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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPD Background Report (PL-SMA-2022-000025)BOLA BREW _SMA_3_20_23 COUNTY OF HAWAI `I PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACKGROUND REPORT HAWAIIAN OLA BREWING CORPORATION SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION (PL-SMA-2022-000025) HAWAIIAN OLA BREWING CORPORATION has submitted the following application for a Special Management Area Use Permit to convert the existing Wainaku Executive Center into a micro -distillery, restaurant, and bar, and includes grading for new parking and the installation of a wastewater system to accommodate the new uses on 12.31 acres of land situated in the Special Management Area. The subject parcels are located along the makai side of Hawaii Belt Road, approximately 200-feet south of its intersection with Hau Street, Portion of Wailua & Mokuhonua, South Hilo District, Hawaii, TMKs: (3) 2-6-015:001 & 002. APPLICANTS' REQUEST 1. Proposed Development: The applicant has submitted an application to re -develop the existing Wainak-u Center with both interior and exterior work proposed. The exterior work will consist of: 1) grading and excavation work from a large hill on the west side of the building to allow for additional parking as well as the various wastewater subsurface structures. 2) Installation of a new wastewater system, including connections to county sewer lines. 3) Installation of safety fencing and other appurtenant structures around the grounds. The interior work will consist of: 1) Re -design and renovation work to convert the existing Wainaku Center building to accept the new micro -distillery equipment, restaurant kitchen, and other related infrastructure. The first floor will house the micro -distillery and agricultural processing facility while the second floor will serve as the bar and restaurant. 2. Reasons for the Request: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation has been searching for a property with Industrial zoning to accommodate its expanding business profiles and growth. Expansion into restaurants, bars, pubs, brewing, and distilling are all allowed uses within the Industrial zone. Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation learned in late 2021 that the Edmund C. Olson Trust No.2 was going to sell its Wainaku Ventures, LLC properties. The MG-5a and MG -la zoning of the properties met the objective of the Corporation. In February 2022 Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation closed on the sale. The proposed use of the building will be limited to a restaurant, Bar, and Micro -Distillery. Brewing of beer will not be performed at this site. 3. Timeframe and Cost: Applicant Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation respectfully asks that it be given a period of five (5) years to complete the development objectives stated in this application. The development will be completed in "phases" with Phase 1 being the interior re -design and renovation work to accept the new micro -distillery equipment; restaurant kitchen, and other related infrastructure. It is expected that the micro -distillery will become fully operational in Phase 1. The growing crops of Ki (Ti Leaf) are maturing rapidly at Ola's field station in Laupdhoehoe and may soon be ready for processing. Phase 2 will consist of the grading and excavation of the large hill side on the west of the building including the installation of the waste -water system and expanded parking stalls. Should the concrete flume structure be approved for demolition (or deemed to be repaired), that may take place in Phase 2. Phase 3 will move into completion of the restaurant to provide service to our guests. Phase 4 will complete the Bar service area and the tour/tasting experience of the distilled spirits. The phased development will assist in development cash flow and expense management. The estimated cost of the project $2.0 million dollars. 4. Special Management Area: The properties are in the Special Management Area and subject to HRS Chapter 205A objectives and policies. Public Access to Ale`ale`a point for shoreline fishing purposes will be improved from that of the previous owners. Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation through its recently amended SMA Minor permit approved July 25, 2022, commits to improving the trail conditions and perfecting the conditions of SMA -367 issued Sept. 1996, that required then applicant C. Brewer & Company, Ltd. to execute and record a Public Access easement in favor of the County of Hawaii for access to Ale`ale`a Point. -2- 5. Supportive Information: The applicant has submitted the attached in support of the request: (Planning Department Exhibit 1 — Special Management Area Application dated December 19, 2022). 6. Landowners: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation STATE AND COUNTY PLANS 7. State Land Use District: Urban 8. County Zoning: MG-5a; General -Industrial District 5-acres (Parcel 001) and MG -la (Parcel 002) 9. General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map Designation: The main parcel (001) is designated as both Open (ope) and Resort Node (ren). While resort node areas include a mix of visitor -related uses such as hotels, condominium -hotels (condominiums developed and/or operated as hotels), single family and multiple family residential units, golf courses and other typical resort recreational facilities, resort commercial complexes and other support services, the open zoning designation (areas along the shoreline) are areas that contribute to the general welfare. the full enjoyment, or the economic wellbeing of open land type uses. Staff notes that the mauka parcel (002) is located within the Urban Expansion (ue) zoning district. 10. Hilo Community Development Plan (HCDP): The Hilo CDP was adopted by Resolution No. 1 on May 21, 1975. 11. Special Management Area (SMA): The subject properties are situated fully within the SMA, with the main parcel (001) considered to be a "shoreline" parcel in accordance with HRS 205A-42, while parcel 002 is located on the mauka side of the highway right of way. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 12. August 13, 1981: Shoreline Setback Variance Permit No. 611 was approved for the demolition and removal of certain buildings and structures as well as conducting related improvements located on the subject parcels. 13. September 12, 1996: Special Management Area (SMA) Use Permit No. 367 was approved for the development of a new headquarters for C. Brewer and Company, Ltd. which included restoration, renovation, and additions to the existing warehouse structure. 14. March 22, 2013: SMA Minor Permit, No. SMM-13-00261 was approved for minor land and resource management, tree cutting, clearing, and safety improvements. -3- 15. July 25, 2022: SMA Minor Permit, No. SMM-13-00261 (AMENDED) was approved for the continuation of land and resources management activities and safety improvements along the shoreline, including fencing repair. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS 16. Description of Property: The property and its structures have had a long and varied use. The subject parcels original development was for a sugarcane mill and sugar processing operation which were stored in the warehouse that is currently being renovated by the applicant. The Mill operation ceased in 1974 and both properties sat vacant for ten years before the abandoned mill structures were dismantled and hauled away for scrap iron. Only the unused remnants of the mill foundation, overhead concrete flume structure, train tunnel, cane loading parapet, and the sugar warehouse structure remain on site. After C. Brewer & Co., Ltd. was granted SMA Major 367 in 1996 the property and structures became the corporate offices for that company. A fisherman trail access route was established during that time for public fishing access to the shoreline. Staff notes that there is no safe access to the shoreline, only to a large rock outcrop that is more conducive for fishing and sightseeing of Hilo Bay. In 2013 the Edmund C. Olson Trust No. 2 purchased the properties, and the property was used as executive offices of the Trust and Trustee. The building and grounds were used as an "events center" hosting parties, weddings, corporate meetings, and training venues. These activities were hosted as many as four to six events per month. Since Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation's acquisition of the properties in February 2022 the site has been used to complete pre -arranged weddings and meetings that were "booked" by the Trust and as of August 2022 those have now ceased. The property is being used by the applicant for Ki root propagation and engineering studies. 17. Surrounding Zoning/Land Uses: The proposed project area is bordered by the highway to the west, and ocean to the east. The surrounding parcels located adjacent to parcel 002 and across the highway from the main parcel (001) are primarily residential lots with both RS-10 and RS-7.5 (single family residential) as well as agricultural parcels (FA, A) and Open zoned coastal parcels to the north. 18. Coastal Hazards and Flood Zone: The subject properties are primarily within Flood Zone X which represents areas determined to be outside the 500 year flood plain. There is however, a small portion of Parcel 001 located at Ale`ale`a Point which falls into the VE -4- Zone which represents a coastal flood zone with velocity hazard (wave action); BFE determined. The BFE, or Base Flood Elevation is the water surface elevation of the 1% annual chance flood. Despite this designation at Ale`ale`a Point this small section of Parcel 001 is well outside of any construction actions considered in this application. 19. Flora/Faunal Resources: The subject properties have been nearly fully developed for over 100 years with the mill and Wainaku Center. Native plants and vegetation have slowly been replaced by non-native species such as guinea grass, Melotia, Chinese Banyan and Albizia. Native species are present on the property but are located at the ocean edge along the steep pali faces outside of the seawall structures. Species such as Hala, (Pandanus odoritissimus); Kamani, (Calophyllum inophyllum); Ni'u (Coconut, Cocos nucifera.); and Ulu (Breadfruit, Artocarpus oltillus) are sporadically found. Mango, (Mangifera indica), Golden bamboo, (Bambusa vulgaris) and a host of decorative landscape plants were planted under SMA 367 in 1997 through 1998. No endangered species or species of concern have been found or are anticipated on the subject parcels. There are no known native mammals found on the subject parcels, however, it is possible that the Hawaiian Hoary Bat, (Opeapea, Laziurus cinereus) could occupy the tree tops and mid -level branches for rest during the daylight hours. A'ama crab, (Grapsus tenuicrustatus) are found on the shoreline rocks and the vertical walls of the stone seawall. Nonnative Tahitian prawns, (Macrobrachium lar) inhabit the small stream that dissects parcel 001 beyond the train tunnel feature. Based on observations, no native river species were found in this stream such as O'opu, Opae, or Wi. 20. Archaeological/ Historical Resources: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc. prepared a Draft Archeological Inventory Survey (AIS) (Planning Department Exhibit 2 — Archeological Inventory Survey (AIS) dated January 2023) for the project area in January 2023. One previously identified archaeological site (Site #50-10-35-21133), the Hilo Sugar Company Wainaku Sugar Mill facilities, was documented during the AIS study. Site #50-10-35-21133 consisted of 16 early Historic era to Modern era sugar mill features. The features were remnant portions of several building foundations, a renovated warehouse building, a railroad tunnel, two segments of seawall, a mill yard, and a reinforced concrete flume trestle. Site #50-10-35-21133 is assessed as significant under criteria "a" and "d" and the intact Feature 4 railroad tunnel and Feature 6 seawalls are recommended for -5- preservation. According to the submitted report, no further work is recommended for the remaining features. The project was submitted to the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) for a Chapter 6E-42 review and recommendation. SHPD requests that the identification and treatment of potential architectural historic properties be addressed separately in a Reconnaissance Level Survey (RLS). The applicant has completed the RLS report (Planning Department Exhibit 3 — RLS Report dated March, 2023) and is currently under review by SHPD for recommendations. Staff notes that the RLS notes that there are five (5) structures on the main parcel (001) that were determined to have historic significance, they include, 1) the Rail Tunnel, 2) seawall segment (south), 3) seawall segment (north), 4) a concrete flume (Wai'au Flume) segment near parking lot, and 5) a concrete flume (Wai'au Flume) segment near the entrance to the property. 21. Cultural Resources: Other than the fishing site at Ale`ale`a Point, there are no known traditional native Hawaiian or valued cultural resources that exist upon the subject properties. The properties were used extensively for Sugarcane processing, warehousing, and offloading of bagged sugar to moored ocean carriers. Industrial use of the properties appears to have commenced in 1884 and the seawall was constructed in 1921. The fishing site at Ale`ale`a point is well known and used regularly by the surrounding community and others who know of the site. Pedestrian public access to the fishing site is via a foot path that descends from the parking area on Parcel 002 to the fishing area. 22. Public Access: Access to the site will be preserved by conditions that will be improved upon and fulfilled by applicant Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation. In SMA-367 it was stipulated that shoreline access will be provided and an easement to the County of Hawaii recorded at the State Bureau of Conveyances preserving that public right in perpetuity. That process is currently being completed and the applicant is working with the Planning Department to finalize the easement. 23. Coastal Resources: The development will employ BMP's during excavation work ensuring that the activities will not adversely affect a) water quality, b) existing areas of open water free of visible structures, c) existing and potential fisheries and fishing grounds, d) wildlife habitats, or e) potential or existing agricultural uses of the land. A new drywell is planned to be installed at the makai edge of the current existing parking area thus retaining and handling any increased surface water flow from the new parking area W pavement. Additionally, wastewater will no longer discharge into the subsurface through leech fields but will be pre-treated on site and removed via a proposed connection to the County's wastewater system thus minimizing impacts to the nearshore area. 24. Recreational Resources: Recreational resources include the shoreline access path that leads to a rocky outcrop used for sightseeing and fishing. No direct water access is possible due to the high cliff and existing seawall. Access to the shoreline will be maintained and is being conveyed to the County as a permanent shoreline access easement for the public. The applicant is currently working to finalize that easement with the Planning Department and will be recorded with the State Bureau of Conveyances (BOC) when complete. 25. Scenic and Open Space Resources: Scenic view of Hilo Bay and town from the main parcel along the shoreline will be maintained and preserved, and with more visitors to the site from the proposed changes, will be viewed by more people. Access to the site will be maintained so that the public may visit the shoreline for sightseeing. No views from the highway exist due to the vegetation and topography of the landscape between the highway and property. 26. Traffic: Possible traffic impacts from Hawaiian Ola Brewing's restaurant, Bar, and micro - distillery may create a visitor traffic count of 185 persons per day. Using an assumed passenger per vehicle at a maximum of 1.0 visitors per vehicle results in 185 vehicles, however a minimum of approximately 2.0 visitors per vehicle equates to 93 vehicles per day. Staff and operations, including deliveries of Ki leaf root, are expected to number around 20 vehicle entry and exits at Parcel 001's main access site. Additionally, traffic from the proposed development will be limited to the afternoon and evening hours when traffic conditions on the highway are at the lowest levels. PUBLIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES 27. Access: Access to the properties is by County and State owned paved public roads. Parcel 001 has its primary access off Highway 19 (Hawaii Belt Road) at approximately the 2.5- mile marker. Highway 19 was constructed with turning lanes, acceleration, and deceleration lanes with storage capacity of three to four vehicles each. Parcel 002 obtains its access from Old Mamalahoa Highway, also known as Wainaku Street. Parcel 002 abuts Hau Lane and Highway 19 yet there is no access to the parcel from those two routes. -7- 28. Water: Water from the County of Hawaii Department of Water Supply is on site. The water source is from an 8" mainline off Wainaku Street. There are two service lines that are upon parcel 002, 1) 2" Potable water with service meter, and 2) a dedicated Fire Protection service line. Both lines begin at parcel 002, crossing the lot then proceeding under H-19 in a concrete culvert easement granted in favor of the parcels from the State Department of Transportation. Fire protection, life safety, and appliances were installed in the Wainaku Building following the Fire Code and the manual fire alarm levers, automatic sprinkler systems and smoke alarms are all connected to a server that automatically notifies the Fire Department if any of these systems are activated. A Fire Hydrant with safety bollards was installed just outside the building next to the slope to be excavated for additional parking and wastewater system. This will result in the hydrant being relocated. Applicant Hawaiian Ola Brew Corporation will consult with the Fire Department staff on the best location following the guidelines of section 10.207 of the Fire Code. According to comments received by the Department of Water Supply, the applicant will be required to submit estimated maximum daily water usage calculations for the proposed project for review and approval by DWS. Additionally, it was stated that the existing 8-inch waterline within Wainaku St. is inadequate to provide the required 2,000-gpm fire flow, and as such will coordinate any required upgrades (to conform with Chapter 18 of the Fire Code and Chapter 26 of County Code) to the water system with the County Fire Department. 29. Wastewater: the applicant states that wastewater will be handled by extending the county wastewater line to the main project parcel (001), as well as conducting pre-treatment of wastewater on site as shown on site plans provided in the application. According to the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) the applicant is currently working with DEM to develop a sewer engineering plan for the subject parcels that would include a sewer extension that would connect to the subject parcels to the Hawaii County Sewer System. A written proposal for the proposed sewer line extension was submitted by an agent for the applicant (Engineering Partners) and includes a proposed project description, alternatives, and recommendations; staff notes that the submitted proposal does not include the on -site pre-treatment of wastewater. Comments were provided by the State Department of Health (DOH) which stated that the "DOH has no records of an existing cesspool and no records of a septic tank system"; staff notes that the applicant provided evidence of an 10 existing septic system (Planning Department Exhibit 4 — Cesspool Information Card dated December 24, 1997) Additionally, DOH states that the "department has concerns related to the proposed wastewater system, and DOH does not allow for the installation of holding tanks. Due to the location of the proposed project being close to the ocean, DOH has concerns regarding increase wastewater effluent as well as pre-treatment. The applicant has stated that they will continue to work with the DOH, and DEM to ensure wastewater pre-treatment and disposal meet all required regulatory conditions to ensure no impacts to ocean waters from wastewater generated on the subject parcel. 30. Solid Waste: Solid waste generated on the property will be disposed off -site in conformance with the Department of Environmental Management Solid Waste Division. 31. Other Essential Utilities and Services: Electricity and telephone are provided to the site via poles beginning on the mauka parcel (002) across the highway to the main parcel (001) where the lines extend underground to the property's transformer and service meter. AGENCIES' COMMENTS 32. Department of Public Works — Building Division (Planning Department Exhibit 5 — January 18, 2023, Memo). 33. Department of Environmental Management (Planning Department Exhibit 6 — March 7, 2023 Memo). 34. Department of Environmental Management (Planning Department Exhibit 7 — March 23, 2023, Letter). 35. Police Department (Planning Department Exhibit 8 — January 20, 2023 Memo). 36. Fire Department (Planning Department Exhibit 9 — January 23, 2023 Memo). 37. State Department of Health Wastewater Branch (Planning Department Exhibit 10 — February 3, 2023, Memo) 38. State Department of Health (Planning Department Exhibit 11 - January 20, 2023 Memo). 39. State Department of Transportation (Planning Department Exhibit 12 — February 16, 2023 Letter). 40. County Department of Water Supply (DWS) (Planning Department Exhibit 13 — January 25, 2023, Letter). -9- 41. State Department of Land and Natural Resources — Division of Forestry and Wildlife (Planning Department Exhibit 14 — February 23, 2023). 42. State Department of Planning and Sustainable Development (OPSD) (Planning Department Exhibit 15 — February 9, 2023 AGENCIES - NO COMMENTS 43. State Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Land Division, Engineering Division, and Division of Aquatic Resources. AGENCIES - NO RESPONSE Hawaii County Civil Defense; HELCO. -10- SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION COUNTY OF HAWAII HAWAIIAN OLA BREWING CORPORATION RE -DEVELOPMENT & RE -USE OF THE FORMER C. BREWER EXECUTIVE CENTER BUILDING AT WAINAKU, HILO HAWAII Conversion to Restaurant, Bar and Micro -Distillery TM 2-6-015-0011 10.942 acres and TMK 2-6-015-0021 1.368 acres APPLICANT: Brett Jacobson, Founder, President OWNER: HAWAIIAN OLA BREWING CORPORATION 74-5598 Luhia Street Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740-3153 WWA Planning Dept. Exhibit SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION COUNTY OF HAWAII HAWAIIAN OLA BREWING CORPORATION RE -DEVELOPMENT & RE -USE OF THE FORMER C. BREWER EXECUTIVE CENTER BUILDING AT WAINAKU, HILO HAWAII Conversion to Restaurant, Bar, and Micro -Distillery TM 2-6-015-001, 10.942 acres and TM 2-6-015-002, 1.368 acres APPLICANT: Brett Jacobson, Founder, President OWNER: HAWAIIAN OLA BREWING CORPORATION 74-5598 Luhia Street Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740-3153 HAWAIIAN OLA BREWING CORPORATION 74�5598 LUHIA 57 KAILUA-KONA HAWAI'I, 96740 December 19, 2022 Mr. Zendo Kern, Director Planning Department Mr. Dennis Lin, Chairman and Members of the Windward Planning Commission County of Hawaii 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Subject: Special Management Area Use Permit Application for Hawaiian Ola Brew Corporation Properties at TMK 2-6-015-001 and TMK 2-6-015-002, at Wailua and Mokuhonua, South Hilo Dear Mr. Kern, Mr. Lin and Members of the Windward Planning Commission: Pursuant to the Special Management Area Rules and Conditions of the County of Hawaii Planning Department and concurrent to meeting Rule 9 of the Planning Commissions' Rules of Practice and Procedures, Hawaiian Ola WWW.CLARIEWCO.COMI Brewing Corporation hereby requests the processing of a Special Management Area Use Permit for the re -development of the former Wainaku Executive Center to a Restaurant, Bar, and Micro -Distillery. Description of the Project: The project is the re -development re -purposing of the existing Wainaku Executive Center structure to house a Restaurant, Bar, and Micro -Distillery of Hawaiian Ki root (Ti leaf) to authentic "Okolehau" spirit. Contingent to the interior re -development actions, will require exterior improvements that are described in full detail with this application. Is E3 In short, the exterior work will consist of 1) Grading and Excavation work of some 12,000 cubic yards of soil and rock from a large hill face on the West side of the existing building. The excavation and grading objectives are to allow for an additional 27 new vehicle parking stalls as well as the various subsurface wastewater structures. 2) Installation of a new Wastewater System to accommodate the increased effluent from the Restaurant and Bar. It is significant to note that the wastewater system is being designed to take the waters to "R-1" standard where it will be trucked off site for further disposal at County of Hawaii wastewater treatment facilities. No wastewaters from the new development will be disposed of on -site. 3) Pending review and approvals from State Historic Preservation Division, DLNR, an overhead concrete flume structure may be demolished. Although a relic of past historic operations of Hilo Sugar Company's Wainaku Mill, this flume structure has become degraded and at risk of causing damage or injury. Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Introduction to SMA Application Page 2 Objectives of the Project: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation has been searching for a property with Industrial zoning to accommodate its expanding business profiles and growth. Expansion into restaurants, bars, pubs, brewing, and distilling are all allowed uses within the Industrial zone. Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation learned in late 2021 that the Edmund C. Olson Trust No.2 was going to sell its Wainaku Ventures, LLC properties. The MG-5a and Mg -la zoning of the properties met the objective of the Corporation. In February 2022 Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation closed on the sale. The proposed use of the building will be limited to a restaurant, Bar, and Micro -Distillery. Brewing of beer will not be performed at this site. Timing of Development and Phases: Applicant Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation respectfully asks that it be given a period of five (5) years to complete the development objectives stated in this application. The development will be completed in "phases" with Phase 1 being the interior re -design and renovation work to accept the new micro -distillery equipment-, restaurant kitchen, and other related infrastructure. It is expected that the micro -distillery will become fully operational in phase 1. The growing crops of Ki (Ti Leaf) are maturing rapidly at Ola's field station in Pahoehoe and may soon be ready for processing. Phase 2 will consist of the grading and excavation of the large hill side on the west of the building including the installation of the waste -water system and expanded parking stalls. Should the concrete flume structure be approved for demolition (or deemed to be repaired), that may take place in Phase 2. Phase 3 will move into completion of the restaurant to provide service to our guests. Phase 4 will complete the Bar service area and the tour / tasting experience of the distilled spirits. The phased development will assist in development cash flow and expense management. Special Considerations: The properties are in the Special Management Area and subject to HRS Chapter 205A objectives and policies. As stated within this application Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation will be employing all Best Management Practices (BMP's) to minimize the impacts of the proposed work. It is anticipated that no adverse impacts to the environment or resources will occur. Public Access to Alealea point for shoreline fishing purposes will be improved from that of the previous owners. Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation through its recently amended SMMinor permit approved July 25, 2022, commits to improving the trail conditions and perfecting the conditions of SMA -367 issued Sept. 1996, that required then applicant C. Brewer & Company, Ltd. to execute and record a Public Access easement in favor of the County of Hawaii for access to Alealea Point. Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Introduction to SMA Application Page 3 Further information Attached: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation's application follows the SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION guide with information listed 1 through 10. (However, please note. "20 hard copies" of the following are not provided, being replaced using the EPIC electronic filing system) 1. A filing Fee of $500 addressed to the County Director of Finance to be paid through EPIC. 2. A scanned PDF of the original signed completed application. 3. A scanned PDF of the original of the Background Information subsections 3 A through E a. 3-F: A written statement discussing the proposed development in relation to the objectives and policies as provided by Chapter 205A HRS b. Continuing information provided within subsections G and H c. 3-I: Archaeological Resources: Contained within this application is a completed Archaeological Inventory Study by SCS Inc., Glenn Escott, that satisfies the previous requirements of State Historic Preservation Division "...that no ground disturbance actions can be performed without first conducting an AIS..."' d. Continuing information provided as per subsection J through 0. 4. A scanned PDF of the Anticipated Impacts of the Proposed Development on the Special Management Area including but not limited to the following subsections A through G. 5. A scanned original of a preliminary Site Plan. 6. One copy of a full size 24" X 36" Plot plan of item #5 for presentation purposes. 7. Exemption from performing a Shoreline survey is proposed. 8. Not Applicable: (Multi -unit development) 9. List of all Property Owners, TMK's, addresses with 300' of the subject properties. 10.Other plans and additional information... I respectfully ask that you schedule a hearing of this Special Management Area use Permit Application with the Windward Planning Commission at the earliest available date. Respectfully Submitted, Brett Jacobson, Founder & President Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Table of Contents: Introduction Pages a) Cover sheet with 2022 image of Wainaku Building a.1) Reverse page cover sheet with circa 1925 image of Wainaku Building b) Introduction Letter to Planning Director and Windward Planning Commission c) Table of Contents Special Management Area Use Permit Application 1. Filing fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) Paid through EPIC. 2. Original completed and signed Application form attached 3. Background Information on the SMA subject request: A. EIS/EA under Chapter 343 HRS, request of waiver B. Detailed written description of the proposed project and statement of objectives and reasons for the request. 1. Grading and Excavation work... a. Exhibit 3-B-1.a, Sanborn map dated 1921, "Hill to be Leveled for new warehouse" b. Exhibit 3-B-1.b, Sanborn map dated 1926. Showing warehouse on former hill. c. Exhibit 3-B_1.c, Aina Engineers Site Plan (SP-1 and SP-2) for proposed project under consideration of this application. d. Exhibit 3-B-1.d, Aina Engineers Grading Plan (C-1) for proposed project under consideration of this application. e. Exhibit 3-B-1.e, Expanded view of Grading Plan (C-1) with annotations. 2. Installation of new Wastewater System... a. Exhibit 3-B-2.a, Expanded view of Wastewater system with annotations. 3. Renovation of interior of existing building for Restaurant, Bar and Distillery... a. Exhibit 3-B-3.a, Floor Plan of planned renovations by Alayna Kilkuskie. C. Description of the Subject Property, Describe existing uses, structures and topography... a. Exhibit 3-C-1.a, TMK Plat map, 2-6-015, with parcels outlined in red. b. Figure 1, Project Site Location map (embedded). D. Valuation of the proposed use, activity or operation... E. Concurrence with State/County plans, General Plan and Community Development Plans... a. Figure 2, County of Hawaii 2005 General Plan, Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide LUPAG map, (embedded) F. Statement of Proposed Development in Relation to Chapter 205A, HRS, Special management Area Guidelines... a. Figure 3, New Dry Well location, (embedded) G. Surrounding zoning and hand uses... a. Figure 4, Portion of county zoning map, (embedded) H. Flood Insurance Designation, Flood Hazard Assessment Report... a. Figure 5, Flood Hazard Assessment Report, FHAT, (embedded) I. Archaeological Resources... 1. Archaeological Inventory Study, completed by Scientific Consultant Services, Glenn Escott attached as separate pdf... J. Floral and Faunal Resources... K. Valued Cultural Resources... a. Figure 6, photograph of Alealea Point, traditional pole line fishing location, (embedded) L. Public Access... a. Figure 7, Public Access signage currently being used on site, (embedded) M. Description of Access to the Property, Traffic impacts from proposed use... N. Traffic Impacts, assessment of existing traffic conditions, anticipated traffic impacts from proposed development... a. Figure 8, HDOT Highway Plan in vicinity of TMK 2-6-015-001, (embedded). 0. Availability of Utilities: Water, Telephone, Electricity, sewage disposal... 4. Description of Anticipated Impacts of the Development on the SMA... A. Environmental Setting... a. Exhibit 4-A-1.a, 2012 ALTA Survey by DLB & Associates b. See also Exhibit 10-C, Site analysis dated April 2001. B. Relationship of proposed actions to land use plans and policies... C. Impact of the proposed actions on the environment... D. Any probable adverse environmental effects... E. Alternatives to the proposed actions... F. Mitigating measures proposed to minimize impact... a. Please reference Section 3-F, Figure 3 b. Please reference Exhibit 3-B-2.a, Expanded view of wastewater system. G. Any irreversible and irretrievable commitment of resources... S. original of Preliminary Site Plan... A. Provided by Exhibit 3-B-1.c Site Plan (SP-1) Aina Engineers 6.One full size copy 24" X 36" of item 5 A. To be provided by Exhibit 3-B_1.c prior to Planning Commission hearing. 7. Shoreline Survey, Not performed. A. Proposed actions are a considerable distance from shoreline and setback. 8. Not Applicable to this action 9. Notification of surrounding Property owners... 1. List of Property Owners within 300 feet of subject properties a. Figure 9 and 10, Spatial Selection maps, TMK 2-6-015-001 & 002, (embedded) b. Exhibit 9-A, Excel Spreadsheet of 71 parcels and owners... 2. Sample Notification Letter to surrounding property owners and lessees... a. Figure 1, annotated, to be included with letter (See section 3C) b. Petition for Standing in Contested Case Hearing, to be included with letter. 3. Posting of Signage for Public Notification... a. To be posted within ten (10) days of acceptance of this application... 10. Other Plans or Additional information relevant to this application... A. Past Special management Area Actions... 1. SMA Variance No. 611, Planning Commission, dated October 9, 1981 a. Exhibit 10-A 1 2. SMA Major application 96-08, Planning Commission, dated, September 19, 1996 a. Exhibit 10-A-2, SMA 367 3. SMM Minor issued, Planning Department, dated March 22, 2013 a. Exhibit 10-A_3, SMM--13-000261 4. SMM Minor 13-000251 Amended, Planning Department, dated July 25, 2022 a. Exhibit 10-A 4, SMM—13-000261 AMENDED B. Site Analysis depiction 1. Exhibit 10-13, PBR site analysis dated 4/2/2001 C. Department of Transportation Final order of Condemnation and Grant of Easements. 1. Exhibit 10-C, Extracted pages from Liber 3177 at Page 305. D. Current photographs of Subject properties... 1. Exhibit 10-D_1 Aerial drone image subject properties 2. Exhibit 10-D_2 Aerial drone image street access 3. Exhibit 10-D_3 Aerial drone image Highway 19 overpass and turning lanes 4. Exhibit 10-D 4 Aerial drone image slope to be excavated and new dry well 5. Exhibit 10-D_5 Aerial drone image slope to be excavated, concrete flume structure Filing Fees Payment made through EPIC: $500.00 5MA Condition #1 SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION County of Hawaii Project: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Re -Development & Re -Use of the Existing Wainaku Executive Center, TMK 2-6-015-001 & 002 Applicant: Brett Jacobson Owner: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Original (signed) Application See attached completed Special Management Area Use Permit Application SMA Condition #2 SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION County of Hawaii Project: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Re -Development & Re -Use of the Existing Wainaku Executive Center, TMK 2-6-015-001 & 002 Applicant: Brett Jacobson Owner: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION COUNTY OF BAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT (Type or legibly print the requested information) APPLICANT: Brett Jacobson APPLICANT'S SIGNATURE: ADDRESS: 74-5598 ua-Kona, HI96740 DATE: 10/19/22 LIST APPLICANT'S INTEREST IF NOT OWNER: Co -Founder. GEe "3-E57dO 7; LIST PRINCIPAL(S) INCLUDING NAMES OF MAIN OFFICERS: Naehalani Breeland PHONE:(Bus.) 808-W-1654 (Res,) Hawaiian Ola LANDOWNER SIGNA LANDOWNER(S) ADDRESS: 74-5598 Whia (Fax) _ DATE: IQfzp 2z HI 96740 REQUEST: Renovation of former Wainaku executive cntr to Restaurant, Bar, Distillery TAX MAP KEY: 2-6-015-001 & 002 ZONING: MG-5a, MG -la SIZE OF PROPERTY OR AFFECTED AREA(S): 10.942 ac & 1.368ac AGENT: NIA ADDRESS: TELEPHONE:(Bus.) (Res.) (Fax) Please' indicate to whom original correspondence and copies should be sent. ORIGINAL: Brett Jacobson COPlo. cross.johnc@gmaii.com Description of Proposed Project and Statement of Objectives SMA Condition #3, subsections A through E SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION County of Hawaii Project: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Re -Development & Re -Use of the Existing Wainaku Executive Center, TMK 2-6-015-001 & 002 Applicant: Brett Jacobson Owner: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation SMA Application Background Information Condition 3 A: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY (EIS), HRS Chapter 343-5. Chapter 343-5 states that an Environmental Assessment is required for any use within a shoreline area. Applicant Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation respectfully asks that the information provided within this SMA application is sufficient to ascertain that the project as described is exempt from HRS Chapter 343. The following points are summarized: a) No work will be performed within the 40' shoreline setback; b) No exterior additions to the primary structure will be performed, c) Excavation work is limited to the slope on the West, (farther inland) and will be covered by a Grading Permit; d) the wastewater treatment system to be constructed will not discharge any effluent on site; e) An Archaeological Inventory Study (AIS) has been performed for the proposed work; f) the SMA application will be heard before the Windward Planning Commission and maybe subject to conditions by the Planning Director and/or the Commission; and g) the Primary Action under Chapter 343-5.5 meets the exemption criteria to the Chapter. Condition 3 B: DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT AND OBJECTIVES B. The project described for this SMA application is the re -development and re -use of the former Wainaku Executive Center into a restaurant, bar, and micro -distillery. Appurtenant to those improvements to the building's use will require 1) land grading to allow for additional parking and 2) the installation of a wastewater system capable of handling the restaurant, bar, and micro -distillery effluent. Each of the above development actions is described below, 1) Hill excavation and grading to allow for additional parking; 2) Waste water system and improvements; and 3) Description of interior improvements for the restaurant, bar, and micro -distillery. 1) Grading and excavation work The former Wainaku Executive Center was developed by C. Brewer & Co., Ltd., (CBCL), in 1997 under SMA- 0367. The work took an existing shell of an abandoned sugar warehouse and converted the structure into a two-story headquarters for CBCL. The original sugar warehouse was the location of a large hill separated by the Hawaii Consolidated Railway's main track line and the ocean to the east. The entire hill was leveled for the construction of the warehouse, see Exhibit 3-B La 1921 Sanborn Insurance company map that states "Hill to be leveled for new warehouse". The map was updated after the hill was leveled dated June 1926 and shows the floor plan of the warehouse on the former hill site. See Exhibit3-8 1.b The hill on the west or mauka side of the railroad tracks was left untouched and remains on site today. A portion of this hill is proposed to be excavated and leveled to the elevation of the existing asphalt driveway to allow for the addition of 27 new vehicle parking stalls as well as the various subsurface structures for the waste water system. See Aina Engineers Site Plan (SP-1) and Grading Plan (C-1) attached hereto as Exhibit3-B 1.c, Exhibit3-B I.d, & Exhibit3-B Le. Estimated earthwork quantities encompass 0.30 acres of graded area with approximately 12,000 cubic yards of soil and rock to be removed. None of the material is expected to be used on site as "fill" thus requiring all 12,000 cubic yards (CY) to be exported to off site locations. The exported material will be accommodated at various agricultural farm locations. Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation has a 43.285-acre farm at Pahoehoe, TMK 2-7-003-025 where approximately 10,000 CY of the material will be used as fill and soil amendment. In addition to this site, the general contractor has indicated that they could use approximate 2,000 CY at their off -site location. The area to be leveled has minimal archaeological features that may be impacted by the excavation. See SCS, Glenn Escotts' Archaeological Inventory Study (AIS) in section 3 -I — 1 of this application. Portions of an old flume cut will be eliminated. There are no structures within the flume cut, it is a trench through soil upon the hill. Any wood remains of the flume have long been removed or rotted away since cane fluming ended in the early 1960's. 2) Installation of new Wastewater System The existing Wainaku Executive Center was developed for corporate office use and did not require an extensive waster water system. Through CBCL's construction work and SMA-367 an existing cesspool was converted into a leach pit and a contained septic tank was installed ahead of the leach pit. Since then, the Edmund C. Olson Trust No. 2 who acquired the Wainaku Executive Center expanded the restroom facilities however, not to the point of requiring an enlarged septic tank system. The proposed use of the building by Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation considered in this SMA application will increase the amount of people visiting the building as well as the envisioned processing actions within the restaurant, bar, and micro - distillery. The waster water system is being designed for the following demand: Restaurant:120 meals per day at 10 gallons per meal = 1,200 gpd Bar: 40 bar seats per day at 15 gallons per seat = 600 gpd Distillery operations: 1,200 gpd TOTAL WASTEWATER PER DAY = 3,000 gpd The system is designed to process 3,000 gpd of wastewater through a multi -stage process: 1. Grease Interceptor, to be placed underground within the vicinity of the excavation work and new parking stalls described earlier. 2. Anaerobic baffle reactor, 5,000 gallon, "stage 1", underground... as above. 3. Anaerobic baffle reaction, 5000 gallon, "stage 2", underground... as above. 4. Lift Pump station, underground —as above. The effluent waters are then transported by underground pipes through the existing Train Tunnel where it is further treated on the property to the North of the tunnel. 5. pH adjusting of the wastewater before the aerobic reactor tanks... 6. Aerobic Reactor tank, above ground, 3,200 gallons, "stage 1" 7. Aerobic Reactor tank, above ground, 3,200 gallons, "stage2" 8. Clarifying settling tank, above ground, 2,000 gallons 9. Membrane filter station 10. Ultraviolet light filter station 11. Holding tank, 60,000 gallons for the R-1 water. This tank is within a secondary containment tank. The tank will hold approximately 20 days of wastewater. The R-i waste water will be hauled offsite to the Hilo wastewater plant once per week. This has received verbal approval from the County Department of Environmental Management, (DEM). No wastewater will be disposed of on site except for the pre-existing septic tank and leach pit described earlier. See Exhibit 3-B 2.a "Expanded View of Wastewater system". This exhibit with annotations traces the flow of wastewater from the building through to the holding tank. 3) Restaurant, Bar, and Distillery Within the walls of the existing building Hawaiian Ola Brewing will be removing most of the existing offices and replacing them with a distillery, bar, and restaurant. The second floor will serve as the bar and restaurant. The two offices to the north end of the floor will remain intact. See Exhibit 3-B 3.a "Floor Plan for Ola Distillery". The first floor will be built into a micro -distillery. On the South end of the building where there is currently a three car garage, will be converted into the agricultural processing area for the Ki root, (Cordyline fruiticosa, aka "Ti Leaf"). The middle of the first floor will be the distillery operation where the Ki root will be fermented. Just north of the initial distilling operations will be the main distilling room where fermented Ki root is further refined into traditional "Okolehau" spirit. The okolehau spirit is then placed in barrels for aging. The barrels of okolehau will be stored in the existing Train Tunnel. The floor of the tunnel will be modified so that it becomes a containment area for the entire total volume of the spirits stored there. The bar is planned to be open Tuesday through Saturday from 4pm to 10pm. The restaurant will have 60 seats and is planned for two "turns" per day. Hours will begin with Friday and Saturdays only, 5pm to 9pm. As demand grows Hawaiian Ola Brewing might extend the days of the week to Tuesday through Saturday, matching that of the bar. Staff and manpower on site: The bar will require 3 employees. The restaurant will require 4 cooks, 4 servers, 1 manager and 1 host, 10 employees total. The distillery operations will require 2 to 3 employees. If fully staffed, maximum count will be 16 employees per operating day. Visitor Numbers per day: At maximum operating capacity the Hawaiiam Ola Brewing Corporation Wainaku Restaurant, Bar and Distillery may have the following visitors. Bar: 40 bar seats per day = 40 visitors Restaurant: 60 seats X 2 turns per day =120 visitors Tour and Tasting Room = 25 visitors Total daily visitor count: 185 per operational day, (less when restaurant'and bar are closed) EXHIBIT 3-13 1.a 1921 SANBORN INSURANCE COMPANY MAP OF WAINAKU MILL SITE Showing "hill to be leveled for sugar warehouse building" EXHIBIT 3-13 1.b UPDATED SANBORN MAP DATED 1926 OF WAINAKU MILL SITE The map shows the newly constructed (1924) warehouse(colored in Blue) being the site of the current structure to be renovated as part of this SMA application JULY Wl 31 HILO 1-Wiml 601L V.- aR tl 3 Pond 0J) rr /// 'a 4v— -4ARRW— .77- W I LO SUGAP2 CO. WAI NA K U I 'SOU'T IA w I LO CA ST. WAWAI I . sCALFE so'�,.. p.. r r S r x 1 i ON EXHIBIT 3-B 1.c PETER J.K. DAHLBERG, ENGINEER AINA ENGINEERS, INC. SITE PLAN (SP-1) Overview of exterior project work to be performed EXHIBIT 3-13 1.d PETER J.K. DAHLBERG, ENGINEER AINA ENGINEERS, INC. GRADING PLAN (C-1) EXHIBIT 3-13 Le PETER J.K. DAHLBERG, ENGINEER AINA ENGINEERS, INC. Expanded and annotated depiction of GRADING PLAN (C-1) showing details of hill excavation, waste water system, new parking stalls, and concrete flume structure for possible demolition ACCESS AISLE DC 'AINA LIL SO w q 0�1 5Z VG ARKING SIGN ETAIL RE aERVED PARKING SIGN 0- z < 'o Z< 73 o o z < < 0 z F- odo LOCATION MAP VI+_ Excavation Site, approximately f .. 12,OGO cubic yards. Terraced . - benches Detween t sibl. demolition. :pas xa LOCATION P AND NOTES --- C-1 ,......_.. EXHIBIT 3-B 2.a PETER J.K. DAHLBERG, ENGINEER AINA ENGINEERS, INC. Expanded and annotated depiction of Waste water system Subsurface installation to lift pump thence to above ground storage tanks beyond historic train tunnel feature. Note waste water hauling station for off site disposal of "R-1" wastewater. EXHIBIT 3-13 la ALAYNA LOKELANI KILKUSKIE, ARCHITECT FLOOR PLAN OF PROPOSED INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS DISTILLERY, RESTAURANT, AND BAR First floor: Ki root processing area; Fermentation Tanks; Micro distillery inclusive of stills and proofing tanks; Tasting Bar; Men's Women's Restrooms; Main entry from Parking lot, Lanai seating and exit to makai grounds and stone amphitheater. Second Floor: Main Kitchen facility; Restaurant and Dining layout; "Koa Bar and Lounge"; Executive Offices; Stairs % Elevator; upper story Lanai Expanded View of Wastewater System PH Aerohic Reactors Adjuster lg� Clarifying 65,000 gal Holding Tank within 90,000 Tank gal secondary containment tank Red line —ground elevation s a, es. a- eras. sew Cross membran filter and UV filte Grease Intercepor Anaerobic Baffled Lift Pump Blue line with embedded arrows Tanks depicts direction of wastewater flow. Note: Waste system from grease Interceptor to lift pump located South of Train Tunnel Waste system from pH adjuster to 65,000 gallon holding tank located North of Train Tunnel 1. Al LOKELANI ,KILKUSKIE 2nd FLOOR E � - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -_--+r 7r ___________ e � � e ww F__ }____.. -------------- FT a - occ)o gym, C I IL ------------ --------------------- - i st FLOOR Condition 3 C: Description of the Subject Property Subject Properties: The subject property is identified as TMK 2-6-015-001, (Parcel 001) and 2-6-015-002, (Parcel 002) consisting of 10.942 acres and 1.368 acres respectively. The subject properties are about 1 mile from downtown Hilo heading north along Highway 19 to the main entrance to Parcel 001 on the right. Parcel 002 is west (mauka) of H-19 and is accessed up Hau Lane and then right on Wainaku Street. Attached as Exhibit 3-C 1.a is a copy of TMK Plat map 2-6-015 with the subject parcels outlined in Red. Parcel 001 will have most if not all of the proposed work to be performed that was described above. Parcel 002 will remain in graveled state with no new work other than the improvements to the Public Access Trail to Alealea Point for traditional shoreline fishing activities as described in previous SMA actions. TMK 2-6-015-001 (Parcel 001) was subject to the actions and conditions of Variance Permit No. 611 effective August 13, 1981. Parcel 001 and TMK 2-6-015-002 (Parcel 002) were then subject to the actions and conditions of SMA-367 (Major) issued September 19, 1996. Further parcel 001 was granted SM minor permit 2013-00261 issued March 22, 2013. This SM Minor was amended recently in 2022 as issued July 25, 2022. Copies of these SMA actions are attached herein as exhibits within Condition #10 "Other Plans and Additional information Relevant to this Application': The property and its structures have had a long and varied use. Both parcels can be stated as being "fully developed" for its industrial zoning. It was originally a sugarcane mill and sugar processing operation. Raw sugar was packed into 100 Ibs bags and stored in the warehouse that is currently being renovated by the applicant. The Mill operation ceased in 1974 and both properties sat vacant for ten years before the abdandoned mill structures were dismantled and hauled away for scrap iron, (see Variance Permit 611). Only the unused remnants of the mill foundation, overhead concrete flume structure, train tunnel, cane loading parapet, and the sugar warehouse structure remained on site. After C. Brewer & Co., Ltd. was granted SMA Major 367 in 1996 the property and structures became the corporate offices for that company. The grounds were cleared and grubbed of decades or weed growth and trees. A fisherman trail access route was established with proper signage emplaced. In 2013 the Edmund C. Olson Trust No. 2 purchased the properties from D. Buyers Entreprises. (JWA "Doc" Buyers was the president of C. Brewer & Co., Ltd.). During the Trusts tenure the property was used for the executive offices of the Trust and Trustee Edmund C. Olson. The building and grounds were used as an "events center" hosting parties, weddings, corporate meetings and training venues. These activities were hosted as many as four to six events per month. Since Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation's acquisition of the properties in February 2022 the site has been used to complete pre -arranged weddings and meetings that were "booked" by the Trust and as of August 2022 those have now ceased. The property is being used by Ola for Ki root propagation and engineering studies to perform the actions described in this application. Topography: The topography of the parcels is varied with flat developed areas where the mill buildings and warehouse are to hilly and steep where the lands descend to the shoreline. After entering the property from H-19 the driveway slopes down towards the building. A French drain catches all water flow from the driveway. An underground stone lined aqueduct for "Kaiwiki Stream" traverses the entire width of Parcel 001 and exits into the ocean through a 40' high seawall. Most of the developed area of parcel 001 has this man-made seawall constructed in 1921 that protects the parcel from damaging wave or tsunami actions. Other photograph exhibits in the appendix depict the terrain. Rainfall and Soil classification: Approximate annual rainfall is 140 inches. The soils of the area are primarily Hilo Silty Clay Loam (HoC). These soils are very well drained, runoff is slow and the erosion hazard is slight. The soils are typically very acidic. Description of other unique features: The Hawaii Consolidated Railway main track line transects parcel 001 North to South (and vice versa) the tracks went under the Sugar Mill structures in a large concrete tunnel. The tunnel still shows signs of black suet on the arched ceiling of the tunnel. A significant concrete vehicular overpass connects parcel 001 with parcel 002 across State Highway 19. This structure allowed 30-ton cane trucks to pass over H-19 to the cane unloading station upon parcel 001. This overpass is upon State lands however, an easement in perpetuity attached to the land and successors and assigns of Hilo Sugar Company remains in place and is appurtenant to Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation's use. "Easement D- 50' wide" was created by that certain Order of Condemnation dated 8/31/1956 recorded at the Bureau of Conveyances of Hawaii in Liber 3177 at Page 332. A copy of this document is attached within Condition #10 "Other Plans and Additional Information Relevant to this Application' EXHIBIT 3-C 1.a TMK PLAT MAP (3) 2-6-015 SHOWING PARCELS 001 AND 002 OUTLINED IN RED ------ ---------- -2-6-15 47 3 "AVA I AHOA 22 to A HIGHWAP VI: r /---------- -- lo Ad ------------- - ----------- - --------------- ---------------------- zone orvisici.. a. 4Ad.) [72T so 15 sus-lEcT To CHANGE Statement of Proposed Development in Relation to Chapter 205A SMA Condition #3, subsection F SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION County of Hawaii Project: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Re -Development & Re -Use of the Existing Wainaku Executive Center, TMK 2-6-015-001 & 002 Applicant: Brett Jacobson Owner: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation STATEMENT OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IN RELATION TO CHAPTER 205A Special Management Area Guidelines: SMA Application Condition 3-F SECTION 1. All development in the Special Management Area shall be subject to reasonable terms and conditions... A. Adequate Access Public Access to the shoreline will be ensured through the establishment of an Easement granted to the County of Hawaii, following the guidelines recited in SMA-367 (1996 C. Brewer & Co., Ltd owner) and further recited in Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation, SMM 13-000261 AMENDED, dated July 25, 2022. Currently, Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation has retained attorney Thomas Yeh, (Law Offices of Yeh and Kim), to craft the easement document. B. Adequate public recreation areas and wildlife preserves are reserved The only public recreation area on the subject parcels is Alealea Point which has been a well-known pole line fishing location. No other public recreation has been or will be permitted or provided on the site. The site has been an industrial complex since the turn of the century and fully developed to that industrial use through 1996. Since then, formal access to Alealea Point for fishing purposes has been designated and allowed. There are no known areas where "wildlife" habituate on the properties. C. Provisions are made to Minimize Solid and Liquid Waste effects upon the SMA resources Best Management Practices (BMP's) will be employed at the various locations where soil excavation for the parking expansion and for the wastewater system as described earlier in this application, See prior Exhibits 3-B 1.d,1.e, & X.a for engineering designs, excavation grades, and sewage disposal system to be built under this application. The wastewater system is designed to not discharge any effluent into the subsurface ground through leach field or pits. Wastewater will be treated onsite in containment tanks as described in application condition 3-B. Under previous SMA 367, an onsite septic tank and converted cesspool to leach pit disposal system was installed. This system will remain in operation. The septic system will be pumped as necessary. D. Alterations to Landforms and construction of structures shall cause minimum adverse effects... The proposed grading of a portion of the hill just West of the existing building will require the removal of 12,000 cubic yards of soil and rock. The current hill is an artifact left over after the Sugar Warehouse was built in 1924. The existing hill where the current Wainaku Executive Center stands was leveled to construct a sugar warehouse, accessible by railroad engines and cars. The current grade of the hill has a near vertical slope that constantly caving and sheering soil and rock. The proposed grading of the hill covered in this application is for expanded parking area, (additional 27 stalls), and installation of sub -surface wastewater treatment tanks. The grade slopes at completion will be at appropriate slopes and benches to minimize soil and rock sluff or sheering of material in the event of an earthquake. The actions of this application will make the hill and slope more attractive and safer for the users of the property. The work forthe septic system and wastewater storage tanks will be placed in the vicinity of the current paved entry road and will extend to the wastewater holding tanks beyond the train tunnel feature. The proposed 12,000 cubic yards of material to be excavated will be trucked off site. It is not expected that these two landform alterations will affect water resources and scenic and recreational amenities. The work will not cause danger of floods, wind damage, storm surge, landslides, erosion, and siltation. As stated earlier it is expected that the hill grading work will improve stability and possible failure in the event of an earthquake. Additionally, BMP's will be employed during all phases of the proposed work. SECTION 2 Further Ensuring the following... A. The development will have no substantial adverse environmental or ecological effects... It is not expected that the project will have adverse environmental or ecological effects. The cumulative impacts of multiple individual actions appear to have lessened since the days of sugarcane milling, sugar manufacturing, and power generation performed on the property. The use of the subject parcel will be reduced to a more passive graceful industrial use through Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation plans for a bar, distillery, and restaurant. (See also Description of Anticipated Impacts, Dla's Application Information, Condition p4 subsection A through G) B. The development is consistent with Chapter 205A... The development is consistent with Coastal Zone Management objectives and policies. The development is consistent with Chapter 205A -26 Special management Area guidelines. The preceding paragraphs within Section 1 and 2 and following paragraphs in Section 3, affirm the Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation project is consistent with all facets of Chapter 205A. C. The development is consistent with the County General Plan and Zoning... The sites are zoned MG-5a for TMK 2-6-015-001 and MG -la for TMK 2-6-015-002. Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation's re -development and re -use of the former Wainaku Executive Center is consistent with the industrial zoning of the parcels. The business qualifies under the general plan and zoning ordinance as an approved activity. The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide, (LUPAG) shows portions of the area being open for potential rezone to Resort (V). This is not consistent with the current planned and future use by Hawaiian Ola Brewing. The LUPAG map reflects the past efforts of C. Brewer & Company Ltd. (CBCL) and that of immediate past owner Edmund C. Olson Trust No. 2 who actively considered rezoning the property to Resort. Those past actions were never effectuated. The current owner Ola intends to keep the parcels in Industrial use for the foreseeable future but may consider a rezoning action to Resort should that action avail itself as a good future opportunity for Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation. SECTION 3 Minimize Certain Impacts... A. Alterations to bays No dredging, filling„ or other work will be done to alter any bay, salt marsh, river mouth, slough, or lagoon. B. Development that would reduce the size of recreational areas... No work is proposed that will reduce the size of any beach or other usable area for public recreation. As stated earlier there is only one standing public recreation area at Alealea for fishing access, (Pole and Line). There is no physical access for ocean entry upon the parcel. The property is bounded by a manmade seawall on the oceans edge. This seawall was constructed in 1921 and is some 30'* in height. C. Restriction of Public Access... Public access to the sole recreational site will be established through the existing conditions of SMA-367 and as re stated within SMM 13-000216 AMENDED, July 25, 2022. Current access to the Alealea fishing point is open and free to the public by foot path from applicants adjoining parcel TM 2-6-015-002 thence across an overpass above H-19 and then on a foot path trail to Alealea Point. D. Effects to Shoreline Line of Sight... No work will interfere with views toward the sea from the belt Highway (H-19) or that of old Mamalahoa Road above TMK 2-6-015-002. The proposed landscape actions permitted within SMM 13-000216 Amended, July 25, 2022 may actually improve the line of sight of the ocean and Hilo Bay from H-19 and the parcels nearby. E. Adverse Effects to water quality, wildlife habitats, or agricultural uses of lands... The development will employ BMP's during excavation work ensuring that the activities will not adversely affect a) water quality, b) existing areas of open water free of visible structures, c) existing and potential fisheries and fishing grounds, d) wildlife habitats, or e) potential or existing agricultural uses of the land. A new drywell is planned to be installed at the makai edge of the current existing parking area thus retaining and handling any increased surface water flow from the new parking area pavement. - Hawaii Belt Rood SOR 3(1) - -_--- ------------- -- ee• .•"pia � ! • - •�• � � (R-Y�2e.Fs') .... - ��S.iN w b nw RCGw MIu ti .___y-�- _ )' � M � \ � � 0• � w.a�C Wr •p W"C _ � � - LOg01IIG ntYr � `•`\� '� iC) (() - '2 1 R,p 0 New Dry Well 40' Set back ` Figure 3 Surrounding Zoning and land uses SMA Condition #3, subsection G SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION County of Hawaii Project: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Re -Development & Re -Use of the Existing Wainaku Executive Center, TMK 2-6-015-001 & 002 Applicant: Brett Jacobson Owner: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation SMA Condition #3 subsection G: Surrounding Zoning and Land uses The zoning map for the area surrounding the parcels is shown below: MID Subject parcel 2-6-015-001 zoned MGSa Subject parcel 2-6-015-002 zoned MG1a W,k Surrounding property owners zoned RS-7.5 and RS-10 Figure 4 The surrounding parcels to the applicant's Industrial zoned properties are primarily residential lots created by Hilo Sugar Co., Ltd. to house its former employees. Skilled laborers and supervisory housing in RS-10a zoning and other employees in traditional "Plantation Camp" housing in RS-7.5a zoning. Other land uses in the vicinity are Family Agriculture 5a, Agriculture 20a, Rural Agriculture la, and Open between H-19 and the ocean Flood Insurance Designation Flood Hazard Assessment Report SMA Condition #3, subsection H SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION County of Hawaii Project: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Re -Development & Re -Use of the Existing Wainaku Executive Center, TMK 2-6-015-001 & 002 Applicant: Brett Jacobson Owner: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Flood Insurance Designation, SMA application Condition #3 — H The subject properties are shown on the enclosed Flood Hazard Assessment Tool, (FHAT) are primarily within Flood Zone X. Zone X represents areas determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain. There is however, a small portion of Parcel 001 located at Alealea Point which falls into the VE Zone. VE is called out as being "Coastal Flood zone with velocity hazard (wave action); 8FE determined." The BFE, or Base Flood Elevation is the water surface elevation of the 1% annual chance flood. Despite this designation at Alealea Point, the Flood Hazard Assessment Report states that "This property is [NOT] within a Tsunami Evacuation Zone." This small section of Parcel 001 is well outside of any construction actions considered in this application. Flood Hazard Assessment Report } www ,—.11"r(, «4 P rk OLA BREW SMA 2022 sr.� A• Property Information COUNTY: HAWAIi TMENO: (3)74-015:00Z WATERSHED, WADFARU PARCEL AOM$S-. 26-231k HAWAII BELT WOHWAY .ILO, HI K710 Flood Hazard Information FIRM INOU DATE. 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No meMnory Road IlwunnrA .v.e apply, bat mveraze Is ova fable In px60-flnE commw Figure 5 Archaeological Resources Archaeological Inventory Study Scientific Consultant Services Report SMA Condition #3, subsection I, 1 SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION County of Hawaii Project: Hawaiian Oia Brewing Corporation Re -Development & Re -Use of the Existing Wainaku Executive Center, TMIC 2-6-015-001 & 002 Applicant: Brett Jacobson Owner: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Archaeological Resources, Archaeological Inventory Study, (AIS) SMA Application Condition I —1 Attached as a separate PDF document in the appendix, is the full AIS as prepared by Scientific Consultant Services, Inc., Glenn Escott, M.A. Senior Archaeologist Floral and Fauna Resources 5MA Condition #3, subsection 1 SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION County of Hawaii Project: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Re -Development & Re -Use of the Existing Wainaku Executive Center, TMK 2-6-015-001 & 002 Applicant: Brett Jacobson Owner: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Floral and Fauna Resources, SMA Application Condition #3 -- J Floral Resources The subject properties have been in near fully developed industrial condition for over 100 years. Native plants and vegetation have slowly been replaced by non-native species such as guinea grass, Melotia, Chinese Banyan and Albizia. "Hau Street" once provided the primary access to Parcel 001 was named for the large thicket stands of Hau (Hibiscus tillaceus) that once covered the slopes near the Mill buildings and Sugar warehouse. (Site of Ola's re -use and development into a bar, restaurant, and micro - distillery). Today there is virtually no Hau present upon parcel 001 and only a small stand remains on Parcel 002. Other Native species are present on the property but are located at the ocean edge along the steep pali faces outside of the seawall structures. Species such as Hala, (Pandanus odoritissimus); Kamani, (Colophyllum inophyllum); Ni'u (Coconut, Cocos nucifera.); and Ulu (Breadfruit, Artocarpus altillus) are sporadically found. There are other non-native species present that have some resource values. Mango, (Mangifera indica), Golden bamboo, (Bambusa vulgaris),and a host of decorative landscape plants that were planted during the CBCL renovation under SMA 367 in 1997 through 1998. Landscape Architect David Y. Tamura Associates Inc. states in SMA Application 96-08, by letter to Mr. Willie Tallet of CBCL that "During my visits to review the site conditions of the proposed office building I have not observed any rare native plants within the project's construction boundaries..." Fauna Resources There are no known native mammal residents of the subject properties, however, it is possible that the Hawaiian Hoary Bat, (Opeapea, Laziurus cinereus) could occupy the tree top and mid -level branches for rest during the daylight hours. A'ama crab, (Grapsus tenuicrustatus) are found on the shoreline rocks and the vertical walls of the stone seawall. Non native Tahitian prawns, (Macrobrachium lar) inhabit the small stream that dissects parcel 001 beyond the train tunnel feature. There appears to be no native river species in this stream such as O'opu, Opae, or Wi, all having perhaps consumed by the aggressive non-native prawns. Valued Cultural Resources SMA Condition #3, subsection K SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION County of Hawaii Project: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Re -Development & Re -Use of the Existing Wainaku Executive Center, TMK 2-5-015-001 & 002 Applicant: Brett Jacobson Identify any Traditional and Customary Native Hawaiian Rights and Resources, SMA Condition #3 — K Other than the fishing site at Alealea Point, there are no known traditional native Hawaiian or valued cultural resources that exist upon the subject properties. The properties were used extensively for Sugarcane processing, warehousing, and offloading of bagged sugar to moored ocean carriers. Industrial use of the properties appears to have commenced in 1884. The fishing site at Alea lea point is well known and used regularly by the surrounding community and others who know of the site. The style of fishing is sometimes called "slide line" as the hook and bait are clipped onto the pole set line by a ring. The ring with line, bait, and hook slides down the main line and stops at a metal stop loop just below the ocean surface. Public Access SMA Condition #3, subsection L SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION County of Hawaii Project: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Re -Development & Re -Use of the Existing Wainaku Executive Center, TMK 2-6-015-001 & 002 Applicant: Brett Jacobson Owner: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Identify any existing Public Access to the Shoreline, SMA Condition #3 — L. Parcel 001 between H-19 and the Ocean has an existing Public Access route to Alealea Point for pole and line fishing. No ocean entry access is permitted as the area is a steep and rocky coast. This fishing site has been used for many decades by the community. Access to the site will be preserved by conditions that will be improved upon and fulfilled by applicant Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation. In SMA-367 it was stipulated that the access will be provided and an easement to the County of Hawaii recorded at the State Bureau of Conveyances preserving that public right in perpetuity. Unfortunately, the past owners, CBCL, DB Enterprises, and Edmund C. Olson Trust No. 2 never completed the recording document in favor of the County. The trail was built, signage was emplaced, parking stalls were designated, yet no recording document was signed and recorded. Applicant Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation through the July 25, 2022 amendment to SMM-000261 and as well stated herein, will perfect the conditioned Public Access right by recording the easement in favor of the County of Hawaii. As of December 2022, Attorney Thomas Yeh, Law offices of Yeh and Kim, has been retained by the Applicant to craft the easement document in favor of the County of Hawaii. Description of Access to the Property Traffic Impacts from Proposed use SMA Condition #3, subsection M & N SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION County of Hawaii Project: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Re -Development & Re -Use of the Existing Wainaku Executive Center, TMK 2-5-015-001 & 002 Applicant: Brett Jacobson Owner: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Description of Access to the Properties, SMA Condition #3 M Access to the properties is by County and State owned paved public roads. Parcel 001 has its primary access off of Highway 19 at approximately the 2.5 mile marker. Highway 19 was constructed with turning lanes, acceleration, and deceleration lanes with storage capacity of three to four vehicles each. See the attached embedded Figure from State DOT files. Photograph drone Exhibits 10-D 1 through 5 also show these highway lanes. A secondary route to Parcel 001 is using a Highway Overpass easement across H-19. The overpass starts at Parcel 002 and is 50' wide crossing H-19. The easement is appurtenant to both Parcels 001 and 002. A copy of the easement is provided in Section 10, Other Plans and information. A third access site to Parcel 001 is found at the far north end of Parcel 001 where a 20' wide "Access Permitted" is denoted on TMK and survey maps of the parcel. This access site is not currently used and needs significant improvements if it were to be used as such. Parcel 002 obtains its access from Old Mamalahoa Highway, also known as Wainaku Street. Parcel 002 abuts Hau Lane and H-19 yet there is no access to the parcel from those two routes. Traffic Impacts from Proposed uses, SMA Condition #3 — N Past Traffic Activities: A brief history of past traffic use from the parcels should be recited before assessing the proposed traffic impacts from the applicants planned uses. After H-19 was constructed in the mid 1950's fluming of sugarcane to the mill was eliminated being replaced by large 30 ton cane trucks hauling sugarcane to the Mill. Additionally tandem semi rigs took raw sugar to the Hilo wharf, mud and bagasse trucks left the property to off site dump sites and then returning. Add to that, the normal vehicular traffic of employees and service agents to the sugar mill. Approximately 140 cane truck loads per 24 hour day entered and left the properties through Old Mamalahoa Hwy (Wainaku Street) onto parcel 002 then across the overpass to Parcel 001 where the cane was off loaded and then the trucks would leave through parcel 002 again back to the harvest fields. Approximately 5 tandem bulk sugar trucks would leave Parcel 001 existing left onto H-19 thence to the Hilo wharf for off load and return to Parcel 001. Mill Trash, Mud and bagasse trucks would leave Parcel 001 at the rate of 24 trucks per 24 hour day, exiting right onto H-19 thence turning left up Hau Lane and Kaiwiki Road to dispose of the waste in the cane fields above. In addition to that stated above one would need to add personal employee vehicles, deliveries of Bunker C fuel, mill parts, various supplies, and other miscellaneous deliveries. Approximately 65 laborers and staff were employed at the Mill site upon Parcel 001. In total Parcel 001 had the effects of 65 employees entering and leaving during a 24 hour period with some 30 large trucks leaving and entering, and unknown numbers of visitor and delivery traffic, assume approximately 100 vehicle entry/exits. In total Parcel 002 had some 140 large cane trucks entering the parcel, crossing the 50' wide overpass and leaving again. Future Traffic Activities: Possible traffic impacts from Hawaiian Ola Brewing's restaurant, Bar, and micro -distillery may create a visitor traffic count of 185 persons per day. Using an assumed passenger per vehicle at a maximum 1.0 visitors per vehicle results in 185 vehicles, however a minimum of approximately 2.0 visitors per vehicle, equates to 93 vehicles per day. Staff and operations including deliveries of Ki leaf root and wastewater trucking are expected to number around 20 vehicle entry and exits at Parcel 001's H-19 main access site. These estimated numbers add to approximate 205 to 113 entry / exits from Parcel 001's main H-19 access point. With H-19 at the primary entry/exit site having four lanes, complete with acceleration and deceleration lanes, and a storage capacity for four vehicles for left hand turns from H-19 to parcel 001, the vehicular traffic counts are not expected to have a significant impact to the use of H-19. Additionally, the traffic from the proposed development will be limited to the afternoon and evening hours when traffic conditions on H-19 are at the lowest levels. Peak entry/exits from parcel 001 are forecasted to not exceed 25 per hour. With past usage history in context and the limited hours of operation, Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation does not believe a Traffic Impact Analysis Report (TIAR) is required. Additionally, TIAR's are not typically required of SMA actions as they are for say other land endeavors such as a subdivision. "'"' f 4a H.M ro f S"a K•60 YKy t�'e toe ran S. rr. hw * �. n• iraa sr Jxa snw Rat. ILA }A d.,y�6 R. ae ~ C.� t[ • JOd?} 1M/Yi 1h 0 llRv[l 9'�rrlp Niq/ <I " 0N.Sa, I Sri K^ri f Sfa RYI Left turn with storage lane leaving Highway 19 and crossing into subject property. , ?p���lf1Jl � R • 7?