PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SPP-2022-017)

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The Orchidland Village Center, extending along Orchidland Drive from the Keaau- Pahoa Highway to halfway between 343th and 351" Avenues, encompasses a total of 16 acres and is intended to provide convenience -type retail uses and personal services that will support a service population of 3,000 to 6,000 residents. Among the commercial centers designated within the PCDP, neighborhood village centers are the smallest in scale and located in underserved remote communities and in subdivisions with relatively small lot sizes and significant rates of population growth. Village centers are expected to include a mix of uses, including small -lot and higher density residential, retail and office commercial, service -type light industrial, and public and quasi -public facilities, such as schools, churches and parks. Such is the case along this particular section of Orchidland Drive, which has a church, retail and service activities and soon, a school. The warehouse operations being conducted by the Applicant is in direct support of their neighboring Orchidland General Store. In addition to the map, the CDP established three (3) major themes: • Malama I Ka'Aina which "establishes how the contextual natural, historic and cultural features of Puna should be preserved." (emphasis added) • Growth Management which "addresses how the future pattern of human settlement and land use should be shaped to respect that context and support the desired quality of life for Puna's residents." (emphasis added) • Transportation which "focuses on sustainable approaches to transportation to support the goals of the two above themes." Relative to the Malama 1 Ka'Aina theme, four (4) major elements were identified and assigned goals, objectives, and actions. These elements and their relationship to the proposed action follow: 1. Historic, Cultural, and Scenic Resources The Project Site has been entirely cleared of all vegetation and permitted and developed as a warehouse facility. As such, it would appear that archaeological resources within the Project Site are probably non- existent. Nonetheless, should there be inadvertent discoveries during the construction of this project, work will stop and contacts with the County 7 1 P a g e