acre and then there is a section of Open. So, the surrounding areas you see are all A-20a or A-l0a with some small residential development up north of the site. The State Land Use this entire site is within the State Land Use Conservation District. So, the Applicant has been working with Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands (OCCL) and DLNR to accommodate these uses on Conservation District zoned lands. The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) has this entire area pretty much the riparian buffer in the Conservation District south and kind of around that is some important agricultural lands open along the coast and then low-density urban north of the site. Here's an aerial photograph of the park you could see Old Mamalahoa Highway that comes off of the Belt Road is the access and there's a driveway that heads in right into the park itself. So, they will be doing some improvements again safety improvements improving access and some of the roadway improvements. Here's coming into the park so down that driveway and this is what you see as you enter the park. You can see some of the pavilions, the restrooms, the bridge and the bridge is where most of the problems from lead contamination came from. It was found that the paint and materials used to construct the bridge sloughed off into the ground below, in the EXHIBIT B 2