}J7 J3� z`c�I'cc�ir.n M4 r ---- -- - - _ - _ "I Entry to TMK 2-6-015-001 from j Figure 8: H-19 HDOT Map Highway 19. Acceleration lane to I right leaving the property, deceleration lane to left entering the property. Availability of Utilities Water, Telephone, Electricity, Sewage Disposal SMA Condition #3, subsection O SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION County of Hawaii Project: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Re -Development & Re -Use of the Existing Wainaku Executive Center, TMK 2-6-015-001 & 002 Applicant: Brett Jacobson Owner: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Availability of Utilities: SMA Condition #3 — O WATER: Water from the County of Hawaii Department of Water Supply is on site. The water source is from an 8" mainline off Wainaku Street. There are two service lines that are upon parcel 002,1) 2" Potable water with service meter, and 2) a dedicated Fire Protection service line. Both lines begin at parcel 002, crossing the lot then proceeding under H-19 in a concrete culvert easement granted in favor of the parcels from the State Department of Transportation. Fire protection, life safety, and appliances were installed in the Wainaku Building following the Fire Code as recited by Fire Chief Nelson Tsuji in his letter of 8/21/1996. The manual fire alarm levers, automatic sprinkler systems and smoke alarms are all connected to a server that automatically notifies the Fire Department if any of these systems are activated. The immediate past owner, Edmund C. Olson Trust No 2 had the systems tested on an annual basis. A Fire Hydrant with safety bollards was installed just outside the building next to the slope to be excavated for additional parking and wastewater system. This will result in the hydrant being relocated. Applicant Hawaiian Ola Brew Corporation will consult with the Fire Department staff on the best location following the guidelines of section 10.207 of the Fire Code. ELECTRICITY and TELEPHONE Electricity and telephone are on site. like the water system, the service lines start at Parcel 002 with utility lines and poles along Wainaku Street. The lines then traverse over H-19 to a mainline pole on Parcel 001 where the lines then drop underground to a transformer vault and thence to the North end of the building where the HELCO service meter is placed. SEWAGE DISPOSAL Existing sewage system: In its current state, sewage is disposed of on site through a septic system. The system consists of a 1,000-gallon septic tank with leachate then flowing into a leach pit. The leach pit was the site of an original cesspool installed during sugar operations. The long abandoned and unused cesspool was upgraded with 6' diameter concrete seepage rings. The plans indicated that the seepage pit is 22' deep. Information regarding the system was obtained from CBCL building plans and the Department of Health wastewater records. The former owners had the septic tank pumped out and emptied on a regular basis. Sewage disposal system to be installed under this application: The plan to re -develop the property to house a bar, restaurant and distillery will significantly increase the sewage and wastewaters on the property. Please refer to SMA Condition #3-B which recites the details of the new system to be installed. Of significance is that NO wastewater will be disposed of on site, all wastewaters will be treated to "R-1" standard and be trucked off site for further processing at a County of Hawaii Department of Environmental management wastewater treatment facility. Description of Anticipated Impacts of the Development on the SMA SMA Condition #4, subsection A through G SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION County of Hawaii Project: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Re -Development & Re -Use of the Existing Wainaku Executive Center, TMK 2-6-015-001 & 002 Applicant: Brett Jacobson Owner: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation DESCRIPTION OF ANTICIPATED IMPACTS ON THE SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA A. Environmental Setting The primary project site TMK 2-6-015-001 (Parcel 001) is located between Highway 19, (Hawaii Belt Road), and Hilo Bay in the Wainaku District approximately 2 miles North of Hilo Town Center. The secondary TMK 2-6-015-002 (Parcel 002), is located just West of Parcel 001 between Highway 19 and the Old Mamalahoa Highway alternately called Wainaku Street. The two parcels are linked by a large concrete overpass above H-19 with a perpetual easement in favor of the parcels from the State of Hawaii DOT. Parcel 001 contains 10.942 acres. Parcel 002 contains 1.368 acres. Both being described by a 2012 survey by DLB & Associates. See Exhibit 4 A, ALTA Survey Map by DLB & Associates. Both parcels were the site of the Hilo Sugar Company's Wainaku Mill complex. Nearly all of the parcels workable land areas were developed for sugarcane processing and refining to granulated raw sugar. The current setting shows only a fraction of what once existed. Today a more serene setting is presented with beautiful views of Hilo Bay, sounds of the ocean, and a manicured landscape set amongst remnants of the former mill foundations. The proposed project for the SMA application will primarily take place on Parcel 001 with only minimal activity on Parcel 002. The site is the location of the Wainaku Executive Center which renovated a former Sugar warehouse into the corporate headquarters for C. Brewer & Co., Ltd. (CBCL). The CBCL renovation work was covered under SMA Major-367 with Conditions approved September 12, 1996. The completed office structure contains a total of 11,809 sq. ft. with 6009 sq. ft. on the first floor and 5,800 sq. ft. on the second floor. Parking improvements and landscaping of the parcel was accomplished. In September 2012 the project parcels were sold to the Edmund C. Olson Trust No.2. About a year later in September 2013 an SMA Minor Permit 13-000261 was approved for the Trust to perform certain tree clearing, fence installation, and landscape renovations. In February 2022 the parcels were sold by the Trust to current Applicant Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation, (Ola). Just recently an amendment to SMM 13-000261 was issued on July 25, 2022 allowing current owner/applicant, Ola, to continue needed "Land and Resource Management, Fence Installation, and Clearing of Seawall Vegetation". Owner/applicant now intends to further re -use and re -develop the former Waniaku Executive Center into a Bar, Distillery and Restaurant. B. Relationship of proposed actions to land use plans and policies... Parcel 001 is zoned MG-5a Industrial, Parcel 002 is zoned MG-1a. Ola's proposed re- development and re -use of the Wainaku Executive Center is an approved use within the Industrial zone. The site is within the Special Management Area (SMA), thus the need for the applicant/owner to apply for and receive and SMA permit prior to the ground disturbance work at the site. C. Impact of the Proposed Actions on the Environment... No adverse impacts are anticipated by the proposed re -development and re -use actions to the environment or resources. It should be restated that the project site has been severely modified by the previous owners, first and foremost the Sugarcane operations of Hilo Sugar and CBCL that occupied the site for over 100 years. The landscape of the parcels was shaped and graded and then shaped and graded over again and again to serve the needs of the sugarcane milling and processing operations. Then the site was shaped and graded again through the actions of CBCL and SMA-367. The property could be stated as being "Fully Developed" for industrial purposes and therefore should be no concern for adverse environmental impacts or negative impacts to existing resources. That being said, the development taken by CBCL under SMA Major 367 covered many of these concerns and the proposed actions of Ola are similar in nature to the recitations covered by SMA-367. Within that context, CBCL's "petition" recites that the "...the geotechnical report, appendix C, shows that the 1921 drawings by Hilo Sugar Co. show a 36' high slope and knoll at the proposed (sugar) warehouse site, (now the site of the Wainaku Executive Center and Ola's proposed interior bar, restaurant, distillery and improvements), ...and further, "...The 1930 maps show that the knoll had been removed and the warehouse had been constructed with a railroad spur along its western side. The existing approximate 40' high vertical cut face mauka of the existing warehouse is left from the knoll that was cut for the railroad and warehouse construction." The proposed excavation of a portion of this remnant knoll by applicant Ola for additional parking improvements is consistent with what was accomplished by its predecessor in interest, Hilo Sugar Co. The existing knoll face is near vertical and subject to repeated Bluffing and caving of soil and rock onto the road surface below. The proposed grading of the hill will improve the safety of the site as well as provide for additional parking. The hill and slope are covered in non-native grasses, weed trees such as Melotia, Brassica, and Albizia. The landscape architect for petitioner CBCL stated..."During my visits to review the sites conditions of the proposed office building 1 have not observed any rare native plants within the projects construction boundaries. Also, l observed no evidence of long term water parading areas." In 2013 when SMM 13-000261 was being applied for by previous owner Edmund C. Olson Trust No. 2, State Historic Preservation Division, (SHPD), was consulted as to the proposed actions being contemplated for the Land Resource Management and vegetation clearing. On February 26s` 2013, SHPD archaeologists Theresa Donham and Sean Naleimaile conduced a site visit with Trust representatives John Cross and Troy Keolanui. The purpose to assess the current conditions of the property and the presence of historic properties. In a letter dated March 27, 2013 SHPD responded that it has concerns over soil disturbance activities affecting historic features and that an Archaeological Inventory Study. (AIS) be performed prior to any soil disturbance construction activities. This was made a condition of SMM 13-000261 Conditions #4 & 5. The proposed work by Ola will clearly involve ground and soil disturbance and as such has contracted with Scientific Consultant Services, (SCS), Glenn Escott to perform the AIS. The completed AIS is attached to this application as a separate PDF. D. Any Probable Unavoidable Adverse Environmental Effects... None known to exist. The proposed wastewater system Ola engineers have designed is not discharging any effluent into the ground through subsurface leach fields or pits. The waste waters will be treated and stored in tanks for removal by trucking services to offsite processing or uses. The excavation work coupled with mandated BMP's should not create any adverse environmental effects. E. Alternatives to the proposed actions... The proposed bar, distillery, and restaurant within the structure require the exterior work to be performed. One cannot exist without the other. There are no County Wastewater sewer lines in the vicinity of the subject parcels, as such no alternatives have been contemplated. F. Mitigating measures to minimize impact... The decision to not dispose of waste waters into the ground through subsurface leach fields or pits is a huge mitigating measure to effects on the environment. With the applicant doing so within this SMA area and being so close to the waters of Hilo Bay is an exemplary action. The installation of a new dry well, (refer to Section 3-F, Figure #3) will retain waters from the parking lot before reaching the seawall and Hilo Bay. G. Irreversible Commitment of Resources... The excavation of the "knoll" hill mauka of the building structure will irreversibly change the appearance of the existing hill. Certain actions in the past irreversibly excavated and eliminated an entire hill for the construction of the sugar warehouse and railroad grade. Those actions of the past have given the current site a steep unstable slope to contend with. There are no rare or native plant species upon the excavation site. The excavation actions will be irreversible, however, will result in an environmental setting which will be more aesthetically pleasing and functional as an expanded parking facility for the guests of Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation's new facility. Should demolition of the concrete flume structure be approved by SHPD, this historic element of the parcel will cease to exist, however, the structure will be "preserved" through photographs and other elements of data recovery recommended by Scientific Consulting Services (SCS, Glenn Escott) and SHPD Reconnaissance Level Survey. EXHIBIT 4-A DLB and ASSOCIATES ALTA SURVEY DATED 9/5/2012 Inclusive of Report of Findings; Metes and Bounds; Map Depiction (!Vote: larger scale map can be provided upon request) Cy '�f-4 d1bAssociates Ph: 808-965-4206 Daniel Bmag Info t� @dlband assoc.com LAND SURVEYING • MAPPING ► C-ONSULTING Fax: 808.982-6830 web: www.dibandassoc.com P.O. Box 49-2281, Kea'au, HI 95749 Report To: Title Guaranty Escrow Co., First Hawaiian Bank and Wainaku Ventures_.LLC September 5, 2012 c/o Haidee Kanakanui 450 Kilauea Ave. Hilo, H1. 96720 Escrow No. 12007385 Attention: D. Tomono Re: TMK's (3) 2-6-015: 001, 002 Portions of Grants 3386;959, Apana2; 960; 804; 806; 132; 3233, and L.C.Aws4378 Apana 2; I-G Apana I Wailua and Mokuhonua, So. Hilo, Island & Co. of Hawaii. This report refers to conditions observed during field surveys dated July 23, 2012, as shown on the ALTA/ACSM Map dated July 31 and revised August 20, 2012, Record lot dimensions are indicted by (R) and field measured dimensions are indicated by (F). Record easements and fee interest is disclosed by Preliminary Title Report No. 201228035 issued by Title Guaranty of Hawaii, dated June 7, 2012. Findings Regarding Parcel 1: Hawaii Co. Land Use Designation for this property is MG- Ia; General Industrial,l acre minimum parcel area. Regarding Parcel 2: Hawaii Co. Land Use Designation for this property is MG-5a; General Industrial,5 acre minimum parcel area. General Industrial designated zones have front setbacks of 20 ft.; No rear or side setbacks, except where subject to certain conditions. See Hawaii Co. Zoning Code §25-5-150 through §25-5-157 for details. This report and the accompanying map were prepared for the transaction indicated hereon, and should not be used for any other purpose. J12-83altaRpt-Rev.docx Page 1 O L-A SMN S—)e"I IT 4 - A dib & Associates LAND SURVEYING -!MAPPING • CONSULTING NOTED ITEMS AFFECTING PARCEL 2: Daniel L. Berg, PLS11245 Ph: 808-966.4206 Email. info@dlbandassoc.com Fax. 808.982-6836 web, www.dibandassoc.com P.O. Sox 49-2281, Keaau, HI 96749 1. A portion of an abandoned flume is situated in the Hawaii Belt Road (Hwy. 19) right -of --way. 2. A concrete headwall structure associated with a diverted stream is situated on the property line 3. A concrete bridge wall is situated as much as 2.4 ft. into Hawaii Belt Road (Hwy. 19) right-of-way. 4. Surface drainage from a concrete culvert is directed across property boundary into the parking area. 5. A guy -anchor for a utility pole (no. 512358) is situated 12.2 ft. into the subject property. No easement disclosed on the title report. 6. State Hwy. surface drainage is directed from a drop inlet to an override drain situated on the subject Property. 7. A foot path used by the public runs across the property to the sea cliff. NOTED ITEMS AFFECTING PARCEL 1: 7. A foot path used by the public runs across the property to the State Hwy. right-of-way. S. Utility vaults are situated on the property line, as much as 3.1 ft. into subject property. 9. A utility pole and overhead wires are situated 7.2 ft. into the subject property. No easement disclosed on the title report. General Observations None. Items located within the setbacks may be permissible intrusions depending on such factors as date of construction and zoning ordinances in effect at the time. Verify with Hawaii Co. Planning Dept for specific items. This report was prepared by me or under my uection. Daniel L. Berg PLS I t245 This report and the accompanying map were prepared for the transaction indicated hereon, and should not be used for any other purpose. 312-83altaRpt-Rev.docx Page 2 Tim Map Key (3)2-"15: 002 That eertain► parcel of 1and, being portions of Grant 959, Apo= 2 to Laepumi; errant 960 to KWa; Royal Paamt 5035, Lind Commisim Award 1-0, Apaas i to i+bbbmwi; Cmg 3386 W Hilo Sugm Company; and - MftdsW ofthe brteriO to Imo Sugar Cry dated August 8,1894, recorded in fiber 148, pages 158 to 163. Said land bing =*Ay of and adjacent to Wain" Street (also kww as Old Mamalahoa l'"Tighway) s umMed at Wadus and Mobftnua, District of South Mo, Island. and Counly of Hawaii, State of Hawaii, demcribed as follows: Being at the north Wa t.1= of this parcel of land, being nine the sou&"v t Cog= of Lot 2, "Haahco Booga pump SVW-on the east right- of way of Wamaku St %ML the aOOcdnufs of said Point of Began ing deuive d from Right of Way Map Seismic Wave Damage Reh"hd*m Plqccl No. SDR 3(1), dated Sept. 14.1948 and rafexred to GOVeMnlent Survey Ttiangalstion Station " MLAI", being 8,054.91 feet North and 1,643.77foat East and *once runWing by measured clockwise fcvm true South: 1. 28110 09' 54" 113.21 feet 2. lie 33' 45" 85.00 feet 3. 28l o 09' 361, 25.00 feet 4. loo 00, 15" 230.01 feet 5. 980 52' 13" 30.00 feet 6. Or 38' 3T' 103.65 feet 32012-023-TMK02LD.doex along Lot 2 as shown on the S'rrhd Pvisfon of TAff 2 6a-15: 002 boo cats 1 and 2 as Jg3FOV od by Hawaii County Planning Dept, as Styvision. No. 62", Febmacy 3,1999, t MM, Along the right-of-way of Hawaii Belt Road, Sai w aic Wave DumV RehAilitation project No. SDR 30), dated Sept.14,1945 M a curve to the left having a radius of 5,S09.58 feet; the cbozd aAmuffi and distance bang; along same, dome; along same on a curve to the left having a radius of 5,794 58 feet, the chord asniuth and diiUMM bang; tbewe; along mane. tiucnR e; along same on a ewe to the left having a radius of 2,420.83 foot, the chord = mvdh and dishmm being; along same, dXWO. 1 31 Auga 2012 f is 1 7. 95° 29, 33" 120.29 feet along i re north side of Hau Lane, ftWW: Along a carve to the right having a radius of 30.00 fleet, the chord azimuth and d mtmce bd BX s S. 1460 25' 33" 46.64 feet thenl'.C; 9. 1970 21, 37" 8.03 feet along said east right -of way o#"WAhaka Stroct to a pipe found, thence; 10. 1990 11' 35" 299.29 feet along same, thcnce; Along a Cme to the left having a radius of 355.34 feet, the ebocd afamuth and distance being; 11. 1$9a 50' 10" 103.29 feet along same to the Point of Bunning, enclosing an 3 area of 1.369 acres, move Or less. t This description was p vpared by me or tmda my diwion. Daniel L. Berg, PIS 11245 POB 49-2281. KWau, IIL 96749 ipFXWESSIONAL * LAND SURVEYOR 'r liq. 11'� .•,n..•»r m. • •aa.»rw; • u.+rac •o.•. s 32012-M TMK02LD.&M Page 31 Aug�rd 2012 Tax A+1aap (3) 2-"15. Mid. That certain parcel of hod, bang pans of Giant 132 to Psheet Grant 804 to Opu and Kua3nel ; CiT811t 846toKulMhtwlmlcea, Brant 959, Apana 2 to LWPU i; C 96010 K�eala, G 3233 t0 K,ebWa, and, Grant 3386 to Hilo Sugar Company; and Royal PAMA 4670, Land COMM"gM Award 4738, Apam 1 and Apaaa 2 to Aj*dW sad Deed: MinhftOfthe fi"FiOv to Halo SUW COUVMy dated August 8,1894, recorded in L w 148, pages 158 to 163. Said Sand Xymg 1y of and adjacent to Hawaii Bclt Road, Project No. SDR 3(1) situated. at WaiaakM, WMAUa and Mokuhoaua, D SWCt of South Hilo, bland. and County of Hawaii, Stsxc of Hatwaii, described as follows: __g at Un Sw& corner of this parcel of land, on the cant right-ofwsy of Hawaii Belt Raul, project No. SDR 3(l) the cooctiinates of saki Point of Beginning derived ftm 19 8&sondofrcWf aems a sbili Seismic Wave Damage Rebfi on Pmjecx No. SDR 3(1), dated Seer. , to Govemment Survey Tdaugulafion Station `SAT , being 6,60330 f+aet Noth and 1,986.87fed East and thence running by aunuths nammted ckwkwM ftotti► true South: Along Hawaii Belt Road on a curve to the right having a radius of 2.226.83 feet; tlne chrnd azkmith and dice being 1. 1610 33' 28" S9.O0 feat Thence , a1mg a partkm of R P. 2018, L-CAwa. 5703 and 11145 to Kspeak Wdd 2. 173a 30' 00" 24.57 feet along same, thence; 3. 4. 5. 6. 17r 00' O0" 70.00 feet along same, thenoc; 17S° O0' Or 90.00 feel along tee, t WW- 1770 28' 30" lOO° 25' 001" 59.95 feet along same, tbCWC; 40 00 Text 7. 179° 06' 27" 754.91 feet 8. 1880 52' 00" 8110 fret 9. 98* 52' 00" 39.00 feet 10. 188° 52' OD" 140.00 feet 11. 278° 52' OO" 39.00 feet J2Ol2,083 TMKOILD.docx along same to said Hawses Belt Road ri&-of-way, Along said rightlDf way On IS curve to the right having a radius of 2226.83 fit, tits &W axsMuth and &atwve beings Tben c% along Said right-of-wxy the fonowing 11 Win= along same, thence, along same, theaoe; along acme, thence; sloes same, theme: 29 Augo 2012 12. 18r 52' 0(r 108.00 f W &long samej iLiGl w' 13. 2780 52' W' 15.00 feet along same, & mce; 14. 1880 52' 00" 90.00 fleet dung same, 6MCP4 15. 980 52' 00" 25.00 fat along same, thence; 16. 1880 52' 00" 860.00 feet along same, dmce, 17. 2780 52' 00" 20.00 feet along same, thence; 18. 1880 52' 00" 84.14 feet along same to Grant 2979 tD Kapu, 19. 280° 30' 00" 20.00 feet almg the scashm and all its windings, the dived azimnrtbs and distances being: 20. 329° 00' Or 210.00 feet along same, the=; 21. 3r 00' 00" 255.00 Beet along acme, theare, 22. 355° 00' 00" 310.00 feet along same, thence; 23. 04- 00' or 210.00 Suet along same, dwnce; 24. 3370 00' 00" 250.00 feet akmg sme► sae; 25. 286° 04' 00" 250.00 feet along same„ O=cB; 26. 44!m 00' W, 460.00 feet along same, Hama; 27. 080 21' 47" 603 01 feet along same, 28. 10° 26' Sfi" 295.32 feet along C to the POifft � �� an f 0 n�wre or lOf am oem 942 acres, This descriprtio n was prepared by we or under my direction. �• 8 Daniel L. 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".rY.1 Y rL N�w�r rrfrwfrfM��Fr 1.�14 �r�N Wyk �7��G.F>R tiM4r T. rRl r ���KJ�y�=! .�rlr�i��•'Arw �r�. J.d Y. M4�il�r4�Jin. �� rF NMrrw,W J.•M rn hl.al lr��`+TR id M� �tial\•�ilr�ii! r� • _ lYr..L+F�w��Jaryr r �.. iYJa�Ty - n Ji�i Notification of surrounding Property Owners Notification Procedures SMA Condition #9 SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION County of Hawaii Project: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Re -Development & Re -Use of the Existing Wainaku Executive Center, TMK 2-6-015-001 & 002 Applicant: Brett Jacobson Owner: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation SMA Condition 9, Notification of surrounding Property owners, including information regarding the filing of Contested Case procedure 1. List of property owners within 300 feet of subject properties Using the Real Property Tax "Property Search" link a study was performed for all properties that are within 300' of TMK 2-6-015-001 and that of adjoining parcel TMK 2-6-015-002. The "Spatial Selection Tool" was employed with a 300' buffer entered. See attached scans of yellow highlighted parcels identified within 300' buffer. Approximately 71 parcel/owners were identified and are shown in the attached Excel Spreadsheet. Of note are 12 parcels where no notice is proposed to be given. These are: A) 7 parcels owned by the State of Hawaii being remnants of Highway 19 construction and including the "Scenic Point" parcel at 2-6-014-026; B) 1 parcel owned by the Water Commission, County of Hawaii, Pump Station at 2-6- 015-042; C) 2 Road lot parcels identified as being owned by "Various Owners", no address listed; D) 1 Road Lot parcel owned by Arthur K. lokepa, Jr, no address listed; E) and lastly 1 Road Lot parcel owned by Amor Barnhart Trust. All the "Road Lot" parcels "C", "D" & "E" have identified owners of residential parcels with correct addresses for notification, thus the owners of the road lots are already listed to be notified in the attached spreadsheet. (see Exhibit 9 A, Excel Spreadsheet) Parcels 300' from TMK 2-6-015-001 Figures 9 & 10 Parcels 300' from TMK 2-6-015-002 2. Sample notification letter with information to surrounding Property owners and lessees of Contested Case Procedure In accordance with the Planning Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, Rule 4, Contested Case Procedure, the following draft letter(s) is provided for your review. First Notice The first notice to property owners will be sent to the listed parcel owners "Within ten (10) days after the planning Department has officially acknowledged receipt of this application, Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation is required to serve notice to the identified surrounding property owners and lessees of record..." Second Notice The second notice to property owners will be sent to the listed parcel owners "Within ten (10) days after receiving notice form the director of the date of the scheduled hearing but not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date of the scheduled hearing." Note; Sample letter to property owners follows......... Sample Letter to Surrounding Property owners. (intro -header page) Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation 74-5598 Luhia Street Kailua — Kona, HI 96740 Telephone: Office: (808) 339-3599 contact@otabrewco.com /www.olabrewco.com DATE: MONTH DAY, 202_ TO: Surrounding Property Owners FROM: Brett Jacobson, Founder, CEO, Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation RE: Notice of Submittal of Application for Special Management Area (SMA) Use Permit, Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation, Wailua and Mokuhonua. TMK's 2-6-015-001 & 002 Please be informed that in a letter dated , the County of Hawaii Planning Department officially accepted our application for a Special Management Area (SMA) use Permit application affecting the subject parcels TMK 2-6-015-001, 10.34 acres and TMK 2-6-015-002, 1.367 acres. The sites are the former C. Brewer & Company headquarters (aka Wainaku Executive Center) and until recently the Edmund C. Olson Trust No. 2, Wainaku Ventures, LLC. Parcel 001 is on the makai (East) side of Hawaii Belt Highway (H-19) and Parcel 002 is on the mauka (West) side of the highway between the Old Mamalahoa Highway (Wainaku Street). See the attached location map. If approved, the applicant intends to make several improvements to allow for the construction of a Restaurant, Bar, and Micro -distillery within the existing 11,809 sq. ft. structure upon parcel 001. Concurrent to those improvements will be the need to excavate a portion of a large hill to the North of the building to install approximately 27 additional parking spaces and an underground septic system to handle wastewaters from the new uses. Of significance to note is that NONE of the generated wastewater from the new improvements will be disposed of on site. The effluent wastewater will be treated in the sub -surface tanks then transferred to above ground tanks for further treatment to "R-1" wastewater and then trucked off site to County of Hawaii wastewater treatment facilities. Parcel 002 is included within the SMA study area, yet no significant land use actions will occur upon that parcel other than planned improvements to the Public Access trail to Alealea Point for traditional shoreline fishing purposes. The access route has fallen into disrepair under former ownership(s) and it is the intent of Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation to make improvements to return it to former standards. The Windward Planning Commission will eventually conduct a public hearing and, if required, a contested case hearing on this matter. Prior to this hearing, Hawaiian Ola Brewing will again notify you of the date of the hearing, place, and time. This notice comes to you pursuant to Planning Commission Rule No. 4 (Contested Case Procedure) and Section 25-2-4 of the Zoning Code which requires notification of all property owners within 300' of the perimeter boundary of the subject parcels, first notice within ten (10) days of acceptance of the application by the Planning Department and second notice within twenty (20) days of the hearing date before the Windward Planning Commission. To provide input on this SMA application, you may: A) Provide written testimony to the Commission prior to the public hearing or in person verbally at the public hearing; and / or B) You may request for a Contested Case hearing. Should you seek to intervene as a party to this hearing, you must file a written request on the attached form "Petition for Standing in Contested Case Hearing", no later than 7 calendar days prior to the Commission's first hearing on this application. The completed form, together with a $200.00 filing fee payable to the Director of Finance, must be filed with the Planning Department, 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, Hilo, HI 96720, The Hawaiian Ola Brew Corporation SMA application is available for review at the County planning Department, 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, Hilo, Hawaii 96720 or at its Kona office in the Kona Civic Center located at 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua — Kona, HI 96740 Should you have questions on this application, please feel free to email my office at contact@olabrewco.com or the County Planning Department at 808-961-8288. Sincerely, Brett Jacobson, Founder & President Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Attachments: 1) Location map 2) Petition for Standing in Contested Case Hearing 3. Posting of Signage for Public Notification In addition to written notification to surrounding property owners, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) Article 2, Division 1, Section 25-2-12, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 edition) and/or Planning Commission Riles of Practice and Procedure require that within ten (10) days of being notified of the acceptance of an application, the applicant shall post a sign on the subject property notifying the public of the following: 1. The nature of the application; 2. The prosed use of the property; 3. The size of the property(s); 4. The Tax map key(s) of the property; 5. That the public may contact the Planning Department for additional information; and 6. The address and telephone number of the Planning Department. Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation will place the signage at the required size, lettering, and other conditions as stated on the "Posting of Signs" instruction sheet. 4. List of surrounding property owner spreadsheet. 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Past Special Management Area Actions: The subject parcels of this application have been the subject of several other SMA actions in the past. For information purposes copies of excerpts of previous SMA actions are included herein: 1. Planning Commission letter dated October 9, 1981, wherein Special Management Area Variance No. 611 was issued allowing "for the demolition/removal and salvage of certain structures and related improvements at the former Wainoku Sugar Mill site..." (See Exhibit 10-A 1) 2. Planning Commission letter dated September 19, 1996 wherein Special Management Area Use Permit Application SMA 96-08 was approved as SMA (Major) Permit No. 367 with conditions as listed. (See Exhibit 10-A_2) 3. Planning Department letter dated March 22, 2013 wherein Special Management Are Use Permit Assessment Application SAA 13-000932 was assessed as being an SMA Minor Permit and SMM-13-000261 was issued with conditions as listed. (See Exhibit 10-A 3) 4. Planning Department letter dated July 25, 2022 wherein Special Management Area (SMA) Minor Permit SMM-13-000261 was AMENDED and approved with conditions as listed. (See Exhibit 10-A 4) While the SMA permits were issued with conditions, it is appropriate to advise any interested party to review the application documents which are voluminous and filled with exhibits and relevant photographs. It would be redundant to reprint many of these exhibits when they already exist as public record in the County Planning files. B. Site Analysis dated 4/2/2001 This exhibit was produced by PBR Hawaii in April 2001 for C. Brewer & Company, Ltd. Although dated some twenty-one years ago the depiction is very descriptive of the terrain, topography, zoning designations, 40' shoreline setback, vehicular access points, pedestrian access to Alealea Point, and most of the features that exist on the subject properties of this SMA application. (See Exhibit 10-B) C. HDOT Final Letter of Condemnation and Grant of Easements to cross over and under State Highway 19 (H-19) This exhibit is a shortened scan of the significant pages of the recorded document at Liber 3177 page 305, dated 8/31/1956 where parcels of land were deeded to the Territorial Highways Department by Hilo Sugar Co. Ltd. and reciprocal Easements were granted to Hilo Sugar Co, Ltd. over structures built by the highways division for access and waterline purposes over and under H-19. The easements are appurtenant to the subject properties of this application and the successors and assigns of Hilo Sugar Co., Ltd. in perpetuity. (See Exhibit 10-C) EXHIBIT 10-A 1 SHORELINE MANAGEMENT AREA VARIANCE NO.611 Issued 10/9/81 Copy of variance to allow for demolition of the Wainaku mill site buildings EXHIBIT 10-A 2 SHORELINE MANAGEMENT AREA MAJOR 367 Issued 9/19/1996 Copy of letter of approval for SAA 96-08 with conditions for the renovation of the former sugar warehouse at the Wainaku Mill site into the corporate office building for C. Brewer & Company, Ltd. EXHIBIT 10-A 3 SHORELINE MANAGEMENT AREA MINOR 13-000261 Issued 3/22/2013 Copy of letter of approval for SAA 13-000932 with conditions for landscaping and other maintenance actions for then property owner Edmund C. Olson Trust EXHIBIT 10-A 4 SHORELINE MANAGEMENT AREA MINOR 13-000261 (AMENDED) Issued 7/25/2022 Copy of letter amending SMM 13-000261 with conditions for continuing landscape and seawall maintenance, including addition of safety improvements to former "paint shop" concrete structure for current owner Hawaiian Oia Brewing Corporation COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT 25 AUPUNI STREET • HILO. HA'WAII 96720 HERBERTT.MATAY05HI Mayor SIDNEY M. FUKE Director DUANE KANUHA Deputy Director October 13-, 1981 - Mr. R. L. Herberg Hawaiiana Investment Co., Inc. P. O. Box 1826 _ Honolulu, HI 96805 Dear Mr. Herberg: Variance Permit No. 611 TMK: 2-6-15:1 and 2-6-16:2 For your information, we are enclosing a copy of Variance Permit No. 611 granted by the Planning Commission on August 13, 1981 with the conditions stated on the Permit. - Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Planning Department. Sincerely, S DNEY- FUKE Planning Director lgv cc: Mr. Dennis Shigeoka w/enc. Building Division, DPW w/enc. lNV4/ARD COnF. SPC?IND4 lC Die Receives C . 7. ACTION ,��"` H. P. LU5COM8 C. BRIMER Cam.. LTD. - LAN' KOCTMENT PLANNING COMMISSION Planning Department County of Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii APPLICATION FOR VARIANCE ) by HAWAIfANA INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC.) VARIANCE NO. 611 'from ) SHORELINE SETBACK VARIANCE } in ) WAILUA, SOUTH HILO, HAWAII ) VARIANCE -PERMIT The County Planning Commission at a duly held public hearing on August 13, 1981, considered the application of HAWAIIANA INVESTMENT COMPANY, tN&. for a variance from Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, ashamended, and Rule No. 8 of the Planning Commission Relating to Shoreline Setback, more specifically, to allow the demolition/reemoval and salva a of cert ructures and related improvements�at the former ainaku Sugar Mill sit Wailua,.South Hilo, Hawaii, Tax Map Key 2-6-15:1 an _ - The'Comm'ission has found the following: The`.subject request is to allow the general clean-up and removal of trash and debris as well as to allow•the demolition, removal, and salvage of certain buildings within the shoreline setback area of the Old Wainaku Mill site. This area has not been maintained since its abandonment in 1976 and is presently in a state of disrepair and decay. The subject improvements, including the demolition and removal of existing structures, the securing of hazardous areas, and general clean --up will improve the safety and appearance of the subject area. A portion of the subject area is situated within the potential tsunami inundation area of the preliminary Flood Maps. The demolition and removal of these structures should reduce the potential impact should a tsunami occur. That the demolition'and removal of most structures, subsequent grouridskeeping and clean-up of all- weedsr r"Zraps and debris will greatly improve the scenic quality and increase open space resources. This will also enhance the outstanding view of the surrounding coastline, open ocean, Hilo town area and Kuhio Wharf. As such it is determined that the granting of the subject variance request will be in the public interest, resulting in the -enhanced appearance of the subject area and the reduction of potential hazards to life and property. That the proposed improvements should have no long -termed adverse 'impacts upon the environment. The shoreline, as certified by the State Surveyor's office, is at the top edge of the cliffs above the'ocean which constitute the makai boundary of the Wainaku Mill property. Consequently, the affected area is protected from potential wave action and erosion. Furthermore, the proposed activities will likely reduce the amount of pollutants and waste entering the ocean from overland runoff and drainage. Prohibition of dumping materials over the seawallwill prevent further pollution of aquatic ecosystems. No rare'and/or endangered species of flora and fauna will be ,affected as none were observed.on the project site area.- Therefore, the Commission hereby grants to the petitioner a variance to allow the demolition/removal and salvage of certain structures and related improvements..at the former Wainaku Sugar Mill site, Wailua, South Hilo, Hawaii, Tax Map Key 2-6-15.-1 and 2-6-16:2, pursuant toithe authority vested in it by Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and Rule No, 8, Section 8.8, Rules and Regulations Relating to�Shoreline Setback. E Approval of the variance permit is subject to the following conditions: 1. That the petitioner, Hawaiiana investment Co.; Inc., shall be',responsible for complying with all of the stated conditions of approval. Furthermore, the shoreline setback variance permit shall be -non -transferable. 2. Tdi t'the proposed demolition and clean-up commence within one (1) year from the effective date of the permit and shall be completed within one (1) year thereafter. 3. That all hazardous areas especially along the edge of the seawall shall be secured with wire fencing or other safety means. 9. That all disturbed areas which are void of vegetation shall be seeded back to protective ground cover. 5. That all other applicable rules, regulations and requirements shall be complied with. .Should any of the foregoing conditions not be metr the Shoreline - Setback Variance Permit may be deemed null and void by the Planning Commission. The effective date of this permit shall ;be from August 13, 1981. Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this APPROVED AS,TO FORM AND LEGALITY: i DE UT CORPORATION NSEL county of Hawaii Date: ���{"• .. .... - 9th day o October • fj- . 1981. BERT H. NAKANO Chairman, Planning Commission -2- S"Then K. Yarrtashiro Mayor CERTIFIED MAIL, Z 095 323 753 5EP 1 9 1996 psv of hV% dianuf vf CoUt r PLANNING COMMISSION 25 Aupunl Strxr, Roam 10 • Hilo, Hrw�fi 96720.4252 (W) %1-6288 Fax (808) 961-9615 Willie K. Tallett, Senior Vice President C. Brewer and Company, Ltd, P.O. Box 1826 Honolulu, HI 96805 Dear Mr. Tallett: Special Management Area Use Permit Application (SMA 96-8) Applicant: Mauna Idea Agribusiness Company, Inc., a Subsidiary of C. Brewer and Company, Ltd. Request: Develop a New Headquarters for C. Brewer and Company, Ltd. By Restoration, Renovation and Additions to the Existing Warehouse Structure at Brewer's Hilo Wainaku Mill Site The Planning Commission at its duly held public hearing on September 12, 1996, voted to approve the above -referenced application. Special Management Area Use (SMA) Permit No. 367 is hereby issued to allow for the development of a new headquarters for C. Brewer and Company, Ltd. by restoration, renovation and additions to the existing warehouse structure at Brewer's Hilo Wainaku Mill Site. The project site is located along the makai side of Mamalahoa Highway and Rau Street at Wainaku-Mokuhonua, South Hilo, Hawaii. Approval of this request is based on the following: The purpose of Chapter 205-A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and Rule 9, Special Management Area Rules and Regrilations of the County of Hawaii, is to preserve, protect and, where possible, to restore the natural resources of the coastal zone areas. Therefore, special controls on development within an area along the shoreline are necessary to avoid permanent loss of valuable resources and the foreclosure of management options, and to insure that adequate public access is provided to public -owned or used beaches, recreation areas, and natural reserves by dedication or other means. The proposed project will not have any significant adverse environmental or ecological effect, except as such adverse effect is minimized to the extent practicable and clearly outweighed by public health safety or compelling public interest. The project site is Willie K. Tallett, Senior Vice President C. Brewer and Company, Ltd. Page 2 zoned General Industrial (MG-5a) and was the location of the Wainaku Sugar Mill where sugar processing was conducted. The mill began operations in 1884 and closed down in 1976 after close to 100 years of operation, The applicant, C. Brewer & Company, Ltd. (hereafter known as C. Brewer) proposes to convert the existing warehouse structure into their main office headquarters which would accommodate approximately 30 employees. The subject development would be separated from the Mamalahoa Highway by an approximate 40-foot high embankment that has tree growth on it. The development would not be visible from the Highway nor interfere with the single-family residential (RS-7.5 and RS-10) uses along the Mamalahoa Highway which are not provided direct access on to the Highway. Adjacent parcels have an Open zoning and are not developed. No known threatened or endangered species of flora or fauna or their special habitats are known to exist within the project area. Due to the fact that the parcel is adjacent to the Hilo Bay, all development generated runoff shall be discharged on site. Wastewater disposal shall also comply with the Department of Health requirements. The applicant shall comply with all applicable requirements, including the Army Corp of Engineers, in regards to any discharges into Hilo Bay. In regards to traffic, it is not anticipated that traffic generated from the office building will have a substantial adverse impact on the coastal zone. Therefore, no conditions relating to traffic are included in this approval. As such, no substantial adverse ecological effects to the physical environment within the immediate area is anticipated to be generated by the proposed project. The proposed project is consistent with the objectives, policies and guidelines of the Special Management Area. These guidelines were established to provide guidance for the preservation, protection and development of coastal resources of the State and County. They identify several areas of management concerns including historic, recreational, scenic resources, coastal ecosystems, economic use and coastal hazards. The subject property, including the property directly across the Highway (2-6-15:2) were used for the Wainaku Sugar Mill operations. As such, the property has been :fully developed and used for major industrial uses. The renovation of the existing warehouse into a new headquarters for C. Brewer is not expected to affect any existing development in the area. A majority of the mill operation structures have been demolished. Remaining on the property are remnants of the building walls and foundation, flumes, train tunnel and concrete and asphalt roads. These aged structures will remain within the landscape to maintain the historical nature of the site. No known, presence of any significant historic or archaeological feature is situated on the project area. Fishermen who fish along the coastline will continue to be provided public access. However, no parking is available on site. A condition is included to require the applicant to submit a shoreline access plan for review and approval by the Planning Director. A 40-foot high seawall forms the east (Hilo Pay) boundary, and the applicant does not propose any improvements within the existing 40-foot shoreline setback area. In addition, although the properties are located on the makai side of the Manialahoa Highway, the newly renovated building will not be visible due to the high embankment and trees. Scenic views of Hilo Bay and town from the subject properties will be maintained and. preserved. The applicant also proposes to design landscaping that would enhance the features of the proposed building and environment, As such, the project would not interfere with any recreational resources, with the natural shoreline processes nor impact viewplanes to the coastal area. r r � Willie K. Tailett, Senior Vice President C. Brewer and Company, Ltd. Page 3 The applicant states that no dredging, filling or outer work will be done to alter the bay. Any runoff or discharge generated by the proposed project will be handled by on -site drainage improvements meeting with the approval of the Department of Public works and other government i egulations. Potential adverse impacts to coastal waters from soil erosion and runoff during construction can be adequately mitigated through compliance with existing construction regulations. The existing structure is within Zone X (outside of the 500 year flood plain). Wastewater generated will be disposed of on site with an onsite septic tank and disposal system. On -site drainage improvements and compliance with existing governmental regulations to control runoff, drainage and erosion would mitigate any adverse impact to the area's environment or the ecology of the area's coastal waters. In addition; it is not anticipated that the potential economic uses of the nearby coastal areas will be adversely impacted by the proposed development. In fact, the move of the C. Brewer corporate offices will help to boost the Big Island economy. The proposed project within the Special Management Area is consistent with the General Plan and Zoning Code. The proposed renovation of the existing warehouse structure into a corporate headquarters for C. Brewer consistent with the zoning for the subject area. The approval of the request would conform to the General Plan's Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map which designates the area for Industrial. C. Brewer is an industrial -agribusiness company; the offices would provide support services to their operations. The proposed project would complement the following goals and policies of the General Plan: Land Use Element: Designate and allocate land uses in appropriate proportions and mix and in keeping with the social, cultural and physical environments of the County. * The county shall encourage the development and maintenance of communities meeting the needs of its residents in balance with the physical and social environment. Economic Element: The County shall provide an economic environment which allows new, expanded, or improved economic opportunities hat are compatible with the county's natural and social environment. * The County of Hawaii shall strive for diversification of its economy by strengthening existing industries and attracting new endeavors. As there is a, possibility that the existing structure straddles the property borders of the two parcels and ;the fact that this is a single proposed development, a condition will be included to require consolidation of the two properties. Based on the above, the proposed project will not have any substantial adverse impacts to the subject or surrounding area and, therefore, will not be contrary to the purpose and intent of Chapter 205-A, HRS, relating to Coastal Zone Management, Rule 9 of the Willie K. Taliett, Senior Vice President C. Brewer and Company, .Ltd. Page 4 Planning Commission relating to the Special Management Area, and the General Plan and Zoning Code of the County of Hawaii. Approval of this request is subject to the following conditions: l . The applicant, successors or assigns shall be responsible for complying with all of the stated conditions of approval. 