PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SPP-2022-000012)

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SUPPORTING INFORMATION REGARDING SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION FOR YAMADA AND SONS, INC. Affecting Tax Map Key: (3) 2-1-013: Portion of 002; Waiakea, South Hilo A. LOCATION OF PROJECT SITE AND LANDOWNERSHIP 1. Applicant's Request Yamada and Sons Inc. (Applicant), is requesting a Special Permit to allow for the establishment of a quarry on 37.882-acres of land (Project Site) within a larger 2,407- acre State-owned parcel (Parcel 2) that are situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. 2. Location of Property The Project Site is situated within the eastern section of the City of Hilo, a little more than one mile east of Kanoelehua Avenue and a little more than one mile south of the Hilo International Airport, within an area that has been historically utilized for various public and private industrial-types activities, such as the Hilo Landfill-Sort Station- Greenwaste facilities, County Skeet Range, and a number of licensed quarry sites, as shown below on Figure 1-Location Map and Figure 2-Vicinity Map below. 3. Landownership and Project site Licensee The 37.882-acre Project Site is situated within larger 2,407-acre parcel owned by the State of Hawai'i. The State Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) granted a 20- year license to the Applicant in October 2021 to enter and quarry, stockpile, and remove rock and waste deposits for commercial use (see Figure 3-Aerial Site Plan and Exhibit A). The Applicant, Yamada and Sons, Inc., is a family and locally-owned construction material supplier and general contracting company founded in 1925 and providing 96-years of continuous service to the community that specializes in civil construction work, asphalt paving, excavating, and grading. The Applicant maintains an existing quarry located adjacent to the west of the Project Site that allows them to provide all types of quality aggregate, asphalt concrete, and ready-mixed concrete.