PD REVISED RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-REZ-2022-015_Amend REZ-05-027)

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TMK: (3)7-3-024:008 Report No . 1760 - 041822 INTRODUCTION At the request of Planning Consultant Sidney Fuke, on behalf of the landowner Clinton Hinchcliff, Haun & Associates conducted an Archaeological Field Inspection of the 21.992-acre TMK: (3) 7-3-024:008 located in Kaloko Ahupua'a,North Kona District,Island of Hawai'i(Figure 1 and Figure 2).The objective of the survey was to achieve compliance with the Department of Land and Natural Resources-State Historic Preservation Division (DLNR-SHPD) Hawai'i Revised Statutes §6E-Historic Preservation subsections 42-43, as amended, and their implementing rules in Hawai'i Administrative Rules(HAR)§13-13-284 Rules Governing Procedures for Historic Preservation Review to Comment on Section 6E-42, HRS(DLNR 2003). The proposed use of the project area is the construction of a residential subdivision, the layout of which has yet to be finalized.The project was requested in a March 4, 2022 SHPD addressing a Change of Zone Amendment Application (No. PL-REZ-2022- 000015) submitted by the landowner (Project No. 2022PR00192, Doc. No. 2203SN03; Appendix A). As no previous archaeological work has been conducted in the project area, SHPD requested that a field inspection be conducted to determine if undocumented historic properties are present. No archaeological sites or features were identified during the field inspection. This report contains a description of the project area,field methods,a brief background discussion and a summary of findings. Project Area Description The project area consist of a 21.992-acre parcel in upland Kaloko Ahupua'a at 2,035 to 2,200 elevation.The elevations presented in this report are in meters above sea level.The parcel is bordered on the northwest by Kaloko Drive,on the southwest by Hao Street and by undeveloped land on the northeast and southeast. Figure 3 is an aerial photograph of the project area vicinity taken on June 6, 2019 obtained from Google Earth. The soil in the project area is comprised of Puna and Haplic Udarents soil on 10 to 20 percent slopes(Web Soil Survey usda.gov).This is classified as 20 to 40 inches of well-drained soil over a'a bedrock with parent material comprised of lava mixed with organic matter and basic volcanic ash. This soil is not suitable for agriculture.The underlying lava a'a was deposited 1,500 to 3,000 years ago from Hualalai Volcano (Wolfe and Morris 2000:12 and Sheet 1). The project area has been previously impacted, evidenced by the presence of several bulldozed road cuts and push piles. Vegetation in the project area is dominated by secondary growth species consisting of Christmas berry(Schinus terebinthifolius),coffee (Coffea arabica),guava (Psidium guajava), Koster's Curse (Clidemia hirta), silver oak (Grevillea robusta), miconia (Miconia calvescens), strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum) Thimbleberry (Rubus rosifolius), kahili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum) and java plum (Syzygium cumini) Indigenous plant species are also present, including ie'ie (Freycinetia arborrea)„ kukui(Aleurites moluccana),palai ferns (Microlepia strigose), and 'ohi'a(Metrosideros polymorphs). The terrain within the project area slopes slightly to moderately to the west. Overviews of the project area presented on the cover of this report and in Figure 4. Annual rainfall in the vicinity of the project area ranges from 750 to 1,359 mm(30 to 53 inches;Giambelluca et al. 2013). The mean average temperature in this general area is approximately 76.1 degrees F (usclimated ata.com). No surface water sources are present in the project area. HAUN &ASSOCIATES I 1