2. The applicant, its successors or assigns shall indemnify and hold the County of Hawaii harmless from and against any loss, liability, claim or demand for the pro erty damage, personal injury or death arising out of any act or omission of the applicant, its successors or assigns, officers, employees, contractors and agents under this permit or relating to or connected with the granting of the permit. 3. Final Consolidation Approval of the proposed properties shall be secured from the Planning Director within two (2) years from the effective date of this permit. 4. If applicable, the applicant shall construct the required water system improvements in accordance ;with the Department of Water Supply prior to securing Final Plan Approval. In lien of construction, the applicant may execute an agreement meeting with the approval of the Department of Water Supply. S. The applicant shall submit a public access plan for review and approval by the Planning Dirrector prior to securing Final Plan Approval. The plan shall include information: on shoreline accesses, parldng areas, signage and restrictions on use (if any) and related improvements. 6. Construction shall be completed within five (S) years from the effective date of this Peruait. Prior to the start of construction, Final Plan Approval for the proposed development and related improvements shall also be secured from the Planning Director. Plans shall identify all existing and proposed structures including remnants of the mill, fire protection measures, paved parking stalls and paved driveway, landscaping, future road widening and other improvements associated with the proposed development. Public access trails and parking areas shall also be designated. 7. All grading shall meet with the approval of the Department of Public Works. 8. Drainage improvements, if required, shall be constructed in a manner meeting with the approval of the Department of Public Works prior to securing Final Plan Approval_ 9. Comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and requirements of affected agencies for the project development. 10. An initial extension of time for the performance of conditions within the permit may be granted by the. Planning Director upon the following circumstances: Willie .K: Tallett, Senior Vice President C. Brewer and Company, Ltd. Page 5 A. The non-performance is the result of conditions that could not have been foreseen or are beyond the control of the applicant, successors or assigns, and that are not the result of their fault or negligence. B. Granting of the time extension would not be contrary to the General Plan. or Zoning Code. C. Granting of the time extension would not be contrary to the original reasons for granting of the permit. D. The time extension granted shall be for a period not to exceed the period originally granted for performance (i.e., a condition to be performed within one year may be extended for up to one additional year), This approval does not, however, sanction the specific plans submitted with the application as they may be subject to change given specific code and regulatory requirements of the affected agencies. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Alice Kawaha or Susan Gagorik of the Planning Department at 961-8288. Sincerely, Kevin M. Balog, Chairman Planning Commission AK:syw LMKAOI.PC cc: Honorable Stephen K. Yamashiro, Mayor Department of Public Works Department of Water Supply County Real Property Tax Division Office of State Planting, CZM Program (w/Background) Mr. Evan Cruthers/Media Five Mauna Kea Agribusiness .E P. 0. Box 15 Papai.kou, Hawaii Virginia Goldstein Planning Director County of Hawaii, Planning Department 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Dear Virginia: wir 96781 February 21, 1997 Speoial. Management Area Use Permit No. 367 Applicant: Mauna Kea Agribusiness Co,, Inc., a subsidiary of C. Brewer and Company, Ltd. Approved�Development: Draft Shoreline Access Plan and Proposed'Improvements within the 40-foot Shoreline Setback Area for.the Proposed C. Brewer Wainaku Office Building. Tax Map Key, 2--6-15 ,1 and 2-6-16 :2 : Wainaku & Mokuhonua South Hila 4awaia .__ Shoreline Public Access Plan Map of Shoreline Public Access: The alignment of the proposed Shoreline Public Access is temporarily rendered on a map attached and included as a part of this letter. A final map of the route will be' submitted at time of granting an the Public Access Easetpent . _Parking: Space for up to si3c (6) vehicles will; be made available to the public by moving the rack boulders away from the Wainaku Street Frontage. The Area will allow parking far enough away from Wainaku Street so that cars will, not need to back onto the street when exiting. Access Route: The route will cross the Open ground to the existing concrete bridg4a, cross the bridge to the concrete paved abutment, and -across the abutment to the beginning of the crushed cinder trail. The route will continue down the embankment by a compacted crushed cinder path no less than tree (3) feet wide at any point. Because the grade is steep, the compacted crushed cinder will provide better footing than the current dirt trail. The compacted Crushed cinder trail leads to the Railroad right- of-way which is of level grade. The route turns south along the Railroad right--of-way to a concrete ramp which Leads to the development area' general, grade. The route will continue to and along the northern seawall until reaching the A1.aelea Point, the preferred fishing site. Lateral Shoreline Public Access: As noted in your Letter to Mr. Evan D. Cruthers dated January 28, 1997, Lateral Shoreline Public Access will not be provided along the property's shoreline frontage due to the hazardous shoreline conditions, as Item 1 on Page 2. Trail Conditions: Mauna Kea Agribusiness will keep the parking area, concrete bridge, abutment area, concrete ramp, and the general project area free of weeds and growth which might make traversing these areas unsafe. The trail down the embankment will be at .least three feet wide at all points and will be capped with a compacted surface of crushed cinders for better traction and lower trail. maintenance. Signage: A map/sign will be posted at the Belt Highway entrance to the Wainaku office Building area which will include the route to the Wainaku Street parking area and public access entrance. A map/sign will be posted at the Wainaku Street parking area which will state "Shoreline Public Access" and indicate general route. Tweet -four Hour Shoreline Public Access: It is the intention of Mauna Kea Agribusiness co., Inc. to allow unrestricted shoreline public access. A pedestrian opening will be created through the existing fence between the Wainaku Street site and the concrete bridge. No permits or access control are currently under consideration. Some control measures could be implemented at a later date if an unrestricted access policy results in vandalism or damages to the general site or building improvements. Public Access Easement: Mauna Kea Agribusiness Co., Inc. agrees to grant a Public Access Easement to the appropriate County of Hawaii authority over the Shoreline Public Access route. Mauna Kea Agribusiness Co., Inc. would propose to reservs the right to relocate the Public Access Easement should a more suitable, and Planning Department approved, route become available in the future. I hope that this letter answers your questions and meets the t = requirements of Condition No. 5 of the SMA Use Permit No. :�67 . Thank you for your invaluable assistance in bringing the G. W Brewer Corporate Offices to Hilo. sincerely, Willie K. Tallett President Mauna Kea Agribusiness Co., Inc. Q- 4 William P. Kenoi Mayor West Hawai'i Office 74-5044 Are Keoholalole Hwy Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 90740 Phone (808) 323-4770 Fax (808)327-3563 March 22, 2013 Mr. John C. Cross P.O. Box 446 Papa'ikou, HI 96781 Dear Mr. Cross: County of Hawaii PLANNING DEPARTMENT BJ Leithead Todd Director Margaret K. Masunaga Deputy East Hawaii Office WI Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone (808) 961-8288 Fax (809)961-8742 SUBJECT: Special Management Area Use Permit Assessment Application (SAA 13-000932) Special Management Area Minor Use Permit (SMM-13-000261) Applicant: John C. Cross Landowner: Wainaku Ventures, LLC Request: Removal of Non -Native Trees, Replacing Chain -Link Fence Along Seawall, Installing New Railings Along Shoreline Sluff, Relocation of Existing Statue and Flagpoles, Improve Shoreline Public Access Tax Map Key: 3 2-6-015:001 Wainaku & Mokuhonua South Hilo Hawaii This is in response to your Special Management Area Use Permit Assessment Application, received on January 29, 2013 for the proposed removal of non-native trees, replacement of old chain -link fence along seawall, installation of new railings along shoreline bluff, relocation of existing statue and flagpoles, and improvements to the shoreline public access on the subject property. Please note that although the application asked for tree removal, prior to any land disturbance, the applicant must conduct an archeological inventory survey as required in the enclosed correspondence from the Department of Land and Natural Resources State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD), The subject parcel consists of 10.34 acres and is zoned MG-5a (General Industrial). The parcel is located in the State Land Use Urban District and designated as Resort Node and Open by the Hawaii County General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map. In addition, the subject parcel is located entirely within the Special Management Area (SMA) with frontage along the shoreline. www&Qhl2langinadmt cam Hawaii Count); is an Equal Opportu it.v Provider and Eniplayer p1j1nning1Eco.haNi jjii,us Mr. John C. Cross March 22, 2013 Page 2 Special Management Area Determination: 1. According to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 205A-22 and Planning Commission (PC) Rule No. 9-4 (e) (1) (B), "Grading, removing, dredging, mining, or extraction of any materials, " is not exempt from the definition of "development." Therefore, the proposed tree removal will require a review against the Special Management! Area rules and regulations. 2. According to HRS Chapter 205A-22 and PC Rule No. 94(e) (1) (E), "Construction, reconstruct!oIP, demolition, or alteration of the size of any structure" is not exempt from the definition of "development." Therefore, the proposed replacement of the chain -link fence, installation of new railings, and the relocation of the statue and flagpoles are considered to be development and will require a review against the Special Management Area rules and regulations. 3. The improvements proposed to the public access trail are consistent with the Shoreline Public Access Plan dated February 21, 1997, as a condition of approval of SMA Use Permit No. 367, and will not require further review against the SMA rules and regulations. ! Determination of Minor Activity within Shoreline Setback Area: Pursuant to HRS 205A-45 and Planning Department (PD) Rule 11-5 (a) "All lots which abut the shoreline shall have a minimum shoreline setback line offorty feet." Please note that the minimum 40-foot shoreline setback determination only applies to this proposal. The shoreline setback for any future developments on the subject parcels will be subject to a valid shoreline certification and will`be determined during the SMA assessment of that project. The improvements associated with some of the requested tree removal, the replacement of old chain -link fence along seawall, the installation of new railings along shoreline bluff, and the relocation of existing statue and flagpoles are proposed within the 40-foot shoreline setback area. However, the improvements would neither affect beach processes nor artificially fix the shoreline. Finally, with the exception of the installation of new railings, the improvements would improve views to and along the shoreline. The railings are being proposed as a safety measure and would not impede views to or along the shoreline. As such, there would be no significant visual impediments to and along the shoreline. Therefore, the improvements are considered minor and pursuant to PD Rule 11-5, will not require a Shoreline Setback Variance. Further, since the proposed improvements are considered minor and are proposed inland from the 40-foot high seawall, with the exception of the removal of invasive species from the face of the wall, the requirement to submit a current certified shoreline survey is waived. Mr. John C. Cross March 22, 2013 Page 3 Compliance with Environmental Impact Statement Regulations (Chapter 343, HRS): According to Hawai li Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 343-5, an environmental assessment shall be required for actions that propose any use within a shoreline area. However, Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR), Chapter 200, Environmental Impact Statement Rules, provides a list of classes of action that may be exempt from the preparation of an environmental assessment (EA). Among the list of exempt classes of action listed in HAR Chapter 200 are: • 11-200-8(A)(4) Minor alterations in the conditions ofland, water, or vegetation; • 11-200-80A) Construction or placement of minor structures accessory to existing fatalities; I The Planning Department consulted with the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Department of Lang and Natural Resources State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) regarding the Planning Director's "Declaration of Exemption" from the preparation of an EA for the subject project. The Planning Department determines that the proposed action will probably have minimal or no significant effect on the environment and hereby exempts the applicant from the preparation of an EA for the proposed project. No uses, activities, or development, other than those described in the application, shall be exempt from environmental review under HRS, Chapter 343. In summary, the proposed project requires an SMA Minor Permit. For this reason and pursuant to Planning Commission Rule Section 9-10(e), Special Management Area Minor Permit No. 13- 000261 is hereby issued for the SMA approval of the removal of non-native trees, replacement of old chain -link fence along seawall, installation of new railings along shoreline bluff, relocation of existing statue and; flagpoles on the subject property. It is the applicant's responsibility to read and comply with the conditions listed in the enclosed permit. If you have questions, please feel free to contact Bethany Morrison of this department at (808) 961-8138. Sincerely, 1-1-ev 4 ez �1- BJ LEITHEAD TODD Planning Director BJM:cs PAwPwin60\CZM\SMM\2013\SMM I3-261L Cross-Wainaku Ventures LLC,doc Mr. John C. Cross March 22, 2013 Page 4 Enclosures - SMM No. 13-000261 HRS Chapter 343 Declaration of Exemption DPW Memorandum dated March 7, 2013 SHPD Correspondence dated March 20, 2013 cc w/encls: Long Range Planning Planning Division State of Hawaii Department of Health Office of Environmental Quality Control 235 South Beretania Street, Suite 702 Honolulu, HI 96813 Wainaku Ventures, LLC 46 Amauulu Road Hilo, HI 96720 cc itr only: Ms. Theresa Donham, Archeology Branch Chief Hawaiillsland Section State Historic Preservation Division Department of Land and Natural Resources Kakuhihewa Building 601 Kamokila Blvd., Suite 555 Kapolei, HI 96806 Mr. Jesse K. Souki, Director Office of Planning, DBEDT State of. Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism P.O. Box 2359 Honolulu, HI 96804-2359 William P. Kenoi Mayor West Hawaii Office 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 Phone (808) 323-4770 Fax (808) 327-3563 County of Hawaii PLANNING DEPARTMENT BJ Leithead Todd Director Margaret K. Masunaga Deputy Fast Hawaii Office 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone (808) 961-8288 Fax (808) 961-8742 Special Management Area Minor Permit No. 13-000261 Project: Removal of Non -Native Trees, Replacing Chain -Link Fence Along Seawall, Installing New Railings Along Shoreline Bluff, Relocation of Existing Statue and Flagpoles Applicants: John C. Cross Land Owners: Wainaku Ventures, LLC Location.: Wainaku & Mokuhonun, South Hilo, IHawaPi TMK: (3) 2-6-015.001 Land Area: 10.34 aches 1. Project Description: The applicant proposes the removal of non-native trees, replacement of old chain -link fence along seawall, installation of clew railings along shoreline bluff, and relocation of existing statue and flagpoles on the subject property. 2. Purpose of Project: On September 12, 1996, the Planning Commission approved SMA Permit No. 96-8 (SMA 367) to allow for the development of a new headquarters for C. Brewer and Company, Ltd. by restoration, renovation and additions to the existing warehouse structure at Brewer's Hilo Wainaku Mill Site. The objective of this application is to return the property to its former state of care when SMA 367 was issued. Invasive and damaging trees that have grown since that time will be removed. 3. Project Valuation: $100,000. 4. Determination: According to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 205A-22 and Planning Commission (PC) Rule No. 9-4 (e) (1) (B), "Grading, removing, dredging, mining, or extraction of any materials, " is not exempt from the definition of "development." hi addition, according to HRS Chapter 205A-22 and PC Rule No. 9-4(e) (1) (E), "Construction, reconstruction, demolition, or alteration of the size of any structure" is not cxcmpt from the definition of "development." www,g ft1annin& ftt,com Hawaii County is an Equal opportunity Provider and Employer lan in Therefore, the proposed tree removal, replacement of the chain -link fence, installation of new railings, and the relocation of the statue and flagpoles are considered to be development and will require a review against the Special Management Area rules and regulations. State and County Plans I. State Land Use District: The subject parcel is designated Urban by the State Land Use (SLU) Commission. 2. General Plan: The Hawaii County General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map designation is Resort Node and Open. 3. County Zoning: The subject parcel is zoned MG-5a (General Industrial) by the County of Hawaii. 4. Special Management Area (SMA): The subj ect parcel is located entirely within the SMA. 5. Flood Zone: According to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), the subject property is located within Flood Zone VE and X. Compliance with Objectives and Policies of Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), Regarding the Special Management Area Check all objectives and policies found to be consistent with proposed development. Issuance of SMA Minor Permit requires that activity be consistent with all objectives & policies. The proposed development is consistent with the following objectives and policies: 0 Development will not have any significant adverse environmental or ecological effect, except as such adverse effect is minimized to the extent practicable and clearly outweighed by public health, safety, or compelling public interest. Such adverse effect shall include, but not be limited to, the potential cumulative impact of individual developments, each one of which taken in itself might not have a substantial adverse effect and the elimination of planning options. © The proposed development is consistent with the Hawaii County General Plan and the Zoning Code. ❑x The proposed development does not conflict with the following objectives of Chapter 205A; HRS, to: 0 Provide coastal recreational opportunities accessible to the public. 0 Protect, preserve, and where desirable, restore those natural and man-made historic and pre -historic resources in the coastal zone management area that are significant in Hawaiian and American history and culture. [91 Protect, preserve, and where desirable, restore or improve the quality of coastal scenic and open space resources. 0 Protect valuable coastal ecosystems from disruption and minimize adverse impacts on all coastal ecosystems, 0 Provide public or private facilities and improvements important to the State's economy in suitable locations. 0 Reduce hazard to life and property from tsunami, storm waves, stream flooding, erosion, subsidence and pollution. 0 Improve .the development review process, communication, and public participation in the management of coastal resources and hazards. 0 Stimulate public awareness, education, and participation in coastal management. IN Protect beaches for public use and recreation. 0 Promote the protection, use, and development of marine and coastal resources to assure their sustainability. 0 The proposed development is consistent with the following policies of Chapter 205A, HRS, relating to: 0 Recreational Resources 0 Historic Resources 0 Scenic and Open Space Resources 0 Coastal Ecosystems 0 Economic Uses 0 Coastal Hazards 0 Managing Development 0 Public Participation 0 Beach Protection 0 Marine Resources 0 The proposed development conforms to the requirements of Chapter 343, HRS, regarding Environmental Impact Statements. Findings As discussed above, the proposed development will not have any significant adverse environmental or ecological effect, except as such adverse effect is minimized to the extent practicable. and clearly outweighed by public health, safety, or compelling public interest. The proposed development is consistent with the objectives, policies, and SMA guidelines of Chapter 205A, HRS. The estimated project cost of approximately $100,000 is not in excess of $500,000. Agency Consultation: The project was reviewed under HRS Chapter 6E-42. The enclosed Department of Land and Natural Resources, State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) correspondence dated March 20, 2013, states the following: "Based on current information, SHPD recommends that an archeological inventory survey be conducted of the parcel prior to recommencement of landscape improvements, with the following exception: I. Relocation of the flagpoles can be completed due to the unsafe nature of the open excavations around the poles, and given that they were set in modern fill, as observed during the February 2d' site visit. 2. Relocation of the statue of Doc Buyers can occur; this will involve superficial ground disturbance only. 3. Repair of the existing chain linkfence can occur, due to the unsafe condition of the fence and because no ground disturbance will occur in connection with this repair. " The enclosed Department of Public Works, Engineering Division memorandum dated march 7, 2013, states the following: "We have reviewed the subject application for compliance with Chapter 27, Floodplain .Management, . forwarded by your memo dated February 27, 2013 and have no objections to the request. A portion of the subject parcel (Alealea Point) is in an area designated as Flood Zone VE on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) by the Federal Emergency Management tlgency. Flood Zone VE is the Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the 100 year flood (1 % chance of occurring in any given year). The proposed improvements are outside the flood zone, except a portion of the chain linkfence that is to be replaced with new railing and is of no concern. " Pursuant to Planning Commission Rule 9-10(e), Special Management Area Minor Permit No. 13-00026 1 is hereby approved to allow the removal of non-native trees, replacement of old chain -link fence along seawall, installation of new railings along shoreline bluff, and relocation of existing statue and flagpoles on the subject property, Please note that although the application asked for tree removal, prior to any land disturbance, the applicant must conduct an archeological inventory survey acceptable to SHPD. Conditions of The Planning Director has approved SMA Minor Permit No.13-000261 subject to the following conditions: 1. The applicant, its successors or assigns shall be responsible for complying with all stated conditions of approval. 2. The applicant shall secure all necessary approvals and permits from other affected federal, state, and county agencies as necessary to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. 3. The applicant shall comply with the provisions included in the previously approved Shoreline Public Access Plan. 4. Prior to any stump removal or root disturbance, the applicant shall conduct an archeological inventory survey acceptable to SHPD and provide the SBPD written approval of the survey report to the Planning Department. 5. Until written approval from SHPD is received, non-native invasive trees and vegetation may only be trimmed and maintained using hand tools, without ground disturbance. 6, During any work near the Alealea stream channel, a construction and silt barrier, meeting with the approval of the Planning Director, shall be erected along the top of the culvert system and stream bank to prevent materials from the stream channel. 7. All work, including the felling of trees, near the stream shall be directed away from the stream channel. 8. The Alealea stream channel shall be hand -cleared of any remaining green wastefrom previous tree removal activities and shall be maintained. 9. All green waste remaining from previous tree removal activities shall be collected by hand and disposed of at appropriate locations designated by the Department of Environmental Management for green waste, or mulched within the portions of the subject property located within Flood Zone "X" and outside of the stream channel and shoreline setback area. 10. All work within the shoreline setback area, along the top of the seawall, and shoreline bluff shall be performed from the mauka (inland) side of the property with the implementation of industry standard best management practices to prevent any materials from entering coastal waters. 11. During the replacement of the old chain -link fence along seawall, a construction barrier, meeting with the approval of the Planning Director, shall be erected along the top of the existing seawall to prevent materials from entering coastal waters. 12. During the installation of new railings along the shoreline bluff, a construction barrier, meeting with the approval of the Planning Director, shall be erected along the top of the bluff to prevent materials from entering coastal waters. 13.Other than the approved replacement of old chain -link fence along seawall, installation of new railings along shoreline bluff, and relocation of existing statue and flagpoles, no land alteration, grubbing, demolition or construction activities, including, but not limited to, the stockpiling of debris, construction materials or equipment, shall occur in the shoreline setback area without securing a prior written determination of minor structure or activity pursuant to PD Rule 11-8 from the Planning Director or approval of a Shoreline Setback Variance from the Planning Commission. 14. As required by PD RuIe 11-8 (b), the work within the shoreline setback area shall be completed within one (1) year from the date of this determination of minor structure or activity within the Shoreline Setback Area. 15. No heavy equipment shall be used in the shoreline setback area. 16. Any further grading, grubbing, filling or other construction activity, including but not limited to, the construction of structures of any type shall require further review and approval as provided under Chapter 205A, HRS, and Rule 9, Planning Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure. This includes the determination of the shoreline setback area. 17. Discovery of any unidentified sites or remains, such as artifacts, shell, bone or charcoal deposits, human burials, rock or coral alignments, pavings or walls will require that all work in the immediate area shall cease. The Planning Director shall be immediately notified. Work may proceed with an archaeological clearance from the Planning Director. The archaeological clearance requires a finding that sufficient mitigative measures are taken for the discovery; with written guidance from the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources. 18. An extension of time for the performance of the conditions contained herein may be granted by the Planning Director upon the following circumstances: a) The non-performance is the result of conditions that could not have been foreseen or are beyond the control of the applicant, successors or assigns, and that are not the result of their fault or negligence; b) Granting of the time extension would not be contrary to the original reasons for the granting of the permit; and c) The time extension granted shall be for a period of not to exceed the period originally granted for performance (i.e., a condition to be performed within one year may be extended up to one additional year). 19. Should any of the conditions not be met or substantially complied with in a timely fashion, the Planning Director shall initiate procedures to revoke the permit. APPROVED: BJ jXITHEkD TODD Planning Director Date LIAR 2 2 2013 William P. Kenoi Mayor West Hawai'i Office 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740 Phone (808) 323-4770 Fax (808) 327-3563 County of Hawaii PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO: Office of Environmental Quality Control 235 South Beretania Street, Suite 702 Honolulu, HI 96813 FROM: County of Hawaiii Director of Planning SUBJECT: Exemption Declaration DATE: March 22, 2013 BJ Leithead Todd Director Margaret K. Masunaga Deputy East Hawaii Office 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone (803) 961-8288 Fax (808) 961-8742 AGENCY OR APPLICANT ACTION Check applicable box ❑ This exempted action is an agency action as defined by Section 343-5(b), HRS, and Section 11-240-5, HAR x❑ This exempted action is an applicant action as defined by Section 343-5(c), HRS, and Section 11-200-6, HAR SPECIFY EXEMPTION CLASS Check applicable box ❑ The Exemption Declaration for the action described below is based on the Exemption List for the [name of agency], reviewed and concurred to by the Environmental Council on [date of concurrence]. • Exemption List Class _ Item Number _ • Applicable language from the exemption list: 0 The Exemption Declaration for the action described below is based on the consultation process prescribed by Section 11-200-8(a), Hawai'i Administrative Rules (HAR), Exemption Class: 11-200-8 A 4 11-200-8 A (6). DESCRIPTION OF ACTION Proposing Agency or Applicant: John C. Cross/ Wainaku Ventures, LLC Project Name: Removal of Non -Native Trees, Replacing Chain -Link Fence Along Seawall, Installing New Railings Along Shoreline Bluff, Relocation of Existing Statue and Flagpoles Address/Location: 238 Hawaii Belt Road/ Wainaku & Mokuhonua Anticipated Start Date: March 21, 2013 Anticipated End Date: March 21, 2014 www. h tannin Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer lam ngroko hMii.hi_us Island and District: Hawaii, South Hilo Tax Map Key(s): (3) 2-6-015:001 All Necessary Permits and Approvals: Special Management Area (SMA) Minor Use Permit NARRATIVE Describe the action and why it qualifies for the exemption: The applicant proposes the removal of non-native trees, replacement of old chain -link fence along seawall, installation of new railings along shoreline bluff, and relocation of existing statue and flagpoles on the subject property. On September 12, 1996, the Planning Commission approved SMA Permit No. 96-8 (SMA 367) to allow for the development of a new headquarters for C. Brewer and Company, Ltd. by restoration, renovation and additions to the existing warehouse structure at Brewer's Hilo Wainaku Mill Site. The objective of this application is to return the property to its former state of care when SMA 367 was issued. invasive and damaging trees that have grown since that time will be removed. The improvements associated with the some of the requested tree removal, the replacement of old chain -link fencing along seawall, the installation of new railings along shoreline bluff, and the relocation of the existing statue and flagpoles are proposed within the 40-foot shoreline setback area. However, the improvements would neither affect beach processes nor artificially fix the shoreline. Finally, with the exception of the installation of new railings, the improvements would improve views to and along the shoreline. The railings are being proposed as a safety measure and would not impede views to or along the shoreline. As such, there would be no significant visual impediments to and along the shoreline. The Planning Department consulted with the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Department of Land and Natural Resources State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) regarding the Planning Director's "Declaration of Exemption" from the preparation of an EA for the subject project. The Planning Department determines that the proposed action will probably have minimal or no significant effect on the environment and hereby exempts the applicant from the preparation of an EA for the proposed project. No uses, activities, or development, other than those described in the application, shall be exempt from environmental review under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 343. RECEIVING ENVIRONMENT Describe the site, including any impacts on the receiving environment: The project site was the location of the Old Wainaku Sugar Mill operations and consists of 10.34 acres. Most of the mill and superstructures were demolished in 1993 with the exception of the warehouse which was renovated. The site has an office building, parking structures, old sugar mill foundations, and a 40-foot high seawall along the Hilo Bay (east) property boundaries. In addition, a portion of the subject parcel (Alealea Point) is in an area designated as Flood Zone VE on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Flood Zone VE is the Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the 100-year flood (1% chance of occurring in any given year). The proposed improvements are outside the flood zone, except a portion of the chain link fence that is to be replaced with new railing and is of no concern with respect to Floodplain compliance. The subject property has a number of invasive and damaging trees such as Albizia; Gunpowder, Banyan, and Octopus. The project is not anticipated to affect the surrounding properties, highway, or ocean. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS I have considered the potential effects of the proposed project and all related activities against the criteria checked below: 0 Land Use and Zoning Conformance 0 Traffic (Vehicles, Bicycles, Pedestrian) 0 Infrastructure,: (Roads, Buildings, Utilities) 0 Air Quality Pollutant Emissions Mx Noise Emissions 0 Solid, Hazardous, and Liquid Waste Management 1] Social © Economic 0 Health and Safety © Recreation 21 Public Beach Access 0 Cultural Resources and Practices 0 Visual/Aesthetic IM Environmental Justice 0 Rare, Threatened, and/or Endangered Species IM Surface and Ground Water Resources 0 Wetlands 0 Floodplains Cl Riparian/Coastal Resources 0 Other Comments/sur mmary of impact analysis: The proposed development is consistent with the objectives, policies, and Special Management Area (SMA) guidelines of Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS). The proposed development will not have any significant adverse environmental or ecological effect, except as such adverse effect is minimized to the extent practicable and clearly outweighed by public health, safety, or compelling public interest. MITIGATION Describe all mitigation measures and best management practices planned to address impacts during the project activities and after project completion: 1. All work within the shoreline setback area, along the flop of the seawall, and shoreline bluff shall be performed from the mauka (inland) side of the property with the implementation of industry standard best management practices to prevent any materials from entering coastal waters. 2. During thereplacement of the old chain -link fence along seawall, a construction barrier, meeting with the approval of the Planning Director, shall be erected along the top of the existing seawall to prevent materials from entering coastal waters. 3. During the installation of new railings along the shoreline bluff, a construction barrier, meeting with the approval of the Planning Director, shall be erected along the top of the bluff to prevent materials ftom entering coastal waters. 4. Other than the approved replacement of old chain -link fence along seawall, installation o£new railings along shoreline bluff, and relocation of existing statue and flagpoles,, no land alteration, grubbing, demolition or construction activities, including; but not limited to, the stockpiling of debris, construction materials or equipment, shall occur in the shoreline setback area without securing a prior written determination of minor structure or activity pursuant to PD Rule 11-8 from the Planning Director or approval of Shoreline Setback Variance from the Planning Commission. 5. As required by PD Rule 11-8 (b), the work within the shoreline setback area shall be completed within one (1) year from the date of this determination of minor structure or activity within the Shoreline Setback Area. 6. No heavy equipment shall be used in the shoreline setback area. CONSULTATION The following parties; have been consulted about this declaration exemption (Name, affiliation, consultation date): I. County of Hawaii —Department of Public Works, February 27, 2013; 2. State of Hawai `i-Department of Land and Natural Resources, State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD), February 8, 2013. EXEMPT DECLARATION The direct, cumulative, and potential impacts of the action described above have been considered pursuant to Chapter 343, Hawai'i Revised Statutes and Chapter 11-200. Hawaii Administrative Rules. i declare that t6 action described above will have minimal or no significant impact on the environment and V erefore exempt from the preparation of an environmental assessment. MA R 22 2013 BJ HEAD TODD Date Planning Director L7 This document is on file in our office and is available for public review. Cl This document has been submitted to the Office of Environmental Quality Control for publication in The Environmental Notice. Mitchell D. Roth .Wati•or Lee E. Lord Managing Director West Hawaii Office 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hiw Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740 Phone (808) 323-4770 Fax (808) 327-3563 July 25, 2022 John Cross P.O. Box 367 Hakalau, HI 96710 Dear Mr. Cross: County of Hawaii PLANNING DEPARTMENT Zendo Kern Director Jeffrey W. Darrow Depial v Director East Hawaii Office 101 Pauahi Sheet, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawni'i 96720 Phone (808) 961-8288 Fax (808) 961-8742 SUBJECT: Special Management Area (SMA) Minor Permit -AMENDED (SMM-13-000261) (PL-INT-2022-002043) Applicant(s): John Cross Landowner(s): Hawaiian. Ola Brewing Corporation Project: Land and Resource Management, Fence Installation, Clearing of Seawall Vegetation Tax Map Ivey: (3) 2-6-015:001 Location: Wainaku & Mokuhonna, South Hilo, Hawaii We have reviewed your request to amend Special Management Area (SMA) Minor Permit No. 13-000261 (SMM-13-000261), received by this office on April 19, 2022, with additional information provided on June 8, 2022. The subject parcel consists of 10.34 acres and is zoned MG-5a (General Industrial). The parcel is located in the State Land Use Urban District and designated as Resort Node (ren) and Open (ope) by the Hawaii County General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map. In addition, the subject parcel is located entirely within the Special Management Area (SMA) with a portion of the proposed project located within the "shoreline area" as defined by Section 205A-4I(as amended), Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS). Existine Land Uses: The subject parcel includes the existing Wainaku Center, which replaced the original Wainaku Mill Site. On September 12, 1996, the Planning Commission approved SMA Permit No. 96-8 (SMA 367) to allow for the development of a new headquarters for C. Brewer and Company, wwvw.trlanning,liawniicounty.gov Hawaii Corn n, is an Equal Oppartxni.ti, Provider and mploper planni (a hawaiicountv_.gnu John Cross July 25, 2022 Page 2 Ltd. by restoration, renovation, and additions to the existing warehouse structure at Wainaku Mill Site. Pro osed Project: The applicant is proposing to conduct several activities related to land and resource management and safety improvements that are analogous to the approved uses under SMM-13-000261. The proposed activities are as follows: • Clearing of vegetation, without ground disturbance, utilizing hand tools and approved herbicides. • Application of approved herbicides to Banyan Tree stumps. • Resurface and repair the existing "old paint shed" concrete pad for safety. • Installation of fencing/railings along shoreline bluff. • Restoration of public access trail, and addition of signage in accordance with the approved 1997 Shoreline Public Access Plan. Parpose of Project: Since the issuance of SMM-13-000261, the property has come under new ownership and a new focus (proposed brewery and restaurant); however, it has not been maintained during that time. The current owner would like to continue the minor land and resource management activities and safety improvements in order to conduct master planning for the conversion of the existing Wainaku Center to a 'brewery and restaurant. These proposed activities under the amended SMA Minor permit constitute a continuation of the previously approved activities, with only minor changes to the overall plan. Shoreline Setback Area Determination: Pursuant to County ofHawai`i Planning Department (PD) Rule 11-7(a): The fallowing structures or activities may he permitted within the shoreline setback area provided written clearance is secured from the Planning Department. • (4) A minor structure or activity approved in accordance with Section 11-8. In accordance with PD Rule 11-3(1): • Minor activity means any activity that does not alter the existing grade of the shoreline setback area, and may include activities such as landscaping and minor clearing (grubbing) of vegetation. The improvements associated with the proposed project that are proposed within the minimum 40-foot shoreline setback area consist of land management, installation of fencing/railings, and John Cross July 25, 2022 Page 3 clearing of vegetation along seawall. After review, the Planning Department has determined that the proposed improvements would not affect beach or shoreline processes, would not alter, or change the grade of the nearshore area, nor would it artificially fix the shoreline as there is an existing seawall already in place spanning the majority of the shoreline frontage for this parcel. Shoreline access will be preserved and improved upon with the applicant's intent to formalize the shoreline access path Based on the preceding information, the Planning Department has determined the proposed project can be considered a minor activity pursuant to PD RuIe 11-8 and therefore is a permitted use within the Shoreline Setback Area. Due to the presence of the existing seawall located along the majority of the project parcel that has been in place prior to 1970, and the proposed project activities are considered minor; the Planning Director has waived the requirement to submit a certified shoreline survey. Special Management Area Determination: Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) §205A-22, as amended, and Planning Commission Rule 94(e)(2) relating to the Special Management Area, "Development" means any of the (listed] uses, activities, or operations on land or in or under water within the special management area. According to the application, the following definition of "Development" can be applied to the proposed use: • Placement or erection of any solid material or any gaseous, liquid, solid, or thermal waste. • Construction, ;reconstruction, demolition, or alteration of the size of any structure, and • Grading, removing, dredging, mining or extraction of any materials. We find that the proposed activity, as described above, is not exempt from the definition of "development;" however, the project will not have a cumulative impact or a significant adverse environmental or ecological effect on the SMA. Therefore, pursuant to Planning Commission Rule Section 9-10(e), Special Management Area Minor Permit No. SMM-13-000261- AMENDED is hereby approved for the proposed project. It is the applicant's responsibility to read and comply with the conditions listed in the enclosed permit. Chapter 343, EM Determination: Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 343-5, an environmental assessment (EA) shall be required for;, actions that propose any use within a shoreline area. However, Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR), Chapter 200.1, Environmental Impact Statement Rules, includes actions that may be exempt from the preparation of an environmental assessment (EA). Based on our review of the proposed project, the following exemptions may be applied to the proposed project in accordance with Ch. 11-200.1-15(c): John Cross July 25, 2022 Page 4 (1) Operations, repairs, or maintenance of existing structures, facilities, equipment, or topographical features, involving minor expansion or minor change of use beyond that previously existing, and (4) Minor alterations on the conditions of land, water, or vegetation. Based on the preceding, the Planning Department has determined that the proposed action will probably have minimal or no significant effect on the environment and hereby exempts the applicant from the preparation of an EA for the proposed project. No uses, activities, or development, other than those described in the application, shall be exempt from environmental review under HRS, Chapter 343. While further review of the proposed project against the Special Management Area rules and regulations will not be required, all other applicable Zoning Code and Building Code requirements must be satisfied. Additionally, any future development or activities not included in this approval shall require further review and approval as provided under Chapter 205A, HRS and Rule 9, Planning Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure. If you have any questions, please contact Alex J. Roy of this office at (808) 961-8140 or via email at Alex.Roy(ghawaiicounty.gov. Sincerely, 32&e t hV zzwk/ ov Jeffrey W. 6a ow for (Ja125, 2o22 MaAST) ZENDO KERN Planning Director AJR:jaa Enclosure: SMM-13-000261 (ORGINAL) SMM-13-000261(AMENDED) 1997 Shoreline Public Access Plan Cc (via email): Director, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, DBEDT Shichao Li; State-OPSD Lisa E. Webster, State-OPSD GIS Section Brett Jacobson (brett@olabrewco.com) William P. Kenoi Mayor BI Leithead Todd Director Margaret K. Masunaga Deputy West Hawaii Office East Hawaii Office 746-5044 Ane KeobDU19k Hwy i . 101 Pauahi Street, Sure 3 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 County of Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone (908)323-4770 Phone (809) 961-8288 Fax (808) 327-3563 PLANNING DEPARTMENT Fax (808)961-8742 Sipecilat Manacement Area Minor Permit No. 13-000261 Project: Removal of Non -Native Trees, Replacing Chain -Link Fence Along Seawall, Installing New Railings Along Shoreline Bluff, Relocation of Existing Statue and Flagpoles Applicants: John C. Cross Land Owners: Wainaku Ventures, LLC Location: Wainaku & Mokuhonua, South Hilo, Hawaisi TMK: (3) 2-6-015:001 Land Area: 10.34 acres Applicant's Request 1. Project Description: The applicant proposes the removal of non-native trees, replacement of old chain -link fence along seawall, installation of new railings along shoreline bluff, and relocation of existing statue and flagpoles on the subject property. 2. Purpose of Project: On September 12, 1996, the Planning Commission approved SMA Permit No. 96-8 (SMA 367) to allow for the development of a new headquarters for C. Brewer and Company, Ltd. by restoration, renovation and additions to the existing warehouse structure at Brewer's Hilo Wainaku Mill Site. The objective of this application is to return the property to its former state of care when SMA 367 was issued. Invasive and damaging trees that have grown since that time will be removed. 3. Project valuation: $100,000. a. Dotermination: According toHawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 205A-22 and Planning Commission (PC) Rule No. 9-4 (e) (1) (B), "Grading, removing, dredging, ruining, or extraction of any materials, " is not exempt from the definition of "development." In addition, according to HRS Chapter 205A-22 and PC Rule No. 9-4(e) (1) (E), "Construction, reconstruction, demolition, or alteration of the sue of any structure" is not exempt from the definition of "development." Hami i County is ae Fqual opportunity Provider and Fmpioyrr Therefore, the proposed tree removal, replacement of the chain-Iink fence, installation of new railings, and the relocation of the statue and flagpoles are considered to be development and will require a review against the Special Management Area rules and regulations. State and County Plans 1. State Laud Use District: The subject parcel is designated Urban by the State Land Use (SLU) Commission. 2. General Plan: The Hawaii County General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map designation is Resort Node and Open. 3. County Zoning: The subject parcel is zoned MG-5a (General Industrial) by the County ofHawai`i. 4. Special Management Area (SMA): The subject parcel is located entirely within the SMA. S. Flood Zone: According to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), the subject property is located within Flood Zone VE and X. Compliance with Objectives and Policies of Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), E!gardlng the Special Management Area Check all objectives and policies found to be consistent with proposed development. Issuance of SMA Minor Permit requires that activity be consistent with all objectives & policies. The proposed development is consistent with the following objectives and policies: ® Development will not have any significant adverse environmental or ecological effect, except as such adverse effect is minimized to the extent practicable and clearly outweighed by public health, safety, or compelling public interest. Such adverse effect shall include, but not be limited to, the potential cumulative impact of individual developments, each one of which taken in itself might not have a substantial adverse effect. and the elimination of planning options. ® The proposed development is consistent with the Hawaii County General Plan and the Zoning Code. ® The proposed development does not conflict with the following objectives of Chapter 205A, HRS, to: ® Provide coastal recreational opportunities accessible to the public. ® Protect, preserve. and where desirable, restore those natural and man-made historic and prehistoric resources in the coastal zone management area that are significant in Hawaiian and American history and culture. ® Protect, preserve, and where desirable, restore or improve the quality of coastal scenic and open space resources. ® Protect valuable coastal ecosystems from disruption and minimize adverse impacts on all coastal ecosystems. ® Provide public or private facilities and improvements important to the State's economy in suitable locations. ® Reduce hazard to life and property from tsunami, storm waves, stream flooding, erosion, subsidence and pollution. ® Improve the development review process, communication, and public participation in the management of coastal resources and hazards. 0 Stimulate public awareness, education, and participation in coastal management. ® Protect beaches for public use and recreation. EM Promote the protection, use, and development of marine and coastal resources to assure their sustainability. ® The proposed development is consistent with the following policies of Chapter 205A, HRS, relating to- ® Recreational Resources ® Historic Resources ® Scenic and Open Space Resources ® Coastal Ecosystems © Edollomic Uses ® Coastal Hazards ® Managing Development ® Public Participation ® Beach Protection ® Marine Resources ® The proposed development conforms to the requirements of Chapter 343, HRS, regarding` Environmental Impact Statements. dhw As discussed above, the proposed development will not have any significant adverse environmental or ecological effect, except as such adverse effect is minimized to the extent practicable and clearly outweighed by public health, safety, or compelling public interest. The proposed development is donsictent witk the n6jevt;v&m, policies, and SMA guidelines of Chapter 205A, HRS. The estimated project cost of approximately $100,000 is not in excess of $500,000. Agency Consultation: The project was reviewed under HRS Chapter 6E-42. The enclosed Department of Land and Natural Resources, State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) correspondence dated March 20, 4013, states the following: "Based on current information, SHPD recommends that an archeological inventory survey be conducted of theparcelprior to recommencement of landscape improvements, with the following exception: 1. Relocation of the flagpoles can be completed due to the unsafe nature of the open excavations around the poles, and I ven that they were set in modern fill, as observed during the February 2e site visit. 2. Relocation of the statue of Doc Buyers can occur, this will involve superficial ground disturbance only. 3. Repair of the existing chain link fence can occur, due to the unsafe condition of the fence and because no ground disturbance will occur in connection with this repair. " The enclosed Department of Public Works, Engineering Division memorandum dated march 7, 2013, states the following: "We have reviewed the subject application for compliance with Chapter 27, Floodplain Management, forwarded by your memo dated February 27, 2013 and have no objections to the request. A portion of the subject parcel (Alealea Point) is in an area designated as Flood Zone VE on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Flood Zone VE is the Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the 100 year flood (1 % chance of occurring in any given year). ?'he proposed improvements are outside the flood zone, except a portion of the chain linkfence that is to be replaced with new railing and is of no concern. " Pursuant to Planning Commission Rule 9-10(e), Special Management Area Minor Perrnit No. 13-000261 is hereby approved to allow the removal of non-native trees, replacement of old chain -link fence along seawall, installation of new railings Tong shoreline bluff, and relocation of existing statue and flagpoles on the subject property. Please note that although the application asked for tree removal, prior to any land disturbance, the applicant must conduct an archeological inventory survey acceptable to SHPD. Conditions of Approval The Planning Director has approved SMA Minor Permit No.13-000261 subject to the following conditions: 1. The applicant, its successors or assigns shall be responsible for complying with -all stated conditions of approval. 2. The applicant shall secure all necessary approvals and permits from other affected federal, state, and county agencies as necessary to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. 3, The applicant shall comply with the provisions included in the previously approved Shoreline Public Access Plan. 4. Prior to any stump removal or root disturbance, the applicant shall conduct an archeological inventory survey acceptable to SHPD and provide the SHPD written approval of the survey report to the Planning Department. 5. Until written approval from SHPD is received, non-native invasive trees and vegetation may only be trimmed and maintained using hand tools, without ground disturbance. 6. During any work near the Alealea stream channel, a construction and silt barrier, meeting with the approval of the Planning Director, shall be erected Along the top of the culvert system and streain bank to prevent materials from the stream channel. 7. All work, including the felling of trees, near the stream shall be directed away from the stream channel. 8. The Alealea stream channel shall be hand -cleared of any remaining green waste'from previous tree removal activities and shall be maintained. 9. All green waste remaining from previous tree removal activities shall be collected by hand and disposed of at appropriate locations designated by the Department of Environmental Management for green waste, or mulched within the portions of the subject property located within Flood Zone "r' and outside of the stream channel and shoreline setback area. 10. All work within the shoreline setback area, along the. top of the seawall, and shoreline bluff shall be performed from the mauka. (inland) side of the property with the implementation of industry standard best management practices to prevent any materials from entering coastal waters. 11. During the replacement of the old chain -link fence along seawall, a construction barrier, meeting with the approval of the Planning Director, shall be erected along the top of the existing seawall to prevent materials from entering coastal waters. 12, During the installation of new railings along the shoreline bluff, a construction barrier, meeting with the approval of the Planning Director, shall be erected alongthe top of the bluff to prevent materials from entering coastal waters. 13.Other than the approved replacement of old chain -link fence along seawall, installation of new railings along shoreline bluff, and relocation of existing statue and flagpoles, no land alteration, grubbing, demolition or construction activities, including, but not limited to, the stockpiling of debris, construction materials or equipment, shall occur in the shoreline setback area without securing a prior written determination of minor structure or activity pursuant to PD Rule 11-9 from the Planning Director or approval of a Shoreline Setback Variance from the Planning Commission. 14. As required by PD Rule 11-8 (b), the work within the shoreline setback area shall be completed within one (1) year from the date of this determination of minor structure or activity within the Shoreline Setback Area. 15. No heavy equipment shall be used in the shoreline setback area. 1 b. Any further grading, grubbing, filling or other construction activity, including but not limited to, the construction of structures of any type shall require further review and approval as provided under Chapter 205A, HRS, and Rule 9, Planning Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure. This includes the determination of the shoreline setback area. 17. Discovery of any unidentified sites or remains, such as artifacts, shell, bone or charcoal deposits, human burials, rock or coral alignments, pavings or walls will require that all work in the immediate area shall cease. The Planning Director shall be immediately notified. Work may proceed with an archaeological clearance from the Planning Director. The archaeological clearance requires a finding that sufficient mitigative measures are taken for the discovery', with written guidance from the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources. IS. An extension of time for the performance of the conditions contained herein may be granted by the Planning Director upon the following circumstances: a) The non-performance is the result of conditions that could not have been foreseen or are beyond the control of the applicant, successors or assigns, and that are not the result of their fault or negligence; b) Granting of the time extension would not be contrary to the original reasons for the granting of the permit; and c) The time extension granted shall be for a period of not to exceed the period originally granted for performance (i.e., a condition to be performed within one year may be extended up to one additional year). 19. Should any of the conditions not be met or substantially complied with in a timelyfashion, the Planning Director shall initiate procedures to revoke the permit, APPROVED: LIAR 2 2 2013 B l 1THEAD TODD Date Planning Director Mitchell D. Roth ,agar Lee E. Lord :lfanagirrq Director West Hawaii Office 74-5044 Ane Keohol alole ffivy Kaiva-Kona, Hawaii 96740 Phone (908) 323-4770 Fax (808) 327-3563 County of Hawaii PLANNING DEPARTMENT Zendo Kern Director Jeffrey W. Darrow Deput i, Director East Hawaii Office 101 Pouahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone (808) 961-8288 Fax (808) 961-8742 Special Management Area Minor Permit No. SMM-13-000261 (AMENDED Project: Land and Resource Management, Fence Installation, Clearing of Seawall Vegetation Applicant: John Cross Landowner: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Location: Wainaku & Mokuhonua, South Hilo, Hawaii TMK: (3) 2-6-015:001 Land Area: 10.34 acres Applicant's Request 1. Project Description: The applicant is proposing to conduct several activities related to land and resource management and safety improvements that are analogous to the approved Uses under SMM- 13-000261. The proposed activities are as follows: • Clearing of vegetation, without ground disturbance, utilizing hand tools and approved herbicides. • Application of approved herbicides to Banyan Tree stumps. • Resurface and repair the existing "old paint shed" concrete pad for safety. • installation of fencing/railings along shoreline bluff • Restoration of public access trail, and addition of signage in accordance with the approved 1997 Shoreline Public Access Plan. 2. Purpose of Project: On September 12, 1996, the Planning Conimission approved SMA Permit No. 96-8 (SMA 367) to allow for the development of a new headquarters for C. Brewer and Company, Ltd. www.n1annin1t.hawaiicoun11.¢ov flawai'i Counh, is an Equal opportunity Provider and Eurplover planning a hawai4coimfy,�° John Cross July 25, 2022 Page 2 by restoration, renovation, and additions to the existing warehouse structure at the Wainaku Mill Site. On March 22, 2013, the Planning Director approved SMA Minor Permit SMM-13-000261 in order to return the property to its former state of care when SMA 367 was issued. Since the issuance of SMM-13-000261, the property has come under new ownership and a new focus (proposed brewery and restaurant); however, it has not been maintained during that time. The current owner would like to continue the minor land and resource management activities and safety improvements in order to conduct master planning for the conversion of the existing Wainaku Center to a brewery and restaurant. These proposed activities under the amended SMA Minor permit constitute a continuation of the previously approved activities, with only minor changes to the overall plan. 3. Project Valuation: $100,000. 4. Determination: According to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 205A-22 and Planning Commission (PC) Rule No. 9-4 (e) (1) (B), "Grading, removing, dredging, mining, or extraction of arty materials," is not exempt from the definition of "development." In addition, according to HRS Chapter 205A-22 and PC Rule No. 9-4(e) (1) (E), "Construction, reconstruction, demolition, or alteration of the size of any structure" is not exempt from the definition of "development." Therefore, the proposed project, as described above, is considered to be development and will require a review against the Special Management Area (SMA) rules and regulations. State and County Plans 1. State Land Use District: The subject parcel is designated. Urban by the State Land Use Commission. 2. General Plah: The subject parcel is designated as both Resort Node (ren) and "Open" (ape) by the Hawaii County General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map, 3. County Zoning: The subject parcel is zoned MG-5a (General Industrial) by the County of Hawaii. 4. Special Management Area: The subject parcel is located in the SMA as well as located within the "shoreline area" as defined by Section 205A-41, Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS). John Cross July 25, 2022 Page 3 5. Flood Zone: According to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), the subject property is located within Flood Zone VE and X. Compliance with Objectives and Policies of Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), Regarding the Special Management Area Check all objectives and policies found to be consistent with proposed development. Issuance of SMA Minor Permit requires that activity be consistent with all objectives & policies. The proposed development is consistent with the following objectives and policies: lM Development .will not have any significant adverse environmental or ecological effect, except as such adverse effect is minimized to the extent practicable and clearly outweighed by public health, safety, or compelling public interest. Such adverse effect shall include ; but not be limited to the potential cumulative impact of individual developments each one of which taken in itself might not have a substantial adverse effect and the ;elimination of planning options. ❑x The proposed, development is consistent with the Hawaii County General Plan and the Zoning Code. 0 The proposed development does not conflict with the following objective(s) of Chapter 205A, HRS, to: 0 Provide coastal recreational opportunities accessible to the public. 0 Protect, preserve, and where desirable, restore those natural and man-made historic and pre -historic resources in the coastal zone management area that are significant in Hawaiian and American history and culture. l] Protect, preserve, and where desirable, restore or improve the duality of coastal scenic.and open space resources. 0 Protect valuable coastal ecosystems, including reefs, beaches, and coastal dunes, from disruption and minimize adverse impacts on all coastal ecosystems. 1R Provide public or private facilities and improvements important to the State's economy in suitable locations. lM Reduce hazard to life and property from coastal hazards. John Cross July 25, 2022 Page 4 0 Improve the development review process, communication, and public participation in the management of coastal resources and hazards. 0 Stimulate public awareness, education, and participation in coastal management. 0 Protect beaches and coastal dunes for: 1) public use and recreation; 2) the benefit of coastal ecosystems; 3) use as a natural buffer against coastal hazards; and 4) coordinate and fund beach management and protection. 0 Promote the protection, use, and development of marine and coastal resources to assure their sustainability. 0 The proposeddevelopment is consistent with the following policies of Chapter 205A, HRS, relating to: M Recreational Resources 0 Historic Resources 0 Scenic and Open Space Resources 0 Coastal Ecosystems 0 Economic Uses M Coastal Hazards 0 Managing Development 0 Public Participation 0 Beach and Coastal Dune Protection 21 Marine and Coastal Resources 0 The proposed development conforms to the requirements of Chapter 343, FIRS, regarding Environmental Impact Statements. Pursuant to Hawai i Administrative Rules Section 11- 200.1-15(c)(4), the proposed project is considered an exempt action and therefore an Environmental Assessment is not required for the proposed project. John Cross July 25, 2022 Page 5 Findings •1. As discussed above, the proposed development will not have any significant adverse environmental or ecological effect, except as such adverse effect is minimized to the extent practicable and clearly outweighed by public health, safety, or compelling public interest. 2. The proposed development is consistent with the objectives, policies, and SMA guidelines of Chapter 205A, HRS. 3. The estimated: project cost of $100,000 does not exceed $500,000. Agency Consultation The project was reviewed under HRS Chapter 6E-42 by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD). By Letter dated March 20, 20.13, SHPD stated the following: Based on current information, SHPD recommends that an archeological inventory survey be conducted of the parcel prior to recommencement of landscape improvements, with the following exception: 1. Relocation of the flagpoles can be completed ' due to the unsafe nature of the open excavations around the poles, and given that they were set in modern fill, as observed during the February 26`h site visit. 2. Relocationr of the statue of Doc Buyers can occur; this will involve superficial ground disturbance only. 3. Repair of the existing chain link fence can occur, due to the unsafe condition of the fence and because no ground disturbance will occur in connection with this repair: Staff notes that the applicant has provided additional information in regard to the SHPD recommendations. By letter dated June S, 2022, the Applicant states that: The landscape activities are with use of hand tools and chainsaws NO GROUND DISTURBANCE activity is proposed or will he allowed under the terms of the SAIM minor permit issued in 2013 [sic]. • In regard to this specific amendment to SAfM-13-000261, NO SOIL DISTURBANCE ACTIVITIES will he performed and as such the minor actions of the landscaping, brush removal, and improvements to the paint shop structure can occur without the AIS being completed. John Cross July 25, 2022 Page 7 10. The Applicant shall ensure that excessive debris from the clearing of the seawall is contained or otherwise minimized using Best Management Practices. 11. No land alteration, grubbing, landscaping or construction activities, including but not limited to, the stockpiling of debris, construction materials or equipment, shall occur in the shoreline' setback area without securing a prior written determination of minor structure or activity pursuant to Rule 11-8 from the Planning Director or approval of a Shoreline Setback Variance from the Planning Commission 12. Artificial light from exterior lighting fixtures, including, but not necessarily limited to floodlights, up -lights or spotlights used for decorative or aesthetic purposes shall be prohibited if The light directly illuminates, or is directed to project across property boundaries toward, the shoreline and ocean waters, except as may otherwise be permitted pursuant to Section 205A-71(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes. 13. Any further development, including but not limited to, the construction of structures or improvements not included in this permit shall require further review and approval as provided under Chapter 205A, HRS, and Rule 9, Planning Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure. 14. That in issuing this permit, the Department has relied on the information and data that the Applicant hasprovided in connection with this permit. if, subsequent to this permit, such information and data prove to be false, incomplete or inaccurate, this permit may be modified, suspended or revoked, in whole or in part, and/or the Department may, in addition, institute appropriate legal proceedings. 15. An extension of time for the performance of the conditions contained herein may be granted by the Planning Director upon the following circumstances: a) The non-performance is the result of conditions that could not have been foreseen or are beyond the control of the applicant, successors, or assigns, and that are not the result of their fault or negligence. b) Granting of the time extension would not be contrary to the original reasons for the granting of the permit; and c) The time extension granted shall be for a period of not to exceed the period originally granted for performance (i.e., a condition to be performed within one year may be extended up to one additional year). 16. The Planning Director shall initiate procedures to revoke this permit should any of the conditions not be met or substantially complied with in a timely fashion. John Cross July 25, 2022 Page 8 If you have questions regarding this document, please feel free to contact Alex J. Roy of this office at (808) 961-8140 or via email at Alex.Roy&hawaiicounty.go`7. APPROVED: 4 a04y /V Z1bLPk{0k July 25, 2022 JefWIN.Do owfor(Jul25,202215:17 ST) ZENDO KERN Date Planning Director EXHIBIT 10-B SITE ANALYSIS, PBR HAWAII Dated April, 2001 Color depiction with annotations of the Wainaku parcels while under ownership of C. Brewer & Company, Ltd. after completion of SMA-367 This Exhibit is presented, even though dated, as it shows essentially all the Site Plan features in existence post SMA-367 and prior to the actions being considered in this application by Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation 0 s s y LEGEND 1 STATE LAND USE, URBAN S ZONING - GENERAL MUSTRIAL (5 ACRR LOTS) -, GENERALINDUSTRIAL(IACRELOTS) -r.. SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (7,500 SF LOTS) , E SID FAMILYSMACK (10,0005FLOT5) i� OREL LACE © SZN L PERMITTED VEHICLE ACCESS ® TSUNAMI HAZARD AREA W PUBLIC SHORELINE ACCESS ® STEEP SLOPES ...a...� raw �:i _ YS } • s } _i SITE ANALYSIS WA NAKUMILL SITE i s - I r, 3 EXHIBIT 10-C FINAL LETTER OF CONDEMNATION and reservation of easements over and under State Highway 19 (H-19) Recorded as Liber 3177 at page 302 8/31/1956 Extracted pages relevant to the flume and vehicular overpasses above H-19 in the vicinity of the project parcels, including the culvert easements for water line purposes under H-19. Easements granted to Hilo Sugar Company, Ltd. and its successors and assigns. LA',:' NO. 2596 -1111 THE CIRCUIT COURT OF XA7M V;IRD M-DICIIVU CIRCUIT T TERRITORY Oc .11 A7,11 Al I TBfiMIZQRY-OF TWVA:'I; by Edward 11. S71va, its Attorney -.General,'--- Plaintiff$ DLRTRW-i SMITH, at al. , Delf'andants. FIN AL —ORDER OF - CONDL-INAT 1 ON THIRD CIRCUIT COURT, A 1956 L' IS XF-RRITOPy OF HAWAII rz o F- � L—, 6e v- 3 IT-7 (2, P�Nctq, '302- LV 110. 250,6 IN TT:,. CIRCUIT COMT OF THE T'r 11M JUDICIAL CIRCUIT TERRITORY 0? HAWAII TERT.ITORY OF nAWAII, by Edward N. Sylva, } its Attorney General, j Plaintiff $ ) VS* ) } B -f TRAM 8 MT'THj et all, } } Defendants. ) i FINAL OFDM Or C0T4Dz1m!4ATI01q Parsuant to the Stipulation and Tudgment with reference to Parcels 30, 33, 34, 34-A and 38 and an undivided 13/11+ interest in Parcel 33-E, entered and filed In the above -entitled cause, which Judgment has been's'iMy satisfied, IT IS 11 PEBY 0RD^1'.ED1 ADJ DGIM UM DECR;`,T:D that Parcels 30, 331 34t 31+-A and 38, and an undivided 13/14 interest i.n.Parcel. 33-E, all parcels hereinafter more fully described, with all. Improvements thereon, if any, and with all appurtenances thereunto, be and the same are hereby condemned . tc: the Territory of Hawaii., Plaintiff above -named, in fee simple solute, fret' And clear of any and all encumbrances q 5 hcresinafter noted) far the pub? io use And purr ose alldged in the Petition filed herein, to -wit: the construction, widening and roalignment of the Hawaii 12elt,Road, sDR 3(1). llw� 10, 11, 127 211 22, 23, 247 25, 27, 251 29, 30, and 32 of the above described Parcel 38. Reserving, however; an easement for flitne purposes in favor of the Hilo Su ar Plantation Co^rany and its successors, passing over, above and across the above described Parcel 3:!3, said easement bein designated as "Easement A-211, and more particularly described heroin - after. Reserving, further,, however, an easement for fl-x*ry purposes in favor of the Hilo 3iigar Plantation Con,,Pany and Its successors, passing over, under, above and across the above described. Parcel Vt said easement being designated as "Easement Ell and more particularly described hereinafter. Reserving, still further, however, an easement for a road overpass in favor of V e Hilo `-ar Plantation Co�?pany an�s successors, passin o r, above and across'Parce I said casement i�esignated as ""Easerent D"" and ;ore particularly described hereinafter. 'deserving, still further, however, an easement for a water main 3n favor of the Hilo u;ar P1aatation Companvanditssuccessors, passing un:I'er and across the above described Parcel 38, said easement being designated as "Easement Ell and more particularly described herein- after. Lzx, Rms '?T ik An Easement for flitne purposes, 30."0 feet v;ide, gassing ovor, above and across Parcels 32 and 33 of Hawaii '-,,elt Ro: d, rroJect No. SDR 3(l). Situated at Wainaku, South. Hilo, Tiava' i, T..I. Beginning at the most Eosterl.y corner of this piece of land, on the E,:st sire of .riawa: z -,cl.t Roads Seismic 'stave image �ehabilitatio;i 5'roy�,ct No. SR12 3(1)2 the coordinates of said point of Oe inring referred to Gov�,rnncnt Su:-vey Tri<iYi"ul.stlor. . tation S°i;alai" being 7,02".49 feet Nort'.� ,znd 1, '53 feet fia.st, thence running by azimuths measurad cloc'nvi,se frog true 3cuth: 1, 390 081 83.E+0 feet; 2. 100° 25" 34.21 feet along Pared. 1.1; 3. 2190 03' 112.97 feet; "t. 137- 42" 4'j.97 feet; - 13 - Thence along the East side of Hawaii Belt Road Project No. SDR 3(1), on a curve to the left kith a radius of 2226.83 feet, the chord azimuth and distance being 352C 151 2311 70.37 feet to the paint of beginning and containing an area of 3316 square feet or 0.076 Kre. EASMR? in At Easement for flume, 20.00 feet wide passing ovor, under, above and across Parcel V of Maii Belt Road, Project No. SDR NO Situated at iailua, South Hilo, Hawaii, T.H. Beginning at the Northwest corner of this piece of land, and on the West side of iiawaii Belt Roadf Project No. SDR 3 (1) t the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangula- tion Station 1 Halaiu being 7,701.03 feat North and 1,696,0 feet 'past, thence running by azimuths measured clockwise from true South: 1. 21+9° 31t 105.79 feet along the -Worth side of Easement B; 2. 2580 28; 60*14 feet along same; 3• 2W 371 45.63 feet along sane; 4. 80 521 20,16 feet along the Fast si.dp of Hawaii Belt Road, Project Vo. OR NO A 90 37' 40.78 feet along the South side of Easement B; 6. 7S* 281 56.26 feet along swne; 7. 690 31, 115.�)6 feet salon;; same; 8, Thence along the West side of Hawaii felt Road, Project No. SDR 30), on a curve to %he right with a raiius of 242103 feet, the chord azirut,'i and distance being 1is70 5=' 2:11 22.75 Got to the point of bL'ra :3ltirig ani contaln:ing an area of 4,239 sgUara feet or 1,097 Acre. E qSy- ---,-- -yr D An Basement for road overpass 19.00 feet Aide, Passing over, above, anti across Paxce 38 of Hawaii Belt Road, Project No. GDR AD Situated at Wailuq South Hilo, Hawaii, T. H. Beginning at the Southwest corner of this niece of land, and on the West side of Hawaii left Roads Projr:ct No. SDR 3(l), the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Trianau- lation Station "Halai" being 7,836.36 feet North and 1,733.53 feet East, thence running by azimuths measured clockwise fron true -South: 1. Along the west site of Hawaii Sett Road, Project No. SDR 3(1) on a curve to the right with a radius of 5784.A feet, the chord azimuth and distance being 190 o 14' 40" 50.03 feet; 2. 2780 521 122.68 feet along the Nort.. siege of Easement "B"; 3• 80 52' 50."0 feet along the East side of Hawaii Welt Road, Project No. SDR 3(l); 4. 93° 52, 123.88 feet along the South side of Easement "D" to the point of beginning and containing an area of 0.102 Acre. �Ju An Easement for water vain on1 y passing unier and across Parcel 37 ofHavalT welt roads .Project No. SDR MY l Situate& at 6vailua, ;youth Milo, Uawai 3 , T. :H, Being a strip of land 1=0.1)1 feet wide, and extending 5.00 feet an eacA side of the cent^r? inc 0scribed as follows: Beginning at the West end of the centerline of this strip of land, on the ?fast Vie of 4awall nalt Hoa,d, Project No. QDR 3(l), tic cwor6inntcs of said pent of beginning referred to Government Survey i`rian ;elation Station "Halai" being 7,973.21 feet Eorth any. 1,731- 0 feet East, thence running by azimuths measured clot-n-jise from true South: 1. 232- 111 34-03 feet; . t - 15 .. 2. 264a 151 154.70 feet to the Fast end of this centerline at the East side of Hawaii Belt Road, Project No. SDR AM and containing an area of 0.043 Acre, 13e ng a portion Of Grunt 804 to Opu and KuAMC Land situated at Mokuhonua, South Hilo, Hawaii, T. H. Beginning at the North west corner bf this piece of land; being also the Southwest corner of Parcel 38-G and on the boundary between Grant 804 to Opu and Kuiho ani and Grant 806 to Mahauliakea, where said boundary is crossed by the Hest side of the FTavaii Belt Roid, SM 3(1), the coordinates of said point of beginning referrer? to Government Survey Triangulation. Station!"Halai" being 8406.69 feet North and 1852.28 feet Fait, thence runnin3 by azimuths measured clocrwise from trite South: 1. 288f 401 30.46 feet along Parcel 31-GI along Grant 806 to Kukahauliakea; 2. 354f 1.0' 352.56 feet along Parcel 38-. $ along the remainder of Grant 804 to Opu and Kuihelani, to the middle of Stream; Thence following up along the middle of the stream, along Parcel 38 for the no7t soven (7) courses, along Grant 960 to Keala., the direct azimuths and distances between points in said middle of stream, being 3• 50 37` 14.31 feet; 4. 55° 00, 45.00 feet; 5. 70. 00, 30.00 feet; 6. 939 00, 41..00 feet; 7• 1311, 001 35.00 feet. 8. 15361; 301 31.00 feat; 16 9. 109'D 30# 33.00 feet; 10. V� once on a curve to the rightwitha,radlus of 5'•109.52- feet along the renalr.,ar of Oxrant -,)I+ to Opu and Kuihelani, the chord azimuth and distance being 192'-1 551 nnon2 feet; 11. 23,3* 211 51" 151 fact alon"7 the remainder of' Grant ',-:4- to Qpu and Xulhelaai; 12. Th'ence on a curve to the right wit- a rad;Us of 5794.55 feet7 along the remainder of Grant F�01+ to Opu and Kqihelani, tha chord azimuth axid distance being 193Q 371 35.65" 53-13 feet; 13* Th6nee on a curve to the left with a, radius of fe,,Ats alon?, the remainder of Orant 304 to OPU and KUV-$OIanIj the chord arinuth arid. distance being 192c- 500 12-6511 13?.31 fast$ to the point of beginning and containina, an. area of square feat or 0-�74 mere - To; ethv-r with any abuttvr's right of access, appurtenant to the re-nainder of the land of Which Parcel 3,-".' is a nart, int,; and frorr, the Celt Bond, Frol-:?Ct No, Sr-11 3(1), 07nr and aacrossnC�arshi)s 1^Iva ug 12 e I - d� >, a doscribed N-j-"cel 3 Datod:: Hilo, Hawaii,, T. Form ApprovfA N C 4 tA LL Jud,r,e rf t1he 1,'r C, oai!.'twl 4,j /;,:r ;ri ebe jj P,! oj the 'I 7.,r,l Orcuil Courl 4, . ".t! Y 17 EXHIBIT 10-D 1 AERIAL DRONE PHOTOGRAPH OF SUBJECT PROPERTIES Looking to North, showing Highway 19, both subject properties and location of Alealea Point used by public for pole line fishing. EXHIBIT 10-D 2 AERIAL DRONE PHOTOGRAPH OF SUBJECT PARCEL 001 Looking East, showing Highway 19, 50' wide vehicular overpass structure, Entry Exit lanes from H-19 to main entrance to parcel 001, and location of Alealea Point used by public for pole line fishing. EXHIBIT 10-D 3 AERIAL DRONE PHOTOGRAPH OF SUBJECT PROPERTIES Looking east, acceleration and deceleration lanes, with turn storage noted. EXHIBIT 10-D 4 AERIAL DRONE PHOTOGRAPH OF PARCEL 001 Looking north, image includes former Wainaku Executive Center building to receive interior improvements, Hill and slope to be excavated for parking expansion and wastewater system. Also shows historic train tunnel. Location of new drywell for capture of sheet flow from parking lot is shown. EXHIBIT 10-D 5 AERIAL DRONE PHOTOGRAPH OF PARCEL 001 Looking south, like photograph 10-D_4, however this image depicts the historic era concrete flume structure. Subject Property TMK 2-6-015-002 Exhibit 10-D 1 Exhibit 10-D 2 Alealea Point Traditional Pole line fishing area. ., Subject Property TMK 2-6-015-001 H-19 overpass Easement -19 acceleration and deceleration lanes. Lefthand turn lane Entry to subject property TM K 2-6- Subject Property TM K 015-001 2-6-015-002 Wainaku Street Exhibit 10-D-3 Former Wainaku Executive Center to be renovated for Restaurant, Bar and Distillery Slope to be excavated For parking stalls and new wastewater system Exhibit 10-D 5 ACCESS AISLE DC 'AINA LIL SO w q 0�1 5Z VG ARKING SIGN ETAIL RE aERVED PARKING SIGN 0- z < 'o Z< 73 o o z < < 0 z F- odo LOCATION MAP VI+_ Excavation Site, approximately f .. 12,OGO cubic yards. Terraced . - benches Detween t sibl. demolition. :pas xa LOCATION P AND NOTES --- C-1 ,......_.. Expanded View of Wastewater System PH Aerohic Reactors Adjuster lg� Clarifying 65,000 gal Holding Tank within 90,000 Tank gal secondary containment tank Red line —ground elevation s a, es. a- eras. sew Cross membran filter and UV filte Grease Intercepor Anaerobic Baffled Lift Pump Blue line with embedded arrows Tanks depicts direction of wastewater flow. Note: Waste system from grease Interceptor to lift pump located South of Train Tunnel Waste system from pH adjuster to 65,000 gallon holding tank located North of Train Tunnel 1. Al LOKELANI ,KILKUSKIE 2nd FLOOR E � - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -_--+r 7r ___________ e � � e ww F__ }____.. -------------- FT a - occ)o gym, C I IL ------------ --------------------- - i st FLOOR SCS Project Number 2831-1 AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVENTORY SURVEY REPORT FOR 12.31 ACRES IN WAINAKU AND MOKUHONUA AHUPUA`A, SOUTH HILO DISTRICT, HAWAI`I ISLAND, HAWAI`I [TMK: (3) 2-6-015:001 AND 002] Prepared By: Glenn G. Escott, M.A. Suzan Escott, B.A. JANUARY 2023 DRAFT Prepared for: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Company 74-5598 Luhia St. Kailua-Kona Hawaii, 96740 SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANT S ERVICE-S Inc. H nwAll 1357 Kapi`olani Boulevard, Suite 850 Honolulu, HI 96814 Hawaii Island Office: PO Box 155 Kea`au, HI 96749 Planning Depi. Exhibit_-- 2 ABSTRACT Under contract to Hawaiian Ola Brewing Company, Scientific Consultant Services, Inc. (SCS) conducted an archaeological inventory survey (AIS) of 12.31 acres of land [TMK: (3) 2-6- 015:001 and 002] located in Mokuhonua and Wainaku Ahupua`a, South Hilo District, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii. The physical address of the property is 238 Hawaii Belt Road and is owned by Hawaiian Ola Brewing Company. The property owner's mailing address is 46 74-5598 Luhi Street Kailua-Kona, HI 96740. The property owner is applying to the County of Hawaii Planning Department for a Special Management Area (SMA) permit and a grading permit (HICRIS Project Number 2022PR01000). Prior to fieldwork, a search of geological maps, aerial photos, historical maps, historical documents, and archaeological reports was conducted. A pedestrian survey and site recording were conducted in December 2016 and January 2017, and October through December 2022 by Glenn Escott M.A. and Suzan Escott, B.A. A series of north/south transects spaced three to five meters apart were walked across the entire project area. Ground cover consisted of mowed grass, ornamental trees, ferns and bushes. Ground visibility was excellent. Portions of the north, south and west boundary of Parcel 001 contained grass, brush, and tree cover. Transects spacing was reduced to two meters in these areas of thicker vegetation. The project area lands were the location of the Wainaku Sugar Mill. Two flumes, a railroad track, and numerous sugar mill buildings are depicted on historic maps, though most are no longer present. A renovated warehouse building, a flume, the remains of a tennis court, and the concrete remains of several building foundations were identified and recorded during the AIS study. One previously identified archaeological site (Site 950-10-35-21133), the Hilo Sugar Company Wainaku Sugar Mill facilities, was documented during the AIS study. Site 950-10-35-21133 consisted of 16 early Historic era to Modern era sugar mill features. The features were remnant portions of several building foundations, a renovated warehouse building, a railroad tunnel, two segments of seawall, a mill yard, and a reinforced concrete flume trestle. Site 950-10-35-21133 is assessed as significant under criteria "a" and "d" and the intact Feature 4 railroad tunnel and Feature 6 seawalls are recommended for preservation. No further work is recommended for the remaining features. 11 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT.................................................................................................................................................. TABLEOF CONTENTS.............................................................................................................................iii LISTOF FIGURES.....................................................................................................................................iii LISTOF TABLES.....................................................................................................................................viii INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................ I PROJECT AREA DESCRIPTION............................................................................................. 1 METHODS................................................................................................................................. 1 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING.................................................................................................................. 5 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS......................................................................................... 6 INITIAL SETTLEMENT........................................................................................................... 6 PRE -CONTACT TO EARLY CONTACT ERA HILO............................................................. 8 TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENT PATTERNS, SUBSISTENCE, AND LAND -USE ........... 11 THE MAHELE AND LAND COMMISSION AWARDS ...................................................... 13 CHANGING RESIDENTIAL AND LAND -USE PATTERNS .............................................. 14 COFFEE, SUGAR AND HISTORIC TO MODERN LAND -USE ......................................... 15 HILO SUGAR COMPANY SUGAR MILL AT WAINAKU................................................. 20 PREVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS......................................................................... 26 HAWAI`I REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SITES........................................................................... 29 EXPECTED ARCHAEOLOGICAL PATTERNS..................................................................................... 31 RESULTS OF FIELDWORK.....................................................................................................................32 SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT & RECOMMENDATIONS...............................................................157 REFERENCES CITED.............................................................................................................................162 APPENDIX A: HILO SUGAR COMPANY MILL BUILDINGS (POST-1950)....................................170 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: 5,500 K-Series Map of Hawaii Showing Location of Project Area (National Geographic Topo!, 2003. Data Sources: National Geographic Society, USGS)................... 2 Figure 2: 7.5-Minute Series USGS Topographic Map Showing Location of Project Area (Hilo Quad, ESRI, 2013. Data Sources: National Geographic Society, USGS)............................. 3 Figure 3: Aerial Photograph of Project Area, Hilo, HI, Zone 5 North, 280543 m E, 2183876 m N. (Google Earth, 2013 Image. Data Sources: Digital Globe, GeoEye, Earthstar, USDA, andUSGS).............................................................................................................................. 4 Figure 4: Portion of South Hilo District Map Showing Location of Project Area (Lyons 1879)... 7 Figure 5: Map Showing Pi`opi`o and the Project Area Location (adapted from Kelly et al. 1981). ................................................................................................................................................. 9 Figure 6: A Portion of the Hilo City and Vicinity Map Showing Mokuhonua and Wainaku Ahupua` a and the Project Area (Lao 1920).......................................................................... 10 Figure 7: Portion of Hilo Bay Depth Chart Showing Location of Homes and Gardens at Hilo Bay (Malden 1825)....................................................................................................................... 12 Figure 8: Portion of 7.5-Minute Series USGS Topographic Map Showing Location of `Amauulu Camp, Flume, and Project Area (USGS 1963, Hilo Quad) .................................................. 19 Figure 9: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map 931 Showing Early Hilo Sugar Mill Building Layout (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1921).................................................................................. 21 Figure 10: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map 931 Showing Pre-1945 Hilo Sugar Mill Building Layout (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1921, revised).................................................................... 23 Figure 11: Portion of TMK: (3) 2-6-15, 16, and 17 Map Showing Hilo Sugar Company Mill Buildings (Hawai`i County Planning Department 1943)...................................................... 25 Figure 12: 7.5-Minute Series USGS Topographic Map Showing Location of Project Area Shaded Yellow and Previous Archaeological Studies (National Geographic Topo!, 2003, USGSHilo Quadrangle)....................................................................................................... 27 Figure 13: 7.5-Minute Series USGS Topographic Map Showing Location of Project Area and Registered Historic Sites (National Geographic, 2003, USGS Hilo Quadrangle) ................ 30 Figure 14: 7.5-Minute Series USGS Topographic Map Showing Location of Site 950-10-35- 21133 Features (Hilo Quad, ESRI 2003. Sources: National Geographic, USGS, Hawaii County Planning Department).............................................................................................. 33 Figure 15: Aerial Photograph of Project Area Showing Location of Site 950-10-35-21133 Features, Hilo, HI, Zone 5 North, 280543 m E, 2183876 m N. (Google Earth, 2013 Image. Data Sources: Digital Globe, GeoEye, Earthstar, USDA, and USGS)................................. 34 Figure 16: Site 21133 Feature 1 Plan View Map......................................................................... 36 Figure 17: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 1 Paint Shop Foundation Looking South (70 cm Stadia)................................................................................................................................... 37 Figure 18: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 1 Paint Shop Foundation Looking East (70 cm Stadia)................................................................................................................................... 38 Figure 19: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 1 Paint Shop Foundation Looking North (25 cm NorthArrow Scale)............................................................................................................... 39 Figure 20: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 1 Paint Shop Foundation Looking Northwest (25 cmNorth Arrow Scale)......................................................................................................... 40 Figure 21: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 1 Paint Shop Foundation Looking West (25 cm NorthArrow Scale)............................................................................................................... 41 Figure 22: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 1 Paint Shop East Foundation Wall Looking North (25 cm North Arrow Scale)................................................................................................... 42 Figure 23: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 1 Paint Shop Foundation Looking East (125 cm Stadia)................................................................................................................................... 43 Figure 24: Photograph of Paint Shop, Looking South(1951)..................................................... 44 Figure 25: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map 931 Showing the Feature 2 General Warehouse Building Layout (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1921, revised) ..................................................... 46 Figure 26: Photograph of General Merchandise Warehouse Building, Looking South (1951).. 47 Figure 27: Photograph of Machinery Warehouse, Direction of View Not Specified (1951)...... 48 Figure 28: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 2 General Merchandise Warehouse Building, LookingSouth(2017)........................................................................................................... 49 Figure 29: Newly Renovated Site 21133 Feature 2 General Warehouse Plan View ................... 50 Figure 30: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 2 General Merchandise Warehouse Building Covered Terrace, Looking Southwest(2017)....................................................................... 51 Figure 31: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 2 New Garage Storage and Porte Cochere, LookingNortheast(2017)..................................................................................................... 52 Figure 32: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 2 General Warehouse New Porte Cochere, LookingNortheast(2017)..................................................................................................... 53 Figure 33: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 2 General Warehouse New Porte Cochere, Close up, Looking Northeast(2017)............................................................................................... 54 Figure 34: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map 931 Showing the Feature 3 Carpenter Shop and Lime/Fertilizer Storage Building Layout (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1921, revised) ............... 55 lv Figure 35: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 3 Fertilizer Storage Shed Walls, Looking Northwest (25 cm North Arrow)........................................................................................... 56 Figure 36: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 3 Fertilizer Storage Shed East Wall Interior, Looking Northeast (1.0 m Stadia)......................................................................................... 57 Figure 37: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 3 Fertilizer Storage Shed East Half Interior, LookingNorth (1.0 m Stadia)............................................................................................... 58 Figure 38: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 3 Carpenter Shop West Front Wall Remnant, Looking Northeast (80 cm Stadia)........................................................................................ 59 Figure 39: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 3 Fertilizer Storage Shed North Wall Exterior Showing Rebar and Form Imprints, Looking Southwest (25 cm North Arrow) .................. 60 Figure 40: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 3 Central Dividing Wall and Area of Former Carpenter Shop, Looking East(2017).................................................................................. 62 Figure 41: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 3 East Wall and Concrete Staircase, Looking North (2017).................................................................................................................................... 63 Figure 42: Photograph of Carpenter Shop and Old Lime Storage Shed at Southwest Corner of Sugar Mill Building, Looking Northeast(1951)................................................................... 64 Figure 43: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map 931 Showing the Feature 4 Rail Road Tunnel Layout (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1921, revised).................................................................... 65 Figure 44: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 4 Rail Tunnel Looking North (25 cm North Arrow)................................................................................................................................... 66 Figure 45: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 4 Rail Tunnel South End, Looking North (25 cm North Arrow and 1.0 m Stadia)............................................................................................. 67 Figure 46: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 4 Rail Tunnel Ceiling Looking North ................. 68 Figure 47: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 4 Rail Tunnel East Wall Drains, Looking Northeast (25 cm North Arrow and 1.0 m Stadia)................................................................................ 69 Figure 48: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 4 Rail Tunnel West Wall Drains, Looking Northwest (25 cm North Arrow and 1.0 m Stadia)............................................................... 70 Figure 49: Aerial Photograph of Project Area Showing Location of Site 21133 Feature 5 Mill Foundation Remains, Hilo, HI, Zone 5 North, 280543 m E, 2183876 m N. (Google Earth, 2019 Image. Data Sources: Digital Globe, GeoEye, Earthstar, USDA, and USGS)........... 72 Figure 50: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Southwest Foundation Remnant, Looking North. ............................................................................................................................................... 73 Figure 51: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Southwest Foundation Remnant, Looking East. ............................................................................................................................................... 74 Figure 52: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Northwest Foundation Remnants, Looking Northwest.............................................................................................................................. 75 Figure 53: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Northwest Foundation Remnants, Looking North..................................................................................................................................... 76 Figure 54: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Northwest Foundation Remnants, Looking Northeast............................................................................................................................... 77 Figure 55: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Northeast Foundation Remnant, Base of Power Plant Smoke Stack, Looking Northeast................................................................................ 78 Figure 56: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Eastern Most Foundation Remnant, Looking Northwest.............................................................................................................................. 79 Figure 57: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Eastern Most Foundation Remnant, Looking North..................................................................................................................................... 80 v Figure 58: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Eastern Most Foundation Remnant, Looking West...................................................................................................................................... 81 Figure 59: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Eastern Most Foundation Remnant Showing Form Imprints, Looking North............................................................................................. 82 Figure 60: Photograph Of Site 21133 Feature 5 Eastern Most Foundation Remnant Showing Rebar, Looking North........................................................................................................... 83 Figure 61: Photograph Of Site 21133 Feature 5 Eastern Most Foundation Remnant Showing I - Beam, Looking North........................................................................................................... 84 Figure 62: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map 931 Showing the Feature 5 Sugar Mill and Power Plant Building Layout (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1930).......................................................... 85 Figure 63: Photograph of Hilo Sugar Company Sugar Mill at Wainaku, Looking Southwest (1961) .................................................................................................................................... 86 Figure 64: Photograph of Hilo Sugar Company Sugar Mill at Wainaku, Looking Southwest (1949) .................................................................................................................................... 87 Figure 65: Photograph of Sugar Mill and Power House Buildings, Looking North (1951)........ 88 Figure 66: Photograph of Bulk Sugar Bin on East Side of Sugar Mill Building, Looking West (1951) .................................................................................................................................... 89 Figure 67: Photograph of Feature 6A Seawall Looking Northwest ............................................ 91 Figure 68: Photograph of Feature 6A Seawall Looking Southwest ............................................ 92 Figure 69: Photograph of Feature 6A Seawall Looking South (1.2 m Stadia) ............................ 93 Figure 70: Photograph of Feature 6A Seawall Looking Southwest (1.2 m Stadia) ..................... 94 Figure 71: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall Looking West ..................................................... 95 Figure 72: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall West End, Looking Northwest ........................... 96 Figure 73: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall West End Close Up, Looking North .................. 97 Figure 74: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall Center, Looking East .......................................... 98 Figure 75: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall Center, Looking Northwest ................................ 99 Figure 76: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall Center Close Up, Looking Northwest .............. 100 Figure 77: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall East Half, Looking West .................................. 101 Figure 78: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall East Half, Close Up, Looking North ................ 102 Figure 79: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall East End, Looking East .................................... 103 Figure 80: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall East End, Close Up, Looking East ................... 104 Figure 81: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map 931 Showing the Feature 7 Sugar Warehouse Building (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1930)............................................................................. 106 Figure 82: Photograph of Feature 7 Foundation Northeast Corner Looking Northwest........... 107 Figure 83: Photograph of Feature 7 Foundation Northeast Corner, Close Up, Looking Northwest............................................................................................................................ 108 Figure 84: Photograph of Feature 7 Foundation Southeast Corner Looking Southeast............ 109 Figure 85: Photograph of Feature 7 Foundation Southeast Corner, Close Up, Looking Southeast. ............................................................................................................................................. 110 Figure 86: Photograph of Feature 7 Foundation Southeast Corner Showing Collapsed Portion, LookingEast....................................................................................................................... 111 Figure 87: Photograph of Feature 7 Foundation Footing Looking Northeast ........................... 112 Figure 88: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map 931 Showing the Feature 7 Sugar Warehouse Building (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1921)............................................................................. 113 Figure 89: Feature 8 Plan View Map......................................................................................... 114 vi Figure 90: Aerial Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 8 Mill Yard, Hilo, HI, Zone 5 North, 280543 m E, 2183876 m N. (Google Earth, 2013 Image. Data Sources: Digital Globe, GeoEye, Earthstar, USDA, and USGS).............................................................................. 115 Figure 91: Photograph of Feature 8 Overpass to Mill Yard Looking East ................................ 116 Figure 92: Photograph of Feature 8 Overpass to Mill Yard, Close Up Showing Rebar in Concrete, Looking Northeast.............................................................................................. 117 Figure 93: Photograph of Feature 8 Mill Yard and Crane Footing Looking East ..................... 118 Figure 94: Photograph of Feature 8 Mill Yard East Wall Looking Southwest ......................... 119 Figure 95: Photograph of Mill Yard Crane, Cane Cleaning Plant, and Flume Trestle, Looking Northeast(1951)................................................................................................................. 120 Figure 96: Photograph of Mill Yard Crane, Looking East(1951)............................................. 121 Figure 97: Photograph of Cane Cleaning Plant, Flume Trestle, and Rail Tunnel, Looking North (1951) .................................................................................................................................. 122 Figure 98: Photograph of Cane Cleaning Plant, Looking Northwest(1951)............................ 123 Figure 99: Photograph of Feature 9 Scale House Foundation Looking Northeast .................... 125 Figure 100: Photograph of Scale House on Parcel 2, Looking Northeast (1951)...................... 126 Figure 101: Portion of 2022 Survey Map Showing the Locations of Feature 10 through Feature 15 (Adapted from Aina Surveys Map)................................................................................ 127 Figure 102: Photograph of Feature 10 Flume Trestle, South End, Looking Southwest............ 128 Figure 103: Photograph of Feature 10 Flume Trestle, North End, Looking Northwest............ 129 Figure 104: Photograph of Feature 10 Flume Trestle, South End, Looking Southeast ............. 130 Figure 105: Photograph of Feature 10 Flume Trestle, North End, Looking Southeast ............. 131 Figure 106: Photograph of Feature 10 Flume Trestle, South End, Looking South ................... 132 Figure 107: Photograph of Feature 11 Trench Prior to Vegetation Clearing, Looking Southeast. ............................................................................................................................................. 134 Figure 108: Photograph of Feature 11 Trench after Vegetation Clearing, with Feature 14 Foundation on Left Side, Looking Southeast..................................................................... 135 Figure 109: Photograph of Feature 11 Wood Flume Supports, Looking South ........................ 136 Figure 110: Photograph of Feature 11 Wood Flume Supports, Looking North ........................ 137 Figure 111: Photograph of Feature 11 Overview of Wood Flume Supports, Looking West.... 138 Figure 112: Photograph of Feature 12 Trestle Interior, Looking Southwest ............................. 139 Figure 113: Photograph of Feature 12 Trestle Interior, Looking Northeast .............................. 140 Figure 1144: Photograph Feature 13 Northernmost Pier Block, Looking East ........................ 141 Figure 115: Photograph Feature 13 Southernmost Pier Block, Looking East .......................... 142 Figure 116: Photograph of Feature 13 Pier Block within Middle of Feature 11 Trench, Looking East...................................................................................................................................... 143 Figure 117: Feature 14 Unloading Platform Plan View Map .................................................... 145 Figure 118: Photograph of Feature 14 Unloading Platform, Looking South ............................ 146 Figure 119: Photograph of Feature 14 Unloading Platform, Looking Southeast ...................... 147 Figure 120: Photograph of Feature 14 Unloading Platform, Looking Northwest ..................... 148 Figure 121: Photograph of Feature 14 Unloading Platform, Looking West .............................. 149 Figure 122: Photograph of Feature 14 Unloading Platform, Looking East ............................... 150 Figure 123: Photograph of Feature 14 Unloading Platform East End in Gulch, Looking North. ............................................................................................................................................. 151 Figure 124: Photograph of Feature 14 Unloading Platform East End in Gulch, Looking Southwest............................................................................................................................ 152 vii Figure 125: Photograph of Feature 14 Unloading Platform Southeast Corner Roof Supports, LookingSouthwest ............................................................................................................. 153 Figure 126: Photograph of Feature 14 Unloading Platform Southwest Corner Roof Supports, LookingNorth ..................................................................................................................... 154 Figure 127: Photograph of Feature 15 Tennis Court Concrete Surface, Looking West............ 155 Figure 128: Photograph of Feature 15 Tennis Court Concrete Surface and Expansion Gap, LookingWest ...................................................................................................................... 156 Figure 129: Aerial Photograph Showing Proposed Work ......................................................... 159 Figure 130: Construction Plan Showing Excavation and Grading (No Scale, Adapted from Aina SurveysMap, 2022)............................................................................................................ 160 Figure 131: Construction Plan Showing Affected Site 950-10-35-21133 Features (Adapted from AinaSurveys Map, 2022)................................................................................................... 161 Figure 132: Photograph of Hilo Sugar Company Sugar Mill at Wainaku, Looking Southwest (1951).................................................................................................................................. 173 Figure 133: Photograph of Sugar Mill and Power House Buildings, Looking North (1951).... 174 Figure 134: Photograph of Bulk Sugar Bin on East Side of Sugar Mill Building, Looking West (1951).................................................................................................................................. 175 Figure 135: Photograph of Cane Cleaning Plant, Looking Northwest(1951).......................... 176 Figure 136: Photograph of Cane Cleaning Plant, Flume Trestle, and Rail Tunnel, Looking North (1951).................................................................................................................................. 177 Figure 137: Photograph of Carpenter Shop and Old Lime Storage Shed at Southwest Corner of Sugar Mill Building, Looking Northeast(1951)................................................................. 178 Figure 138: Photograph of General Merchandise Warehouse Building, Looking South (1951). ............................................................................................................................................. 179 Figure 139: Photograph of Laboratory Building, Looking Northeast(1951)............................ 180 Figure 140: Photograph of Steel Molasses Tanks and Laboratory, Looking Northeast (1951). 181 Figure 141: Photograph of Lime House, Direction of View Not Specified (1951)................... 182 Figure 142: Photograph of Lumber Shed, Direction of View Not Specified (1951)................. 183 Figure 143: Photograph of Machinery Warehouse, Direction of View Not Specified (1951).. 184 Figure 144: Photograph of Mill Supplies Warehouse, Looking West(1951)........................... 185 Figure 145: Photograph of Mill Yard Crane, Looking East(1951)........................................... 186 Figure 146: Photograph of Mill Yard Crane, Cane Cleaning Plant, and Flume Trestle, Looking Northeast(1951)................................................................................................................. 187 Figure 147: Photograph of Paint Shop, Looking South(1951)................................................. 188 Figure 148: Photograph of Steel Oil Tank, Looking Southeast(1951)..................................... 189 Figure 149: Photograph of Scale House on Parcel 2, Looking Northeast (1951)...................... 190 Figure 150 Figure 151: Photograph of Plantation office Building on Parcel 2, Looking Northeast (1951).................................................................................................................................. 191 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Land Commission Award Claims in Mokuhonua and Wainaku Ahupua`a.................. 14 Table 2: Inventory of Previous Archaeological Studies Near the Project Area .......................... 28 Table 3: Inventory of Site 21133 Archaeological Features......................................................... 32 Table 4: Inventory of Hilo Sugar Company Mill buildings at Wainaku................................... 171 viii INTRODUCTION PROJECT AREA DESCRIPTION At the request of Hawaiian Ola Brewing Company, Scientific Consultant Services, Inc. (SCS) conducted an archaeological inventory survey (AIS) of 12.31 acres of land [TMK: (3) 2-6-015:001 and 002] located in Mokuhonua and Wainaku Ahupua`a, South Hilo District, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii (Figure 1 and Figure 2). The physical address of the property is 238 Hawaii Belt Road and is owned by Hawaiian Ola Brewing Company. The property owner's mailing address is 46 74-5598 Luhi Street Kailua-Kona, HI 96740. The property owner is applying to the County of Hawaii Planning Department for a Special Management Area (SMA) permit and a grading permit (HICRIS Project Number 2022PRO1000). The project area is bounded to the north and south by woods, to the east by the Pacific Ocean, and to the west by Mamalahoa Highway (Figure 3). The project area lands are the location of the Wainaku Center, which is used for business and social functions. The property grounds include a renovated sugar mill warehouse building, parking lots, and open mown lawns. The project area was the location of the Wainaku Sugar Mill from 1884 to 1976 (Kelly et al. 1981:91 and 130). METHODS The archaeological inventory survey was undertaken in accordance with Hawaii Administrative Rules 13§13-284 and was performed in compliance with the Rules Governing Minimal Standards for Archaeological Inventory Surveys and Reports contained in Hawaii Administrative Rules 13 § 13-276. Prior to fieldwork, a search of geological maps, aerial photos, historical maps, historical documents, and archaeological reports was conducted. John Cross was interviewed concerning project area lands. John Olson is a long-time resident who worked for C. Brewer and Company, and is familiar with the project area lands. Pedestrian survey and feature recording was conducted in December 2016 and January 2017, and October through December 2022 (268 person -hours total) by Glenn Escott M.A. and Suzan Escott, B.A. A series of north/south transects spaced three to five meters apart were walked across the entire project area. Ground cover consisted of mowed grass, ornamental trees, ferns and bushes. Ground visibility was good. Portions of the north, south and west boundary of Parcel 001 contained grass, brush, and tree cover. Transects spacing was reduced to two meters in these areas of thicker vegetation. Glenn Escott was the principal investigator and project director for the current study. e l3aoomE .gg000m E. 20600—F. 2-8�'-FM2u00m E. �5400c-E- 266--E 17800--E, 2900—E, WGS84 Zone 5Q'211—F_ z � 4 .. H A W A I I `' z IHAWAII CO, fan 1 ?` PRO.IECTAiEA W, K �- P&h Zane 4Q-16--E.ff �95—o E. z l9aea.. E. .31161m E. 43`1rE. .SSco._., C. '67oon— E.... :79 "—E 3191oon Figure 1: 5,500 K-Series Map of Hawaii Showing Location of Project Area (National Geographic Topo!, 2003. Data Sources: National Geographic Society, USGS). 2 rp � - r t NIK: (3) 2-6-015:0111 rit g "1 MK_(i) 2-6-1415:1102 KEY - PROJECT AREA - TMK BOUNDARY TN 0 100 200 300 meters 2810110 m E UTM Zone S North INS(,"N4 [)atllIII Figure 2: 7.5-Minute Series USGS Topographic Map Showing Location of Project Area (Hilo Quad, ESRI, 2013. Data Sources: National Geographic Society, USGS). 3 Figure 3: Aerial Photograph of Project Area, Hilo, HI, Zone 5 North, 280543 m E, 2183876 m N. (Google Earth, 2013 Image. Data Sources: Digital Globe, GeoEye, Earthstar, USDA, and USGS). M The project area was the location of the Wainaku Sugar Mill facilities and offices from the mid- 1800s until 1974. The single remaining building, a warehouse, was recently renovated and is used as a business and social function space. This report contains background information outlining the project area environmental and cultural contexts, a presentation of previous archaeological work within the study area and in the immediate vicinity, and current survey expectations based on that previous work. The report also contains archaeological inventory survey results of field work, significance assessments, and recommendations. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING The project area is situated on steep to moderately sloping land between 20 feet (6.0 m) to 110 feet (34 m) above mean sea level (amsl). The project area substrate is a Mauna Kea flow that is older than 10,000 years (Wolfe and Morris 1996). Soil in the project area is Hilo silty clay loam (HoC series) (Sato 1973:42) originating from deeply weathered Pahala ash deposited in the Pleistocene epoch. The land is steep and rocky and is not well suited for mechanical agriculture. Portions of both parcels have been excavated and bulldozed to create level areas for buildings and outdoor work. Rainfall in the project area is high, ranging between 130 and 200 inches per year. Natural drainage in the area runs from west to east. The majority of project area ground surface is steep to slightly rolling mowed grass with some areas covered in brush and trees. Plant communities in the project are dominated by grass and ornamental trees. The grass is mowed and trees species include Java Plum (Syzygium cumini), Alexandra Palm (Archontophoenix alaexandrae), octopus tree (Schefflera actinophylla), gunpowder tree (Trema orientalis), mango (Magnifera indica), binabing (Macaranga umbellate), ironwood (Casuarina sp.), melochia (Melochia umbellata), banyan (Ficus microcarpa), waiwi (Psidium sp.), African tulip (Spathodea campanulata), Moluccan albizia (Falcataria moluccana), coconut palm (Cocos nucifera), hala (Pandanus tectorius), and hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus) (Starr Environmental 2013). Weed species include Guinea grass (Panicum maximum), California grass (Brachiaria mutica), and partridge pea (Chamaecrista mictitans). The majority of the project area has been bulldozed, beginning in the early 1900s to provide level areas for buildings and outdoor work, and more recently to remove brush and trees. 5 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS INITIAL SETTLEMENT Many archaeologists believe that Hawaii Island was first settled around A.D. 1,000 by people sailing from the Marquesas (Athens et al. 2014; Dye 2011; Kahn et al. 2014; Kirch 2011; Kirch and McCoy 2007; Mulrooney et al. 2011; Reith et al. 2011; Wilmhurst et al. 2011a and 201lb). An article published in the Journal ofArchaeo logical Science reviewing radiocarbon dates recovered at archaeological sites on Hawaii Island suggests that, by relying on only carbon samples from short-lived plant remains, the most reliable dates point to initial Polynesian colonization of Hawaii Island occurring between A.D. 1220 and 1261 (Reeth et al. 2011:2747). Hilo was, by most estimates, one of the first settlements on the Hawaii Island. The recent studies that included Hawaii Island short-lived radiocarbon dating samples assess samples recovered exclusively from sites in North Kohala, South Kohala and Hamakua (Reeth et al. 2011) or from South Point in Ka`u (Dye 1992; Kirch 2011). Many of the North Kohala and South Kohala sites are rock shelters and the South Point sites are sand dune sites. Sixteen radiocarbon samples from North Kohala, South Kohala and Hamakua returned conventional radiocarbon ages from 400 to 781 years before present (Rieth et al. 2011:2745). The early date is consistent with ranges of A.D. 1040- 1090 and A.D. 1120-1280 from Ka Lae in South Point, Ka`u discussed by Kirch (2011:20). All of the samples were recovered from sites in and environments that have not been disturbed by modern development or other human activity. There are no radiocarbon dating samples from Hilo or Puna where there has been a lot of development associated disturbance and where environmental conditions for radiocarbon sample preservation is less favorable. Historians and ethnographers have long believed that Hilo was one of the first settlements on Hawaii Island (Handy and Handy 1972:12; Maly 1996:1). Hilo Bay provided rich marine resources and the gently sloping forests of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea provided rich terrestrial resources. Fresh water was available from the Wailoa and Wailuku rivers and smaller streams such as Waiakea, Waiolama, Pukihae, and `Alenaio. Wainaku Stream is 0.1 km south of the project area, Pukihae Stream is 0.30 km south and Wailuku River is 0.75 km south of the project area (Figure 4). 0 A F r - - j a �y�ta t y PROJECT AREA - W NAKU.$TREAM �e ( PU_ KIHAE STREAM s z Vim 1. 47 E 4 ¢. -c� � � •fir! -�. Figure 4: Portion of South Hilo District Map Showing Location of Project Area (Lyons 1879). 7 PRE -CONTACT TO EARLY CONTACT ERA HILO The moku (district size land unit) of Hilo was one of the earliest known traditional sociopolitical land divisions of Hawaii Island. The earliest account of Hilo appears in `Umi-a-Liloa's (1600-1620) conquest of the Island of Hawaii, which establishes Hilo as a royal center by the sixteenth century. In the account, `Umi-a-Liloa began his conquest of the Island of Hawaii by defeating chief Kulukulu`a, who lived in Waiakea, and the other chiefs of Hilo (Kamakau 1992:16-17). `Umi-a-Liloa's second son, Keawe-nui-a- `Umi, ruled Hamakua, Hilo, and Puna from his residence at Hilo (Kamakau 1992: 34). It was from Hilo that he waged war on the Kona chiefs and unified the island. Keawe-nui- a-`Umi's descendants single handedly continued rule for many generations from Hilo (Kamakau 1992). After the death of Keawe-nui-a-`Umi the kingdom was divided into three parts (Kona and Kohala, Ka`u and Puna, and Hilo and Hamakua) that were ruled by different chiefs. The Hilo and Hamakua region was ruled by Kumalae-nui-a-`Umi and his son Makua (Kamakau 1992: 45). During the time of warfare following the death of Keawe, Kamehameha I was born Kamakau (1992:66). Kalani`6pu`u's grandson, Keoua Kuahu`ula and nephew Kamehameha I vied for control of Hawaii Island and Keoua conquered Hilo chief Keawe-mau-hili and harvested the benefits for a short time only to be vanquished by Kamehameha I late in 1791. Kamehameha's son Liholiho was born in Hilo in November 1797 (Kamakau 1992: 22). Waiakea Ahupua`a was inherited by Liholiho after Kamehameha's death. The `ih kupono of Pi`opi`o and its royal fishpond were given to his favorite wife, Ka` ahumanu (Figure 5). Mokuhonua and Wainaku Ahupua`a are small land divisions that do not stretch far inland (Figure 6). Mokuhonua extends from the ocean to the east to roughly 750 feet amsl and Wainaku extends to 800 feet amsl. Mokuhonua is bounded to the north by Halepuna Ahupua`a and to the west and south by Wainaku Ahupua`a. Wainaku Ahupua`a is bounded to the south and west by Kalalau Ahupua`a. Wainaku Stream forms the southern boundary of Wainaku Ahupua`a and an unnamed seasonal stream gulch divides Wainaku from Mokuhonua Ahupua`a. Both ahupua `a were Crown Lands and were not well mapped during the early Historic era (see Figure 4). Mokuhonua is literally translated as land section (Pukui et al. 1974:155). Wainaku is translated as pushing waters (Pukui et al. 1974:226). PAPA'a ..... _ . Mt'4�EPUNA o �c KALALAU•k p040,eo PROJECT AREA zwe 'ILI of PI'OPI'd 1111A1r4KEA 0 1 2 rn. 0 1 2 3 km SCALE Figure 5: Map Showing Pi`opi`o and the Project Area Location (adapted from Kelly et al. 1981). 0 KEY PROJECT AREA ✓I�/4 Oi4 AIIUPUA'A BOUNDARY miles '1 lwAINAKu 17 • 1 r D Q�A� � �, Figure 6: A Portion of the Hilo City and Vicinity Map Showing Mokuhonua and Wainaku Ahupua`a and the Project Area (La( 1920). 10 TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENT PATTERNS, SUBSISTENCE, AND LAND -USE Historical accounts and archaeological/cultural studies pertaining to the project area region (Bingham 1969; Bird 1974; Ellis 1963; Handy and Handy 1972; Kelly et al. 1981; McEldowney 1979) provide a wealth of information concerning traditional residence patterns, land -use, and subsistence horticulture of the area. It is widely held that these historical accounts of residence patterns, land -use, and subsistence horticulture indicative of traditional practices developed long before contact with Europeans (McEldowney 1979). These are synthesized below in order to explain the types of cultural resources possibly located within the current project area. Early accounts of Hilo portray it as divided into several distinct environmental regions. From the coast to a distance of five or six miles, scattered subsistence agriculture was evident, followed by a region of tall fern and bracken, flanked at higher elevations by a forest region between 10 and 20 miles wide, beyond which was an expanse of grass and lava (Ellis 1963:403). The American Missionary C. S. Stewart wrote, "the first four miles of the country is open and uneven, and beautifully sprinkled with clumps, groves, and single trees of the bread -fruit, pandanus, and candle tree (Stewart 1970:361-363). The majority of Hilo's inhabitants (in 1825) lived within this coastal region (Ellis1963: 253) (Figure 7). Taro, plantains, bananas, coconuts, sweet potatoes, gourds, and breadfruit were grown individually or in small garden plots. Fish, pig, dog, and birds were also raised and captured for consumption. The present study area is situated along a high cliff within the coastal zone just north of Hilo Bay. The coastal zone, in general, consisted of an area containing "scattered huts" amidst "garden "plots" created through "shifting agriculture" (McEldowney 1979:18-19). Taro, bananas, sugarcane, breadfruit, and sweet potatoes were grown further west in the upland gardens. 11 20 4t , I it -., 11. 7 8 3 L 1*30 44r r zo IC40 St # e .4 r jet PROJECTAR'IrA 2t at.,, R sf t 08 7 7, 7 it 7 7 it OPLI, 4t 44 4j 4 31 a. . L 2 t C,I:ee A 'a —Aj See 'Miles Figure 7: Portion of Hilo Bay Depth Chart Showing Location of Homes and Gardens at Hilo Bay (Malden 1825). 12 Wood, such as `6hi `a and koa for house construction, canoe building, and fires was obtained from this upland agricultural zone, and from the dense forests above (Ellis 1963:236). Sandalwood from the uplands would later become a valuable trade item. Birds were caught in the upland agricultural zone for food and for their ornamental feathers. Hala for thatching was also known to be plentiful along the lava flows of eastern Waiakea. THE MAHELE AND LAND COMMISSION AWARDS Article IV of the Board of Commissioners to Quiet Land Titles was passed in December 1845 and began the legal process of private land ownership. The Mahele (1848-1850) established a board of five commissioners to oversee land claims and to issue patents and leases for valid claims. Many scholars believe that Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III) established laws intended to protect Hawaiian sovereignty and crown lands from foreigners who had already begun claiming ownership of land they were granted permission to use for homes and business interests (Daws 1968:111; Kame`eleihiwa 1992: 169-70, 176; Kelly 1983: 45; Kuykendall 1938(1): 145 footnote 47, 152, 165-6, 170). Among other things, the foreigners were demanding private ownership of land to secure their island investments, particularly agricultural and ranching ventures (Kuykendall 1938(1): 138, 145, 178, 184, 202, 206, 271; Kame`eleihiwa 1992: 178). As legal statutes defining the Mahele continued to be enacted from 1845 to 1850, the lands of the kingdom of Hawaii were divided among the king (crown lands), the ah `i and konohiki, and the government. Once lands were thus divided and private ownership was instituted, the maka 'dinana (commoners), if they had been made aware of the procedures, were able to claim the plots on which they had been cultivating and living as stipulated in the Kuleana Act (1850). These claims, however, could not include any previously cultivated or presently fallow land, `okipu `u (forest clearing created to allow sunlight to reach the forest floor), stream fisheries, or many other resources traditionally necessary for survival (Kame`eleihiwa 1992:295; Kelly 1983:45-76; Kirch and Sahlins 1992 vol.1:3, 135-137, and vol. 2:2). The right of claimants to land was based on the written testimony of at least two witnesses who could corroborate the claimant's long-standing occupation and use of the lot(s) in question. The claimant was then awarded a patent for the property, subsequently called Land Commission Awards (LCAs) (Chinen 1961:16). 13 Mokuhonua and Wainaku Ahupua`a were Crown Lands during the Mahele. In the following years, eight land claims were made within both ahupua `a (Table 1). Only two Land Claim Awards (LCA) were awarded. Both awards were small and were just inland of the coast. No maps were made showing the actual locations of the awards. There is also no information describing the structures or kinds of crops grown on the awarded parcels. Table 1: Land Commission Award Claims in Mokuhonua and Wainaku Ahupua`a. LCA No. Claimant Ahupua`a Ili Awarded 11145 Paakukini Wainaku Wainaku 0 4738 Makaliilii Wainaku Wainaku 1 5114 Kowaa Wainaku Wainaku 0 5209 Makaulu Wainaku Wainaku 0 5209B Kahanapuni Wainaku Wainaku 0 5209C Kaneapuaa Wainaku Wainaku 0 5703 Kapeakuakini Wainaku Wainaku 1 4775 Nakupee Mokuhonua Kukaemoa 1 CHANGING RESIDENTIAL AND LAND -USE PATTERNS Between 1845 and 1900, traditional land -use and residential patterns changed drastically. In particular, the regular use of Hilo Bay by foreign vessels, including whaling merchant and inter -island vessel, the growth of tourism, the establishment of missions in the Hilo area, the legalization of private land ownership, the introduction of cattle ranching, the introduction of sugar cane cultivation, and the construction of Government Roads and railroad lines all brought about changes in settlement patterns and long-established land -use patterns (Kelly et al. 1981:111-112). Much of the change in residential location and the growth of towns in Puna District were driven by the availability of arable land suited to commercial crops and the location of newly constructed roads. The introduction of private land ownership and the development of sugarcane agriculture were arguably the most powerful drivers of socioeconomic and land -use change in Hawaii, and had the largest combined effect on the development of Hilo town and the surrounding lands. 14 By 1898, the sugar industry had become the leading industry of the Hawaiian Islands (Kelly et al. 1981:117). At that time, the majority of capital and labor investments in Hawaii were devoted to the production and export of sugar. Sugar was the major export of Hawaii and provided income for more people living in Hawaii than any other industry. Prior to contact with the European world, Hawaiians grew several varieties of sugarcane in their fields, often as wind breaks along the edges of their taro and sweet potato gardens (Handy et al. 1972:186). The sugarcane stalks were eaten without much preparation. The establishment of sugarcane agriculture, the milling of cane, and the production of raw sugar and molasses for export lead to the consolidation of smaller arable plots, that once formed the basis of family subsistence gardens, into large mono - crop sugar plantations controlled (owned or leased) by foreign investment firms (agents) and large land owners. The plantation system led to the development of wage labor and infrastructure improvements within Hilo town. The latter included the construction of roads, railroads, wharves, piers, flumes, and commercial buildings. COFFEE, SUGAR AND HISTORIC TO MODERN LAND -USE Solomon P. Kaleiohholani (born in Waiakea, 1845) testified during the Water Rights Case No. 2248 hearing in 1915 that Vancouver brought coffee in 1794 and gave it to the father of Queen Ka`ahumanu (cited in Maly and Maly 2003:39). It was cultivated in Hawaii very soon after its arrival. Sugarcane was indigenous to Hawaii. Captain Cook found sugarcane (Saccharum ofcinarum) growing in Hawaii at the time of his arrival in 1778 (Beaglehole 1967:479). He noted that the cane was of large size and good quality. According to Hawaiians, sugarcane (ko) grew wild and quite well in the valleys and lowlands. It was not refined but was eaten as a food crop and was used as an offering, especially to the shark god Mano (Rolph 1917:166). Several sugarcane varieties, either indigenous or brought by early Polynesians, were known to the Hawaiians, including Ualalehu, Ualalehu maoli (native), Honuaula, Laukena (Laukona), Kea (Kokea), Papa, and Ohua (Wilfong 1883). When Benjamin Cox Pitman and his son Benjamin Pitman opened the first store in Hilo, near the mouth of the Wailuku River in 1837, it was in an area planted in coffee 15 (Kelly et al. 1981:49). Governor Kuakini established a sugar plantation and mill in Ponahawai by 1839 (Kelly et al. 1981:49). The sugarcane fields were located between the Hala`i Hill and Kilauea Avenue. The mill was powered by water from the Wailuku River. The early sugar mills and plantations were owned, managed and/or operated by Chinese (Kelly et al. 1981:82). Much of the early sugar growing wage labor was provided by Hawaiians who were paid in dyed cotton cloth. Sugarcane was planted using an `o `o (digging stick) and cut cane was carted to the mill, sometimes pulled by oxen. Raw sugar and molasses produced at the mill were packed in kegs for shipping. Once at the milling facilities, cane was fed one stalk at a time into iron band reinforced wooden rollers powered by water, oxen, mule, and horse. The juice extracted by the rollers was collected in a trough and was boiled in whaling ship iron trypots. Less than 50% of the sugar was extracted from the cane using these methods. Additionally, production was low because indigenous sugarcanes were susceptible to introduced disease and were soft and therefore unsuitable for milling (Mangelsdorf 1956). Rose Bamboo, a non -indigenous variety of cane, was introduced in Ka`u, and by the early 1900s had displaced all indigenous varieties for sugar production (Wilfong 1883). It was later replaced by other varieties of commercial sugarcane. By 1843, Benjamin Pitman and Stephen Reynolds were growing coffee and sugar on leased land in Pi`ihonua, Ponahawai, and Pu`u`eo Ahupua`a, the latter, just south of Wainaku Ahupua`a (Kelly et al. 1981:85). At that time, ten acres of Pitman's farm in Pu`u`eo was planted in coffee. In 1850, Pitman purchased 354 acres of land (Land Grant 252) in central Ponahawai Ahupua`a for the price of $531.30. In 1859, Pitman purchased 367 acres in Pu`u`eo Ahupua`a that became part of his `Amauulu sugar plantation and mill. By that time, Pitman had switched to primarily growing sugarcane at lower altitudes and some coffee upland. The `Amauulu Mill and plantation was owned by Pitman, and was leased to Chinese managers who operated the mill. Pitman sold his stores and farm land to Thomas Spencer and returned to Massachusetts in 1860. Spencer took over the mill operations in 1867. Spencer purchased additional Crown Lands in 1870, extending his plantation to the coast. 16 Hawaiian sugar production remained low despite the introduction of steam power in 1858-1859 to the milling process. The Island of Hawaii had a single mill operating at Hilo until the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861-1865). The disruption of sugar production in the American south caused a price increase and a concomitant rise in Hawaiian sugar production and export, from 2,600 tons in 1863 to 8,869 tons in 1866 (Rolph 1917:171). The rapid growth of the sugar industry created a labor shortage that necessitated hiring contract laborers from other Polynesian islands. Hawaiian sugar production was still somewhat hindered by U.S. import duties, until a reciprocity treaty negotiated between the Kingdom of Hawaii and the U.S. in 1876 reduced import duties levied on Hawaiian sugar, increasing the profitability of sugar production and further spurring the growth of the sugar industry. From 1877 to 1888, sugar production increased almost 500% and doubled in the following ten years (Kelly et al. 1981:81). American consumers purchased nearly 99% of all Hawaiian export products, much of it sugar. The sugar industry changed the social fabric of the area. Chinese laborers were brought in to work in the sugar cane fields in the 1876. Portuguese, Japanese, and Pacific Islanders were brought in during the 1880s, and Filipinos began arriving at the beginning of the 1900s (ibid: 25-26). Numerous sugar camps were established to house the sugar cane industry workers. The camps were often segregated by ethnic background. Hotels, movie theaters, dentist offices, restaurants, churches, temples, and other amenities were constructed in an effort to improve the social aspects of the sugar plantations. Spencer's property and the Chinese -operated mill at Wainaku were purchased by the Hilo Sugar Company in 1884. The Hilo Sugar Company was established by Claus Spreckels and William Irwin in 1880. `Amauulu cane was no longer milled at the local mill, but was milled at the Wainaku Mill. At that time, there were eight sugar plantations in the Hilo-Hamakua region including Spencer's Hilo plantation and `Amauulu plantation, Kaiwiki plantation, Pauka` a plantation, Onomea plantation, Kaupakuea plantation, and Papa`ikou plantation. There were roughly 2,390 acres of land planted in cane at these eight plantations in 1879 (MacLennan 1997:105). The Hilo Railroad Company, incorporated in 1899, constructed a railroad line to haul raw sugar and molasses from the sugar mills to the sugar storage facility at Hilo Harbor (Kelly et al. 1981:142) (Figure 8). 17 During the first half of the 201h century, the Hilo Sugar Company constructed four flumes to transport cut cane to the Hilo Sugar Company mill at Wainaku (see Figure 8). The company also built cottages and houses for workers, overseers, and a bookkeeper at `Amauulu Camp. Numerous plantation camps were constructed to house sugar plantation laborers, including camps surrounding the Hilo Sugar Company Sugar Mill at Wainaku. The worker cottages had four rooms with cement floors and the primary camps had piped water (Hilo Sugar Company 1913:4, 1915:5). Bath houses and wash houses were constructed with wood -burning boilers and furnaces providing hot water to stationary cement tubs or furos heated from below. Clubhouses for the under -overseers were constructed, beginning in 1915, complete with pool table and furniture (Hilo Sugar Company 1916:5). Tennis courts were also built during this period. In 1917, Hilo Sugar Company began adding kitchens to the cottages, or built new cottages with kitchens. In 1924, the main flume through the `Amauulu section, from the Wailuku River to the sugar mill at Wainaku, was rebuilt (see Figure 8). The flume transported all of the cane from the `Amauulu, Kaumana, and Pi`ihonua sections to the mill for processing. The flume was constructed with creosoted posts and had a v-shaped flume trough 1.5 inches by 16 inches with 1.25 inch by 14 inch sideboards (Hilo Sugar Company 1925:6). The portion of the flume closest to the mill was constructed of steel rebar reinforced concrete. IV Figure 8: Portion of 7.5-Minute Series USGS Topographic Map Showing Location of `Amauulu Camp, Flume, and Project Area (USGS 1963, Hilo Quad). 19 In 1925, the Hilo Sugar Company built sewer systems, remodeled houses, added kitchens to older cottages, and built a dispensary at the plantation camps (Hilo Sugar Company 1926:6-7). In 1931, a recreation hall was built at `Amauulu for workers and their children (Hilo Sugar Company 1931:7). In 1940, oil burning water heaters were installed at camps, due to the high cost of fire wood (Hilo Sugar Company 1941:6). During World War II, the Hilo Sugar Company's labor force, numbering eight hundred plus employees at the start of the war, began to dwindle as people joined the war effort. Over a five year period, the labor pool dropped to 60% of its original number. Following WWII, falling sugar prices and rising wages kept employee numbers low. Hilo Sugar Company struggled to remain profitable by growing and producing sugar with improved techniques and fewer workers. On December 31, 1947, the Hilo Sugar Company merged with a newly formed subsidiary, the San Francisco based Hilo Sugar Plantation Company. Over the following two years wages fell as the company struggled to become profitable. After the 1960s, raw sugar production moved to other parts of the world where it was cheaper to produce. The sugar mill at Wainaku ceased operating in 1976. HILO SUGAR COMPANY SUGAR MILL AT WAINAKU The Hilo Sugar Company sugar mill at Wainaku was improved and developed into a modern industrial mill facility during two major construction periods, from 1884 through the 1920s and in the latter half of the 1940s. hi the first construction period, the steep terrain was excavated and leveled to create level space for buildings, roads, and work areas. A pier and adjacent sugar storage warehouse was built in the early days to store and transfer raw sugar and molasses to cargo ships (Figure 9). In 1911, work was begun on a rock seawall to protect the property on the Hilo side of the property and to increase the yard area for construction of additional buildings (Hilo Sugar Company 1913:4). Truck loads of dirt were delivered to fill behind the seawall. A new 50 ft by 90 ft warehouse with cement floor and conveyors was constructed in 1917, increasing the mill's storage capacity 3,900 tons (Hilo Sugar Company 1918:6). In 1918, a new steel building was begun to replace the wooden structure that covered the sugar mill and boilers (Hilo Sugar Company 1919:5). In the same year, a concrete flume was constructed to carry unrefined molasses (massecuite) from tanks to the centrifuges. 20 1 1 I 1 1 Txxr. il 30 1. 0 1 1 ,a MolHSSEJ rnNic* � � ` 2 1. olmmr fs`J 1JQ f `� II 41 l Y !. (aol) — Pond A y If III / � I� �, i I Y RR/Ek b e I 4 OY �•� l.iso.w ti ry 11 1 1 1 1 1�he 1 I ss r 11 �Umb9 11 tl �- t { 1_ I�~g I I� 77e•o l7s N � Figure 9: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map #31 Showing Early Hilo Sugar Mill Building Layout (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1921). 21 In 1920, plans were drawn up to construct more mill yard seawall in order to create level space to lay a spur track to the Hawaii Consolidated Railway line, and to build a supply warehouse, a truck repair shop, and to enlarge the blacksmith and carpenter shops (Hilo Sugar Company 1921:5). The second seawall, the spur track, and building construction were completed in 1920. The spur track lead into a railcar shed. After 1920, the pier was no longer used to load transport ships. Raw sugar and molasses was transported to the sugar storage facilities at Hilo Harbor for shipping. A number of plantation offices were built in the early 1920s, just mauka (west) of the mill (outside of the current project area). Plans were made in 1921 to construct a lime shed in the second seawall yard to store lime. Lime was used to clarify the massecuite prior to boiling and refining into raw sugar and molasses. The supply warehouse, truck repair shop, and blacksmith and carpenter shop buildings were completed in 1922 (Hilo Sugar Company 1923:5). A new carpenter shop and a new concrete plantation supplies warehouse were constructed in 1923 and 1924, respectively. The warehouse was 40 ft wide by 140 ft long and had a concrete firewall in the center to separate general merchandise from fertilizer which was prone to spontaneous combustion when wet (Hilo Sugar Company 1925:6). The spur track ran alongside the warehouse for handling freight. In 1924, the flume situated from the Wailuku river, though the `Amauulu section, to the mill at Wainaku was rebuilt. The flume carried all of the Hilo Sugar Company cane from their plantations to the southwest to the mill. The lower section of the flume, where it crossed the Government Road, was built on a newly constructed reinforced concrete trestle (Hilo Sugar Company 1925:6). In the same year, a round reinforced concrete reservoir was constructed at the mill. In the late 1940s, after World War II, the Hilo Sugar Company began a second phase of construction to improve the Wainaku sugar mill facilities. In 1945, a new cleaning plant was built. The cleaning plant removed rocks, soil, and other debris from the cut cane that would otherwise damage the cane crushers (mills) (Hilo Sugar Company 1946:2). 22 6s Figure 10: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map 931 Showing Pre-1945 Hilo Sugar Mill Building Layout (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1921, revised). 23 In 1946, a new mill yard crane, a feeder table, and a crane storage pit under the crane were built (Hilo Sugar Company 1947:4). The crane unloaded cut cane from trucks that hauled cane to the mill. In 1947 a scale house was built west of the mill yard crane to record the cane weight delivered by trucks. By this time, much of the cut cane coming from the fields and the raw sugar going to Hilo Harbor was transported by truck. Prior to 1943, a gymnasium was constructed near the plantation office buildings. Additional plantation offices were constructed in 1947 west of the current project area. A tennis court and clubhouse were also constructed west of the mill facilities proper. A bulk sugar bin and laboratory were constructed at the mill in 1947. Appendix A contains photographs of buildings that existed in the early 1950s and a table listing various information for each building. The sugar mill at Wainaku ceased operating in 1976. All of the mill buildings, with the exception of the general merchandise warehouse (see Figure 10 and Figure 11), were demolished in 1993. The mill property was purchased by C. Brewer & Company in 1996 with the intent of renovating the property and using it as its corporate headquarters. The company renovated the general merchandise warehouse, built in 1924, adding a second floor to create an 11,800-square foot business center. Renovations included a koa staircase, a second floor boardroom, and a second story lanai. The property was purchased 2012 by the current owner, Edmund C. Olson Trust IL That owner made renovations the former warehouse (Site 950-10-35-21133, Feature 2) and the grounds were further cleared and improved. The warehouse and mill grounds were used at that time for business and social functions, most notably for weddings. The property was purchased in 2022 by the current owner, Hawaiian Ola Brewing Company. 24 S TA I 1 \ /Ir[ / r Figure 11: Portion of TMK: (3) 2-6-15, 16, and 17 Map Showing Hilo Sugar Company Mill Buildings (Hawai`i County Planning Department 1943). 25 PREVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS Twenty archaeological and historical studies were conducted in the area near to and within the current project area (Figure 12 and Table 2). Thrum (1907 and 1908), Hudson (1932), and Stokes and Dye (1991) represent early archaeological efforts to document site distribution pertinent to the greater Hilo area. Hudson notes there were already no archaeological sites remaining in the city of Hilo by the early 1930s (Hudson 1932:236). All three authors note the dismantling of well-known heiau in the Hilo area (Thrum 1908:240, Hudson 1932:236, Stokes and Dye 1991:152). The vast majority of studies did not encounter archaeological sites. This is not surprising since much of the area within Hilo town has been developed. It is likely that most archaeological remains have been disturbed and obscured by construction activities associated with modern development. Seven of the 15 recent archaeological studies documented archaeological sites (see Table 2). Goodfellow (1991) documented a single site (Site 15415) near the mouth of the Wailuku River consisting of pre -Contact era to early post -Contact era hearths and Historic era refuse. Jensen (1991), Haun and Henry 2004, and Escott (2015) documented two Historic era ditches used to bring water to Hilo and seven Historic era sugarcane agricultural features in Ponahawai Ahupua` a. Walker and Rosendahl (1996) recorded five historic sugarcane sites, including Waiakea Sugar Plantation field features and remains from the former Hilo Sugar Company mill (Site 950-10-35-21133). The former Hilo Sugar Company mill project area is the same as the current AIS study project area. Feature descriptions were not recorded and photographs were not taken at Site 950-10-35-21133. Clark and Rechtman (2006) recorded a single sugarcane era rock mound in Hilo town. Kennedy (1992) conducted and AIS study on a large portion of Pu`u`eo Ahupua`a (see Figure 12), including the present project area. The AIS documented a single possible burial rock mound (Site #18074) in Pu`u`eo Ahupua`a, south of the current project area. The AIS report also states that local residents told Kennedy that there was a Historic era cemetery located somewhere along the eastern boundary of the project area. A pedestrian search was made for the cemetery but it was not located. 26 r E N - p�� O 1 TARE _r , '� _ z . - �" Alea!ea meant � _ Rechtman 2009 - r ■ Rosendahl1988 "..lr ��' ■ Walker& Rosenda hl 19% r� _ ■ Rosendah12004 ■ Clark & Rechtman 2006 z Jensen 1991 Escott 2015 -�� Wickler & Ward 1992 Cr3 Kenned 1992 ,w_ Nue ["Scott & Escutt 2l) -> IG t ��, Hann & Henry 2004 GO � mi El Go«IFcllnrr 1991 �•? $ Illy r a Ek ❑ O'Hareetal. 2013 cam9'y J. - Wilkinson & Hammalt 2009 �u_;� - Mpaheau x ti ° ttt8y '� v L'Jatt3t Kclh & Ath Ms 1982 Tan .. k. Ve ial Park Sir!17 a , r �I_ti rtR V :RESFRRJ 2800607r E, WGS84 Zone 5Q 282000r„ E. 4 0 .5 1 MILE Ill L_ 0 11000 [LEI 0 5W tOW METERS Figure 12: 7.5-Minute Series USGS Topographic Map Showing Location of Project Area Shaded Yellow and Previous Archaeological Studies (National Geographic Topo!, 2003, USGS Hilo Quadrangle). 27 Table 2: Inventory of Previous Archaeological Studies Near the Project Area. Study Reference Study Type Location Results Thrum Recorded Heiau Hawaii Island List and description of 1907 and 1908 heiau in Hilo area Hudson Archaeological Study of East Hawaii Island Detailed description of 1932 Known Sites various sites in the Hilo area McEldowney Archaeological and Hilo Bay area Environmental zone 1979 Literature Review and land —use study Kelly, Nakamura, and Historical Study Hilo Bay area History of Hilo Bay Barrere 1981 area Kelly & Athens 1982 Cultural Resources Wailoa River No Archaeological Reconnaissance Sites at Wailoa River Rosendahl 1988 Archaeological Four Locations in Hilo, No Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey One Just North of Current Sites Proj ect Goodfellow 1991 AIS Pu`u`eo Ahupua`a Site 15415 pre -Contact era hearths Jensen 1991 AIS Ponahawai Ahupua `a Site 14946, an early historic house and sugar cane site. Site 14947, the Hilo Boarding School and Old Mission Ditch Stokes and Dye 1991 Study of known heiau Hawaii Island List and description of heiau of Hawaii Island Kennedy 1992 AIS Pu`u`eo Ahupua`a Historic buildings, earthen terraces, wooden flume remains, and possible burial rock mound Wickler & Ward 1992 Archaeological `Alenaio Stream Historic Artifacts Investigation Only, No Sites Walker & Rosendahl Archaeological Hilo Judicial Complex Five Historic Sites 1996 Assessment Hann & Henry 2004 AIS Ponahawai Ahupua `a Two sugarcane era sites Rosendahl 2004 Archaeological Hilo Judicial Complex No Archaeological Assessment Sites Clark & Rechtman Section 106 Mohouli Street One Historic Era Rock 2006 Mound Rechtman 2009 Archaeological Hilo Bay Front to Reed's No Archaeological Assessment Bay Sites Wilkinson & Hammatt Archaeological Field Hilo High School No Archaeological 2009 Inspection Sites O'Hare et al. 2013 Archaeological Field Pu`u`eo Ahupua`a No Archaeological Inspection Sites Escott 2015 AIS Ponahawai Ahupua `a Pu`u Honu and four sugarcane era sites Escott & Escott 2016 Draft AIS Pu`u`eo Ahupua `a Historic Era Graveyard SCS, Inc. conducted an AIS study on a portion of the former `Amauulu Plantation in Pu`u`eo Ahupua`a (Escott and Escott 2016). One archaeological site was identified within the eastern portion of the project area. The site (Site 950-10-35-30572) consisted of an Historic era graveyard. Eleven individual graves, monuments, and debris from disturbed graves (Feature 1 through Feature 11) were recorded during the course of the AIS field work. The markers consisted of rectangular concrete slabs, low concrete borders, concrete and stone headstones, and wrought iron fence. The graveyard was located on Hilo Sugar Company land and was used from the late 1800s through the 1920s based on dates identified on the headstones. The headstones also indicate that people of Hawaiian, Asian, and other ancestry are interred at the cemetery. HAWAI`I REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SITES There are three historic districts located near the current AIS project area that are eligible for listing on the Hawaii Register of Historic Places (HRH'), including the Wainaku Historic District (Site 950-10-35-7403) which the project area is located within, the Pu`u`eo Historic District (Site 7442) south of the project area, and the `Amauulu Camp Historic District (Site 97443) southwest of the current project area (Figure 14). There are numerous other sites eligible for listing on the HRHP that are along or south of the Wailuku River, either on Reed's Island, or in Hilo Town proper. Components of the Wainaku Historic District are significant for their historical associations with agriculture, architecture, commerce, education, religion, and habitation. The Pu`u`eo Historic District is significant for historical associations with commerce, architecture, and habitation. The `Amauulu Camp Historic District is significant for historical associations with agriculture, architecture, and habitation. The former Hilo Electric Plant is significant for its historical association with engineering. 29 r w - eaf F i a KEY 0 4< PROJECT AREA � Watt ,Tan Y i�TZ p1 a f e a Pt - HRHP SITE . TN o _ ;(q� 4, 7403 0 200 400 600 800 meters z _ ,'�1 �� �� 74 42 - 7 J 744° .. 7439 7421 - Lr in 7424 'r aP }G rm u{v 7477 k pane P O c nut P 3 ,( P o❑ Figure 13: 7.5-Minute Series USGS Topographic Map Showing Location of Project Area and Registered Historic Sites (National Geographic, 2003, USGS Hilo Quadrangle). 30 EXPECTED ARCHAEOLOGICAL PATTERNS Based on previous archaeological studies and historical research it is expected the remains of Historic era buildings, a flume, and a seawall might be identified on the current project area. It is likely that foundations, footings, and other structures will still remain on the project area property. It is also possible that remnants of the wooden flume that once crossed the property might be present. Though the project area has been used for sugarcane facilities for more than 150 years and has been extensively excavated, graded, and filled, it is possible that remains of Historic era archaeological sites may still exist. It is less likely, though possible, that pre -Contact era to early post -Contact era traditional Hawaiian agricultural and habitation sites could be identified. 31 RESULTS OF FIELDWORK The project area contains a single previously identified site, the former Hilo Sugar Company Sugar Mill Site 950-10-35-21133. SCS recorded 16 features (Feature 1 through 16) at Site 21133 during the current AIS study (Table 3, Figure 14 and Figure 15). The features are remnant portions of former sugar mill structures and facilities located on mechanically graded and leveled land from just west of the current Mamalahoa Highway corridor to the coast. There were no other archaeological sites or historic properties identified on the project area. Table 3: Inventory of Site 950-10-35-21133 Archaeological Features. Feature # Type Function Age 1 Foundation Paint Shop Constructed 1924 2 Building General Merchandise Warehouse Constructed 1924-1925 3 Remnant Foundation and Walls Carpenter Shop and Fertilizer Constructed 1922-1923 4 Tunnel Rail Tunnel Unknown 5 Foundation Remnants Sugar Mill 1880 to 1946 6 Seawall Seawall Constnlcted 1911 7 Foundation Sugar Warehouse/Dock 1920s 8 Foundation Mill Yard Crane Constructed 1945 9 Foundation Scale House Constructed 1947 10 Flume Trestle Sugar Cane Transport Constructed 1918 11 Flume Trench Sugar Cane Transport Constructed 1918 12 Flume Trestle Sugar Cane Transport Constructed 1918 13 Pier Blocks Flume House Blocks Constructed 1918 14 Platform Cane Unloading Constructed 1918 15 Tennis Court Recreation Constructed 1924 16 Rail Bed Transportation Constructed 1880s-1890s 32 .. .................... 281000 in E UTM Zone 5 North WSGS84 Datum Figure 14: 7.5-Minute Series USGS Topographic Map Showing Location of Site 950- 10-35-21133 Features (Hilo Quad, ESRI 2003. Sources: National Geographic, USGS, Hawaii County Planning Department). 33 Figure 15: Aerial Photograph of Project Area Showing Location of Site 950-10-35- 21133 Features, Hilo, HI, Zone 5 North, 280543 m E, 2183876 m N. (Google Earth, 2013 Image. Data Sources: Digital Globe, GeoEye, Earthstar, USDA, and USGS). 34 SITE #50-10-35-21133 Hilo Sugar Company Sugar Mill FUNCTION: Sugar Mill AGE: 1884-1976 DIMENSIONS: 220.0 m (E/W) by 210.0 m CONDITION: Poor (see descriptions below) INTEGRITY: Altered: Retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship SURFACE ARTIFACTS: None EXCAVATION: None DESCRIPTION: Site 950-10-35-21133 (hereafter, the site is referred to by the last five digits, 21133) is the partial remains of the Hilo Sugar Company Sugar Mill. The site consists of 16 features, the majority of which are remnant portions of former sugar mill structures and facilities. Featurel is the former Paint Shop building foundation (see Figure 14 and Figure 15). It is located along the ocean cliff, and is directly south of the General Warehouse. The foundation is constructed of concrete. It is 21.40 meters in length (NE/SW) and 12.40 meters wide (Figure 16 through Figure 21). The foundation has expansion joints spaced approximately 5.5 feet across the width (NW/SE) of it. The foundation has a low concrete wall that has been formed and poured along the perimeter of the foundation surface (Figure 22). The wall is 0.70 meters in height along the interior and 0.23 meters wide. The form boards used to pour the foundation were 0.13 to 0.17 meters wide, with maximum lengths of approximately 3.0 meters. There is a concrete stairway at the north end of the foundation (Figure 23). The Paint Shop building was constructed along the top of the foundation walls. The Paint Shop (Figure 24) was constructed in 1924 and was a single story building 70 ft long by 40 ft wide by 15 ft in height at the top of the open gable roof. The building was a wood frame structure clad in corrugated iron siding and roofing. It was demolished and all that remains is the concrete foundation. Feature 1 has been altered by demolition of the building and is in poor condition and. The foundation retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. No further work is recommended for Feature 1. 35 101 101 101 [1351 11401 KEY [#] - HEIGHT ABOVE SURFACE IN cm 0 1 2 3 4 METERS Figure 16: Site 21133 Feature 1 Plan View Map. 36 Figure 17: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 1 Paint Shop Foundation Looking South (70 cm Stadia). 37 r t i A � � y • oz y < vrtu J* �%; r Figure 19: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 1 Paint Shop Foundation Looking North (25 cm North Arrow Scale). 39 Figure 20: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 1 Paint Shop Foundation Looking Northwest (25 cm North Arrow Scale). 40 Figure 21: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 1 Paint Shop Foundation Looking West (25 cm North Arrow Scale). 41 Figure 22: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 1 Paint Shop East Foundation Wall Looking North (25 cm North Arrow Scale). 42 Figure 23: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 1 Paint Shop Foundation Looking East (125 cm Stadia). 43 Figure 24: Photograph of Paint Shop, Looking South (1951). 44 Feature 2 is the General Warehouse building. It is located to the north of Feature 1 (see Figure 14 and Figure 15). The building was constructed of concrete and was extensively modified and renovated for the Wainaku Center's main meeting rooms and function hall. Construction of the General Warehouse building began in 1924 and was completed in 1925. The original General Warehouse was a single story building approximately 150 ft long (N/S) by 40 ft wide and was 20 ft in maximum height (Figure 25and Figure 26). The building walls were reinforced concrete with unfinished concrete floors. The building roof was flat with a parapet running along the outer edges. There was a raised skylight running the length of the center of the roof. There were three warehouse doors along the west side of the building, two along the east side, and one door at the north end of the building. Corrugated iron awnings were hung over the doors. There were two windows on either side of the north door. A Machinery Warehouse was constructed along the south side of the General Warehouse (Figure 27). The General Warehouse building was renovated after C. Brewer and Company purchased the property in 1996 (Figure 28). A second story was added and a new intersecting -overlaid hip tiled roof was added (Figure 29). The new roof has overhanging eaves that surround the building. A new two story covered terrace was added to the east side of the building (Figure 30), a new garage storage building was constructed on the former Machinery Warehouse foundation (Figure 31), and a porte cochere was added to the west side of the building (Figure 32 and Figure 33). The exterior of the building was refinished as well. The window and door treatments, as well as the interior walls and stairs are all new renovations to the building. Feature 2 has been renovated (altered) and is in good condition. Feature 2, though renovated, retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. No further work is recommended at Feature 2. Feature 3 is a cement foundation and three walls on which the former Carpenter Shop and Lime/Fertilizer Shed (Figure 34) were built. It is located north of Feature 2 (see Figure 14 and Figure 15). All that remains of the original building are the north wall, the east wall and a central dividing wall of the Fertilizer Storage Shed (Figure 35 though Figure 38). The walls are constructed of formed and poured rebar-reinforced concrete (Figure 39). The north wall is approximately 25.00 meters in length and 0.10 cm wide, with a maximum height of 6.0 meters. The east wall and the dividing wall are 14.40 meters in length and 0.10 meters wide, with a maximum height of 6.0 meters. 45 34 66 60 O 10 20 30 40 50 FEET II re N Aa - ,pv.rrs --- Figure 25: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map 931 Showing the Feature 2 General Warehouse Building Layout (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1921, revised). ER Figure 26: Photograph of General Merchandise Warehouse Building, Looking South (1951). 47 Figure 27: photograph of Machinery Warehouse, Direction of View Not Specified (1951). 48 Figure 28: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 2 General Merchandise Warehouse Building, Looking South (2017). 49 cnn � irvv uuivu acno, rvu n 40'-0" SET BACK EXISTING SEA WALL PROJECT NEW C.BREWE LIMITS R OFFICES LIMITS WORK // (ROOF VIEW SHOWN) EXISTING STRUCTURE, NO WORK / E RTING WAREHOUSE� E4 T CE S c y0 4 ��TURE 1 I)IEW PARKING - - IIAEV i o f I "i ih GAW LANK`STORA I � , 1 / EXISTING ABOVE GROUND CONCRETE SLAB & PROJE�T L1MIr, OF W RK NEW PORTE COCHERE i ��•— —T' - ,i " - � ,�. • .ems-; �=-� �.b�:.�-..��—:,-y.::,,;,'�-+.��.� _--;\.,,•, TN 0 20 40 60 120 REPAIRED ENTRY DRIVE NEW MOTORIZE VEHI FEET Figure 29: Newly Renovated Site 21133 Feature 2 General Warehouse Plan View. 50 Figure 30: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 2 General Merchandise Warehouse Building Covered Terrace, Looking Southwest (2017). 51 Figure 31: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 2 New Garage Storage and Porte Cochere, Looking Northeast (2017). 52 Figure 32: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 2 General Warehouse New Porte Cochere, Looking Northeast (2017). 53 Figure 33: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 2 General Warehouse New Porte Cochere, Close up, Looking Northeast (2017). 54 e 77 YX z � 3._ ari.Cl1 F_ t 10— 4Y i C y N 0 10 20 30 40 50 .a FEET= r Figure 34: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map 431 Showing the Feature 3 Carpenter Shop and Lime/Fertilizer Storage Building Layout (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1921, revised). 55 Figure 35: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 3 Fertilizer Storage Shed Walls, Looking Northwest (25 cm North Arrow). 56 Figure 36: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 3 Fertilizer Storage Shed East Wall Interior, Looking Northeast (1.0 m Stadia). 57 Figure 37: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 3 Fertilizer Storage Shed East Half Interior, Looking North (1.0 m Stadia). 58 Figure 38: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 3 Carpenter Shop West Front Wall Remnant, Looking Northeast (80 cm Stadia). 59 Figure 39: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 3 Fertilizer Storage Shed North Wall Exterior Showing Rebar and Form Imprints, Looking Southwest (25 cm North Arrow). 60 The form boards were approximately 0.30 meters wide, with maximum lengths of 2.75 meters. The carpenter shop was on the west side of the dividing wall. The floor of the carpenter shop is not visible. It was either removed, or is covered with grass and asphalt (Figure 40). The concrete foundation of the lime storage shed is still intact. There are concrete stairs on the outer side of the east wall (Figure 41). Construction of the Carpenter Shop and Lime Shed began in 1922 and was completed in 1923. The building was constructed onto the three 24 ft high concrete walls. The building was two stories high and had corrugated iron walls and a corrugated iron shed roof (Figure 42). The west side of the Carpenter Shop had four windows and the south side had two large double windows. There was also a warehouse door on the south side. The south side of the Lime Storage Shed was open. Feature 3 has been partially demolished (altered) and is in poor condition. The remaining portions, concrete walls) retain some integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. No further work is recommended for Feature 3. Feature 4 is a Train Tunnel, the south entrance of which is immediately west of Feature 3 (see Figure 14, Figure 15, and Figure 43). The north and south tunnel openings (Figure 44 and Figure 45) are 4.95 meters wide and the tunnel is 34.50 meters long (NW/SE). The walls are constructed with concrete that has been formed and poured continuously to include the arched ceiling (Figure 46). The form boards were approximately 0.14 meters wide, with maximum lengths of approximately 3.0 meters. There are three rows of circular drainage holes, at 0.87 meter intervals apart along the walls of the tunnel, which are approximately 0.42 meters, 1.34 meters and 3.2 meters above the ground surface (Figure 47 and Figure 48). The Rail Tunnel continued underneath the Cleaning Plant and Mill Yard Crane. The tracks continued north toward Hamakua and south to Hilo. The railroad track was used to haul freight and cane to the mill, and to haul raw sugar and molasses to the sugar storage facility at Hilo Harbor, prior to the 1940s. According to John Cross, the tracks were buried and are intact underground. Feature 4 is unaltered, is in good condition and retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. Preservation in place is recommended for Feature 4. 61 Figure 40: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 3 Central Dividing Wall and Area of Former Carpenter Shop, Looking East (2017). 62 Figure 41: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 3 East Wall and Concrete Staircase, Looking North (2017). 63 Figure 42: Photograph of Carpenter Shop and Old Lime Storage Shed at Southwest Corner of Sugar Mill Building, Looking Northeast (1951). 64 f "�► 02 T m 0 10 20 30 40 50 pr FEET AM- '82 p co 001A ter, yn 4 �m Figure 43: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map 431 Showing the Feature 4 Rail Road Tunnel Layout (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1921, revised). , Figure 44: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 4 Rail Tunnel Looking North (25 cm North Arrow). 66 Figure 45: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 4 Rail Tunnel South End, Looking North (25 cm North Arrow and 1.0 m Stadia). 67 Figure 46: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 4 Rail Tunnel Ceiling Looking North. 68 Figure 47: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 4 Rail Tunnel East Wall Drains, Looking Northeast (25 cm North Arrow and 1.0 m Stadia). 69 4 a<. ■ �\i Figure m:Photograph JSite 3QlFeature 4Rail Tunnel West Wall Drains, Looking Northwestg5c North Arrow and t0m Stadia). 70 Feature 5 is a group of foundation remnants of the former Hilo Sugar Company Sugar Mill and Power House (see Figure 14, Figure 15, and Figure 49). The main concentration of the remaining portions of the foundation is located to the north of Feature 3 and spans an area of 30.0 meters by 23.5 meters (see Figure 49 and Figure 50 through Figure 54). Additional remnant foundation elements are to the north (Figure 55) and to the east (Figure 56 through Figure 61). The eastern side of the foundation remnant to the east is 16.75 meters Long (N/S) (see Figure 40). The northern and southern sides are approximately 7.20 meters in length. The foundation has a maximum height of 0.61 meters. The foundation was constructed of formed and poured reinforced concrete. The form boards were 0.12 meters wide, with maximum lengths of approximately 3.0 meters. The impression of five boards is visible in the foundation wall. The corners of the foundation wall are reinforced with rebar (see Figure 60). A portion of a steel I-beam was identified in the top of corner of the foundation (see Figure 61). There and holes for drainage in the sides of the foundation which are approximately 0.50 meters above the ground surface at 0.60 meter intervals. There are small segments of the foundation that are constructed of cut stone and cement (see Figure 53, Figure 54 and Figure 58). The rectangular concrete base of the old power house smoke stack is located in the northeast corner of Feature 5 (see Figure 55). The smoke stack is no longer present. The Sugar Mill, Power House and associated structures were constructed at various times from the 1880s through the 1940s. The main mill building contained the power plant and cleaning, crushing, and extraction machinery to process sugarcane (Figure 62 through Figure 66). The sugar mill buildings were demolished in 1993. Site 21133 Feature 5 has been significantly altered and is in poor condition. The Feature 5 mill foundation remnants retain a modicum of integrity including location, setting, materials, and workmanship. No further work is recommended for Feature 5. 71 Figure 49: Aerial Photograph of Project Area Showing Location of Site 21133 Feature 5 Mill Foundation Remains, Hilo, HI, Zone 5 North, 280543 m E, 2183876 m N. (Google Earth, 2019 Image. Data Sources: Digital Globe, GeoEye, Earthstar, USDA, and USGS). 72 r t •r -+fit% � 6 - ��'; r i w�� a ', i YY . v AT ��^ ` y�<n ✓� m 6 a` " /{; foilIPA hk� rr _ nU X�f S� �y 'fix -a .aY' 4wk t �' � ,.r,�s�y',-, 3F �' x a ��a ��;�fi✓, - ��S �_ffi��r'����c{.����_!:n«d;ntt'`.,z�i��a��#';�. 5s-,.t �.. ..., _. r��.�Sl�t,....�-_` i•'� .. xu ,`4 .. Y vol (j�r xY gypyr' `` Y e 41 4all Kx VIP q X ra, 'p, set 1 £y' . . -� y dg %r Y, We } ^ AW.f41 �,. ,R rYf3 ty� yy Figure 52: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Northwest Foundation Remnants, Looking Northwest. 75 Figure 53: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Northwest Foundation Remnants, Looking North. 76 Figure 54: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Northwest Foundation Remnants, Looking Northeast. 77 c r Figure 55: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Northeast Foundation Remnant, Base of Power Plant Smoke Stack, Looking Northeast. Figure 56: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Eastern Most Foundation Remnant, Looking Northwest. 79 Ar .F a r O"OR MI '�', :5�'�:� Figure 57: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Eastern Most Foundation Remnant, Looking North. 80 Figure 58: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Eastern Most Foundation Remnant, Looking West. 81 R s 0,4 41 •. � 4t'>S i,5 ,f � y$, i�g i 'a=4 � f-+,�.��` �'�rn Td'�`, .. Figure 59: Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 5 Eastern Most Foundation Remnant Showing Form Imprints, Looking North. 82 r a" li4y r �y r Il rk k y gY S ro b R z. ..,�.u.�. 1 V •. ,v ` � ,. '+•.l Y ti14 44'001� a$% t , .� r x- Fio tl 2 4 , e,W;cn z6 I PA".Iar U. II x ' u ,, ° C.NTRlFUGR[S 12r p' o LRBV II n� L'RrsTfiG2ERS.9— NYOF ,� o I $ tlp • 11,9cu1jx, pANs 4 �' it / � rox vrrex 0 . iI CORR •K'.M STEEL FNp aE �° - z 1 J ' J. Sp'M.F� ':' D. 16 J 1. I'O KEY f So f1'Ni'O,PiVTORS 2' rc ` I FEATURE 5 Co, R. r•1R./etr j L° �g Yn *���, Go Pro 13- MILL FOUNDATION _o REMNANTS Mt/o fR6SdEs.2e ! C., ° t /yym N 0 10 20 30 40 50 FEETit It N I rz IE Rod d 4le A(T11L I I �== i "z-- Yc Cp/YVEYfR IY"ry I I pyy l9l/7A f'EFO �� 1 I` � 1= °ram%/ � 90 /f'eivc i I �.�' z n✓n,ro irasF I ° 1 I J.� ., �'y• 0. I I �O 4 AvEl. Room 8. C°NCR. I o /E£L f I lb I I 3.fo M. = ` • � fAfh o ✓PER �!' BO ca RL'TE F100Rd [&P[ `E YNrs srpE JH OANX W � I A� 5r0.41HGG- H;✓i F� ...._ U!�'T/SttL. TE M.0 /ir I LCCfT7' E GfiRPN. gg RO�NrgaL, co /Ron ew syeEL f r/ vtrE 'r„p' g qgV• I /B=3U -- GJ 224 I Figure 62: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map #31 Showing the Feature 5 Sugar Mill and Power Plant Building Layout (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1930). 85 Figure 63: Photograph of Hilo Sugar Company Sugar Mill at Wainaku, Looking Southwest (1961). 86 Figure 64: Photograph of Hilo Sugar Company Sugar Mill at Wainaku, Looking Southwest (1949). 87 0 imi Mmtm )go Figure 65: Photograph of Sugar Mill and Power House Buildings, Looking North (1951). 88 Figure 66: Photograph of Bulk Sugar Bin on East Side of Sugar Mill Building, Looking West (1951). 89 Feature 6 is a seawall along the ocean on the Hilo end of the sugar mill site (Feature 6A) and a seawall along the Hamakua side of the sugar mill site (Feature 6B) (see Figure 14 and Figure 15). Feature 6A is approximately 125.0 m long by 5.0 m above the ocean (Figure 67 through Figure 70). Feature 6B is approximately 70.0 meters long by 5.0 m above the ocean (Figure 71 through Figure 80). The walls are from 0.3 to 0.6 meters wide and are between 0.6 and 0.8 meters above the ground surface on their mauka sides. Both segments of seawall are constructed of small boulder size angular cut basalt stone, cement, and mortar. The stones are well faced and tightly fitted. Feature 6A is topped by a four foot high chain link fence. The eastern end of Feature 6 B is topped by a formed and poured concrete wall. Seawall Feature 6A has a single ash tunnel opening. Feature 6B has three tunnels that open to the ocean, two ash tunnels and a wash water tunnel from the cleaning plant. The ash tunnels run under the ground to the power house location and were used to remove ash from the mill. Ground water now runs through the two ash tunnels, emptying into the ocean. There is also a small spring that drains from the base of Feature 6A spilling into the ocean. Feature 6A was completed in 1913 and Feature 6B was completed in 1922. The tunnels were not entered during the AIS study due to safety concerns. Site 21133 Feature 6A and B seawalls appear to be only slightly altered, are in good condition, and retain integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and feeling. Preservation in place is recommended for both Feature 6 walls. .O Figure 67: Photograph of Feature 6A Seawall Looking Northwest. 91 k. YY- � - Grp � � � r• . I � �'� a �.`�� �.�. � �. F , - 77 �, , •; ,. yr` -., •• ...-_-„�„ „v f 71 F t G .—,c�.�• -. _� .�.}' .. . � y _ a yr. It _ yyWWW,, l Figure 69: Photograph of Feature 6A Seawall Looking South (1.2 m Stadia). 93 7 1 � j n r' Figure 71: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall Looking West. 95 Figure 72: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall West End, Looking Northwest. m Figure 73: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall West End Close Up, Looking North. 97 P I ' a��1 R. . Figure 74: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall Center, Looking East. 98 Figure 75: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall Center, Looking Northwest. 99 Figure 76: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall Center Close Up, Looking Northwest. 100 r i 0 �� l j } � "ir,• i�4 �' +� .'�d�y ,�yi� Y J� ',yam -�� yi.'� r�..a„r 7►yl� c.,,.s'S`q;;�-�., c�"""c.Y'�4� �. ri,��-� �- Figure 78: Photograph of Feature 6B Seawall East Half, Close Up, Looking North. 102 'yt Feature 7 is a remnant portion of the former Sugar Warehouse foundation. It is located along the coast east of Feature 5 and interfaces with portions of the seawall (see Figure 14and Figure 15). The original building was 150 ft long (NE/SW) by 50 ft wide and was 16 ft in maximum height Figure 81). The northern terminus of the foundation is intact (Figure 82 and Figure 83), and the southern portion of the eastern terminus is intact (Figure 84 and Figure 85). The foundation to the south has collapsed (Figure 86). The western terminus is not visible, possibly the result of land modification activities. The northern terminus of the foundation that is visible is approximately 11.0 meters long (NW/SE), and approximately 2.40 meters above the ground surface to the north. The eastern terminus of the intact portion of the foundation is approximately 11.0 meters long (NW/SE). It is 1.70 meters above the ground surface on the north end and is even with the ground surface along the southern end. The foundation includes a low concrete footing that has been formed and poured along the perimeter of the foundation surface to the north and east (Figure 87). The footing is 0.20 meters wide with a maximum height 0.25 meters. The Sugar Warehouse was constructed in 1917 and was adjacent to the dock used to load raw sugar and molasses onto waiting transport vessels (Figure 88). The dock, and likely the coastal sugar warehouse were not used after the mid 1920s when the railroad track was built and raw sugar were hauled to Hilo Harbor for stogie and shipping. The dock no longer exists. The sugar ware house and portions of the sugar warehouse foundation have been removed by demolished and removed. Feature 7 is significantly altered, is in poor condition and retains a modicum of integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and feeling. No further work is recommended for Feature 7. Feature 8 is the former Mill Yard and Mill Yard Crane foundation (see Figure 14 and Figure 15). Feature 8 is located west of Feature 4 and Feature 5. Feature 8 is approximately 61.0 m long (200 ft) (NW/SE) by 48 m wide in maximum dimensions (Figure 89 and Figure 90). It is a level reinforced concrete yard that is raised above the land to the east. It is currently used as a parking lot that is accessed by a concrete overpass that crosses Mamalahoa Highway (Figure 91 and Figure 92). The overpass connects Parcel 001 and Parcel 002. The overpass is constructed of rebar reinforced concrete. The Mill Yard was the area where trucks loaded with cut cane were unloaded by crane (Figure 93 and Figure 94). The crane (Figure 95 and Figure 96) was used to place the cane in the cane cleaning plant (Figure 97 and Figure 98) located at the southeast corner of Feature 8. The cane would be washed by the cleaning plant to remove rocks and soil that could damage the sugar mill machinery. 105 Pvci�ic Ocean c_-�m TH/s �$'URl'EY [so s�iolYN ON ///do MqP. /tea -'Saga, 601____------- �MASLU/TE TW,, I � �� P ' � i.,ltEnb AFfi' nr. w./ C• ¢ �Aa� to, ° R/FUBRes Re p 10, S �a ` i a. 0 aR s �,�fRJ,.� � �.� � ; 1 a � • ' 2 nsx.m ma r..mr Vrv-)* D. 0 [: -0 LY°gP0.PRT�ORi Sf aii 4 y ¢ wr e ? S/1GAR M/LL. NNE / wn: c �R, rJ, %y , 4 /N• _ 6' F L R , i CArwc//Y > 9W isucnR rw as muR�. y' BPE.4) RRY NHO.N/6Nr l EAS° MOM BBC.r°.fERT PR//r �°%[TSMflv '� � /J SIFA/f fP/EL' TRREw 1 I _g E Z � v M,s[et. SraeRCE LN"! : E!£CJR (" //f FI lYNls'F fRBM R e>RegTe BAY /H�9 9Y6E. Q I A Yo REPO-1R C /A OFO.F�e ,pnb f[EH°TEo P e CHRP�`R/ fie.°. � � e.. ire fw.-...r i E A! O rI'1. l Al Ft:bnF.- ,+rawxxr� awn Iis aOJ w=��. we /a 3d o 2 i� - rvv ar no. nmur ur..EVE�. LOGml-zz, /,;vlw NW nP N/LOro HT ffA/AWKI/ r =5 SOUTH %//LD O/STiP/CT -' SxaC � V � Uro u Scale of Feet. Figure 81: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map #31 Showing the Feature 7 Sugar Warehouse Building (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1930). 106 Figure 82: Photograph of Feature 7 Foundation Northeast Corner Looking Northwest. 107 Figure 83: Photograph of Feature 7 Foundation Northeast Corner, Close Up, Looking Northwest. Figure 85: Photograph of Feature 7 Foundation Southeast Corner, Close Up, Looking Southeast. 110 Figure 86: Photograph of Feature 7 Foundation Southeast Corner Showing Collapsed Portion, Looking East. III i ar7l v. { 4 u i 'fit --Tf. "J tj `� �'✓ v era �-�� _ � yid % } a L'CJrt/NfYO�'.. p � I (301) 4 1 A %J'� %Y•'rJ sly i Af)kILI r L?lq A- ef�'S7. daCa . n L t7n. J+YC'h" ally rf. /45 G17p I:Al. o.pmr., r et7 �+�nre e 1 Figure 88: Portion of Sanborn Insurance Map 931 Showing the Feature 7 Sugar Warehouse Building (Sanborn Insurance Co. 1921). 113 3 40 80 SOALE: 1 " = 40 ACCESS ROAD Figure 89: Feature 8 Plan View Map. Ej CRANE BASE 114 Figure 90: Aerial Photograph of Site 21133 Feature 8 Mill Yard, Hilo, HI, Zone 5 North, 280543 m E, 2183876 m N. (Google Earth, 2013 Image. Data Sources: Digital Globe, GeoEye, Earthstar, USDA, and USGS). 115 Figure 91: Photograph of Feature 8 Overpass to Mill Yard Looking East. 116 117 i .. If; Y ?y Figure 94: Photograph of Feature 8 Mill Yard East Wall Looking Southwest. 119 Figure 95: Photograph of Mill Yard Crane, Cane Cleaning Plant, and Flume Trestle, Looking Northeast (1951). 120 Figure 96: Photograph of Mill Yard Crane, Looking East (1951). 121 Figure 97: Photograph of Cane Cleaning Plant, Flume Trestle, and Rail Tunnel, Looking North (1951). 122 Figure 98: Photograph of Cane Cleaning Plant, Looking Northwest (1951). 123 The crane and cleaning plant are no longer present at Feature 8. The mill yard itself is slightly altered by normal weathering, is in fair condition, and retains some integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. No further work is recommended at Feature 8. Feature 9 is the former Scale House foundation (see Figure 14 and Figure 15). It is located to the west of Feature 8 on Parcel 002. The foundation is approximately 12.0 ft long (N/S) by 6.0 ft wide and is roughly 10 inches above the modern ground surface (Figure 99). The foundation is badly damaged and most of the center of the foundation is missing. The scale house was constructed in the late 1940s and was used to weigh trucks hauling cane before they entered the mill yard to unload (Figure 100). Feature 9 is significantly altered, is in poor condition, and retains some integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. No further work is recommended at Feature 9. Feature 10 is a portion of a reinforced concrete flume trestle. It is located west of Feature 3 (see Figure 14 and Figure 15). Feature 8 is approximately 30.0 m long (NE/SW) by 2.0 m wide and is roughly 6.5 m high above the ground surface (Figure 101 through Figure 106). The trestle was constructed in 1918 to support the flume bringing cut cane from plantation fields southwest of the mill. The wooden flume is no longer present on the trestle (see Figure 103). The trestle has been altered by weathering, the concrete is deteriorating in places, and the rebar is visible where the concrete has broken off the structure. Two of the trestle support legs have broken off and are no longer present. The trestle is likely unstable and has been deemed unsafe. Feature 10 is in poor condition, retains some integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship, and no further work is recommended. 124 Figure 99: Photograph of Feature 9 Scale House Foundation Looking Northeast. 125 Figure 100: Photograph of Scale House on Parcel 2, Looking Northeast (1951). 126 ---------- Hawaii Belt Road SDR 3(1 --- ------- - — -- -------- ------ - - Ti;,"06'28" DMMRE:14�­ — — — — — — — — — (R-2226.83) F me C FEATURE 15 T Supports -------------- ---- -------------- FEATURE 1 WAS?`_ I )RTH C 80 FT SCALE 40' C EXISTING TWO-STORY OFFICE BUILDING (11.809 SF) Figure 101: Portion of 2022 Survey Map Showing the Locations of Feature 10 through Feature 15 (Adapted from Aina Surveys Map). 127 I r r As� .. _ III Figure 103: Photograph of Feature 10 Flume Trestle, North End, Looking Northwest. 129 Figure 106: Photograph of Feature 10 Flume Trestle, South End, Looking South. 132 Feature 11 is a U-shape trench through which a wooden flume once existed. It is located south of Feature 10 (see Figure 14, Figure 15 and Figure 101). Feature 11 is approximately 128.0 m long (NW/SE) by 6.0 m wide and is roughly 3.5 m deep (Figure 107 and Figure 108). The trench was excavated in 1918 for the flume bringing cut cane from plantation fields southwest of the mill. The wooden flume is no longer present within the trench. Two sets of milled wood flume supports were recorded within the trench (see Figure 101 and Figure 109 through Figure 111). The Feature 11 trench appears to be unaltered and in good condition, though the flume is no longer present. Feature 11 retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship, and no further work is recommended. Feature 12 is a reinforced concrete flume trestle. It is located at the south end of Feature 11 (see Figure 14, Figure 15 and Figure 101). Feature 12 is approximately 22.4 m long (NW/SE) by 14.0 m wide and is roughly 5.8 m high above the main entrance road (Figure 112 and Figure 113). The trestle has walls on either side that are 1.5 m high by 0.3 m thick. The trestle was constructed of metal reinforced concrete with mechanically crushed rock and sand. The boards used for the concrete pour are approximately 7.2 inches wide. The trestle was constructed in 1918 to support the flume bringing cut cane from plantation fields southwest of the mill. The wooden flume is no longer present on the trestle. The trestle appears to be unaltered and is in good condition. Feature 12 retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship, and no further work is recommended. Feature 13 is three concrete footing blocks that are the remnants of the flume house. It is located along the east edge of Feature 11 near its midpoint (see Figure 14, Figure 15 and Figure 101). Feature 13 is approximately 1.8 m long (NW/SE) by 1.4 m wide. The footing blocks are concrete (Figure 14 through Figure 16). The flume house was constructed in 1918 to watch the cane in the flume. The wooden flume house is no longer present on the trestle. Feature 13 has been altered by demolition and is in poor condition. Feature 13 some retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship, and no further work is recommended. 133 `. `" w`• �� r �.�:�y ' r ��' r.� _' +AIR+-� �',� �:+ t��,!�. ,�., y�{� ,1 n. V , ,y vy rly t, M-,V Ace � "� , � Ian. ryry � �, xs:�, � r�" � . �, ° i -�• (y � t • `yb* 1 1'� w m OKl P Ile { f,« , Figure 110: Photograph of Feature 11 Wood Flume Supports, Looking North. 137 r � ' Ar IN j - of Of :f } r a •n. 1 RJ ,y. �,'�'�.tt . � � r r-f?�" .. �-.a ie. ',, f^- �\.0.�ti`' �`tvr? „�.1 _ \ a " ?�l� �lk� N','9►. ' 4,giA, i$ 111, 5,1 1.4 , Figure 113: Photograph of Feature 12 Trestle Interior, Looking Northeast. 140 rn. 4 --- j_ Cl, a 4 S d u h a .y 7 4 r _ 1 I/ • r w r. Y. yr 1 `r 1 1 Feature 14 is a cane unloading platform located along the west edge of Feature 11 across from Feature 13 (see Figure 14, Figure 15 and Figure 101). Feature 14 is approximately 7.5 m long (NE/SW) by 5.0 m wide and has an interior depth of 1.10 meters (Figure 117). The platform is shaped like a rectangular bin and constructed of metal reinforced concrete (Figure 118 through Figure 124). The unloading platform was constructed in 1918 so that cane unloaded from trucks could be put into the flume. There are rotted iron supports on the four corners of the platform that supported a roof (Figure 125 and Figure 126). The supports and roof are no longer present. Feature 14 has been altered by partial demolition and weathering (cracking), and is in fair condition. Feature 14 retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship, and no further work is recommended. Feature 15 is a tennis court located between Feature 10 and Feature 14 (see Figure 14, Figure 15 and Figure 101). Feature 15 is approximately 96.0 m long (NE/SW) by 60.0 m wide. The tennis court is a concrete slab with 1.0 inch expansion gaps (Figure 127 and Figure 128). The court was constructed around 1924. Feature 15 is covered by leaf and tree fall, has been altered by weathering (cracking), and is in fair condition. Feature 15 retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship, and no further work is recommended. Feature 16 is the railroad alignment located through the center of the property from the north to south boundaries (see Figure 14 and Figure 15). Feature 16 is approximately 650.0 m long (N/S) by 3.0 m wide. The tracks are no longer present on the ground surface. The portion of tracks near the former warehouse (Feature 2) and railroad tunnel (Feature 4) might have been covered with dirt and might still be present under the existing pavement (John Cross interview). Feature 16 has been altered by the removal and/or covering of the railroad tracks, is in fair condition, and retains some integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. Archaeological monitoring is recommended for any ground disturbance along the rail corridor near the former warehouse (Feature 2) and railroad tunnel (Feature 4). 144 .5 1 1.5 2 METERS ; TOPOFTRENCH--� TN 1 LEVEL DIRT )► 101 120 11341 45- DONN 11201 [1571 [1931 [2071 1451 12001 11671 @9 101 V TRENCH [2101 11711 101 11601 [451 11901 101 45"DOWN [1671 ' KE1 ❑ - LEVEI LEVEL DIRT TREE - SLOPE TOP OF TRENCH --� ]► 1#1 - HEIGE Figure 117: Feature 14 Unloading Platform Plan View Map. 145 1301 Vw 9 t • f 4 1 . , r -\ \ b IIA• A i Figure 118: Photograph of Feature 14 Unloading Platform, Looking South. 146 - fag ;��� ✓� , �d'� � `�i �� � _ I IA w_ ,:3 i" \ Ot sit Figure 120: Photograph of Feature 14 Unloading Platfonn, Looking Northwest. 148 \ � I ,,.. .ry a Y - i �,,�! , ".� tR.4 w.. � � � � � .., �,.: � � , ._. - , ,, � - � - �.- . t .�. - � .., '- �itn;Y -'' .� �, ._ 1 i � •..t �., ' � � � \ `� \ � � j � A � �� � K 'f , �; .. ��� ,, , i � `,� ' �u r • � .i �' T � �,. � ,� � � i I y. '� `; � � (, '� l�: ,h �� ,'r' m.���� , ,. r a � 1 �� 4"' ��,� � � � �-, �`� ��1�,� �, „y ,. ,.%�,� '' � �" �y-ZR � ��►� 1�r R � ,,c � 1 ,. -, , � ,, �- _� �i � �s;- _ c. , ���M �� :'�,�w .��4�!' _�,�f�i�G.',�f `,r<w�'M_' b�. �"u""r .;n ��ie,. y�`.- t,� r _• _ .. '' -- �--- � ., � f 5 Figure 122: Photograph of Feature 14 Unloading Platform, Looking East. 150 II �. 11 J P r j{ r y1 { '✓/ .{ . � 1 r tom` i ,� \�� '� �[e d Tf- f w.1,op v t w s f .'t' k AAA i t �� \\' � ��� mac. � � �� r f • (. �`�' / j �� ` +� '�. • � .. i � fit- p r A r A 1 a U� r , f I rt I w r , J 4 r _� ,.4r �� ems,,, i"" . i .. 4��' # ... �`�. � • + • X t - � ✓ � . �� 7 S 9 �,�" , a � { Wit.. 1 1� i J �' 't a• i r n ills, ' 4 W u'a" t • e 1 rr �lIA SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT & RECOMMENDATIONS The single archaeological site identified during this project was assessed for significance as outlined in Hawaii Administrative Rules §13-284-6. To be significant, a historic property shall possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association and shall meet one or more of the following criteria [§13-284-6(b)]: (a) It must be associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history, or be considered a traditional cultural property [§ 13- 284-6(b)(1)]. (b) It must be associated with the lives of persons significant in the past property [§ 13-284-6(b)(2)]. (c) It must embody distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction property [§13-284-6(b)(3)]. (d) It must have yielded or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history property [§13-284-6(b)(4)]. (e) Have an important value to native Hawaiian people or to another ethnic group of the State due to associations with cultural practices once carried out, or still carried out, at the property or due to associations with traditional beliefs, events, oral accounts --these associations being important to the group's history and cultural identity property [§13-284-6(b)(5)]. Site 950-10-35-21133 retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship and is significant under criterion "a" as the mill is associated with the sugar industry which significantly contributed to the development of Hawaiian economic, social, and cultural history, and under criterion "d" as Site 950-10-35-21133 has yielded information important to Hawaiian history. During the current AIS study, it was determined that, based on feature type and construction method, the archaeological features were associated with the Historic to Modern era sugar mill facilities. Information recorded at the 157 sites during the current study has adequately ascertained the timing and function of the features. Preservation in -place (avoidance) is recommended for Feature 4 and Feature 6. No further work is recommended for the remaining features. An archaeological preservation plan, monitoring plan, and monitoring are recommended for ground disturbance. Ola Brewing proposes to further renovate the Feature 2 warehouse building, excavate a steep cliff for new parking stalls, install a drywell, and remove the Feature 10 flume trestle for safety reasons (Figure 129 through Figure 131). Features 10, 11, and 13 will be affected by the proposed construction. The AIS findings support a project effect determination of historic properties affected with agreed upon mitigation measures. 158 Former Wainaku Executive Center to be renovated for Restaurant, Bar and Distillery IN New Dry Well location t m s Concrete flume 4 11 structure for ` possible 11, demolition Figure 129: Aerial Photograph Showing Proposed Work. Slope to be excavated for parking stalls and new wastewater system 159 — _ 777- - f 7 re F Excavation Site, approximately 12,000 cubic yards. Terraced with W wide benches between J�l�rriu' 27 new parking stalls with underground wastewater collection system: Figure 130: Construction Plan Showing Excavation and Grading (No Scale, Adapted from Aina Surveys Map, 2022). 160 _ 7- - FEAT qT ------------- = _ 9e• 4 FEATURE 15 -- - `� IL�S�.IDlul -W PARKING STALLS (STD.) = 27 <ISTING PARKING STALLS (STD.) = 27 <ISTING H.C. 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Hammatt 2009 Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey Report for the Kea `au-Pahoa Road Widening Project, Kea `au Ahupua `a to Waiakahiula Ahupua `a, Puna District, Hawai `i Island TMK: (3) 1-5 (various plats and parcels); 1-6 (various plats and parcels). Cultural surveys Hawaii, Inc., Kailua. Wilmhurst, J., T. Hunt, C. Lipo, and A. Anderson 201la High -precision radiocarbon dating shows recent and rapid colonization of East Polynesia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108:1815-20. 201 lb Reply to Mulrrooney et al.: Accepting lower precision radiocarbon dates results in longer colonization chronologies for East Polynesia. Proceedings ofthe National Academy of Sciences, 108:E195. Wolfe, E.W., and J. Morris 1994 Geological Map of the Island of Hawaii. U. S.G.S. Miscellaneous Investigations Series. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 169 APPENDIX A: HILO SUGAR COMPANY MILL BUILDINGS (POST-1950) 170 Table 4: Inventory of Hilo Sugar Company Mill buildings at Wainaku. Building Parcel Year Size Stories Story Cla Roof Walls Interior Floors Original Built Height ss Finish Cost $ General 1 1924- 5500 sq ft 1 20 C 1/C Concrete Plain Concrete 35,473.92 Merchandise 1925 Warehouse Machinery 1 1936 2250 sq ft 2 12 D 1/C 1-Open, None 1-Concrete, 2-Soft 2,278.42 Warehouse 24C Wood Sugar Mill & Power 1 Various 64645 sq Various 20, C 1/C 1C None 1-Concrete, 525,171 House ft Various Others -Various Cane Cleaning Plant 1 1944- C 1/C None None Grating 1945, 1948 Steel Molasses Tank 1 1914 169,506 1/C Steel gal Bulk Sugar Bin 1 1947 150 tons l/C 18,177.97 Laboratory 1 1947 1,110 sq ft 1 D Tancite Trancite Plain Concrete 6,038.15 Carpenter Shop & 1 1922- 3,330 sq ft 2 Various D 1/C Concrete None 1-Concrete, 2- 8,877.21 Storage 1923 & l/C Wood Paint Shop & 1 1924 2,652 sq ft 1 12 to 15 D CIWF CIWF None Concrete 3,407.11 Building Supplies Mill Supplies (Pipe, 1 1922 2,187 sq ft 1 12 11C 11C 1/C None Concrete & Earth 1,922.72 Steel) Warehouse Steel Oil Tank 1 1930 126,882 l/C gal Lime House 1 1947 943 sq ft 1 16 D CIWF CIWF None Earth Plantation Office 2 1920 & 2,800 sq ft 1 14 C Compo Concrete Finished Concrete 22,840.72 Building 1948 site Lumber Shed 1 1921 1,860 sq ft 2 12 D CIWF Open None 1-Earth, 2-Wood Frame Scale House 2 1947 230 sq ft 1 D 1/C Wood Plain Wood 1,309.28 Mill Yard Crane 1 1945 41,355.67 171 Building/Construction Class refers to the materials and construction type. Class A = Fireproof Steel Framed Class B = Steel Framed Class C = Masonry Class D = Wood framed Class S = Light Steel Class C: Masonry Bearing Walls Class C buildings are characterized by masonry or reinforced concrete (including tilt -up) construction. The walls may be load -bearing, i.e., supporting roof and upper floor loads, or nonbearing with concrete, steel or wood columns, bents or arches supporting the load. Upper floors and roofs are supported by wood or steel joists or trusses. Ground floors may be concrete slabs. Upper floors may be of concrete plank, steel deck or wood. Bearing walls are frequently strengthened by concrete bond beams and pilasters. Class C buildings are not fire- resistant structures. Included in this class are Uniform and Basic Building Code, Type III (noncombustible wall), Standard Code Type V and ISO Classes 2 and 4, and those ISO Class 5 and 6 buildings that have load -bearing walls without interior framing and of low-rise design (3 stories or less). This class is also referred to as Masonry or Unprotected Noncombustible, Joisted or Unprotected Masonry, or Ordinary or Unprotected One -hour, and includes certain Two-hour or heavy timber construction. 172 Figure 132: Photograph of Hilo Sugar Company Sugar Mill at Wainaku, Looking Southwest (1951). 173 0 imi Mmtm )go Figure 133: Photograph of Sugar Mill and Power House Buildings, Looking North (1951). 174 Figure 134: Photograph of Bulk Sugar Bin on East Side of Sugar Mill Building, Looking West (1951). 175 Figure 135: Photograph of Cane Cleaning Plant, Looking Northwest (1951). 176 Figure 136: Photograph of Cane Cleaning Plant, Flume Trestle, and Rail Tunnel, Looking North (1951). 177 Figure 137: Photograph of Carpenter Shop and Old Lime Storage Shed at Southwest Corner of Sugar Mill Building, Looking Northeast (1951). 178 Figure 138: Photograph of General Merchandise Warehouse Building, Looking South (1951). 179 Figure 139: Photograph of Laboratory Building, Looking Northeast (1951). 180 Figure 140: Photograph of Steel Molasses Tanks and Laboratory, Looking Northeast (1951). 181 Figure 141: Photograph of Lime House, Direction of View Not Specified (1951). 182 AN All ts6 Figure 143: Photograph of Machinery Warehouse, Direction of View Not Specified (1951). 184 Figure 144: Photograph of Mill Supplies Warehouse, Looking West (1951). 185 Figure 145: Photograph of Mill Yard Crane, Looking East (1951). 186 Figure 146: Photograph of Mill Yard Crane, Cane Cleaning Plant, and Flume Trestle, Looking Northeast (1951). 187 Figure 147: Photograph of Paint Shop, Looking South (1951). 188 Figure 148: Photograph of Steel Oil Tank, Looking Southeast (1951). 189 Figure 149: Photograph of Scale House on Parcel 2, Looking Northeast (1951). 190 Figure 150 Figure 151: Photograph of Plantation office Building on Parcel 2, Looking Northeast (1951). 191 Reconnaissance Level Survey, Ola Brew Distillery, former Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co., Hilo, Hawai'i TM K: (3) 2-6-015:001 and 002 Prepared by MASON under contract to Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation March 2023 ! Remains of the Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co., view facing southwest. Table of Contents Introd uction.................................................................................................................................................1 ProjectObjectives..................................................................................................................................1 Methodology...........................................................................................................................................1 Project Area (Boundary Explanation and Justification).....................................................................1 Setting...................................................................................................................................................... 2 Wainaku "Historic District" (SIHP # 50-10-35-7403).........................................................................2 HistoricalContext...................................................................................................................................... 5 ArchitecturalDescriptions......................................................................................................................12 Paint Shop Foundation (Feature 1).....................................................................................................13 General Merchandise Warehouse (Feature 2).................................................................................14 Carpenter Shop and Fertilizer Foundation (Feature 3)..................................................................15 RailTunnel (Feature 4).........................................................................................................................16 Mill Foundation (Feature 5).................................................................................................................17 SeaWall (Feature 6A)..........................................................................................................................18 SeaWall (Feature 6B)...........................................................................................................................19 Sugar Warehouse Foundation (Feature 7)........................................................................................20 Mill Yard Crane Foundation (Feature 8)...........................................................................................21 Scale House Foundation (Feature 9).................................................................................................22 Concrete Flume [Wai'au Flume] (Feature 10)..................................................................................23 Flume Trench [Wai'au Flume] (Feature 11).......................................................................................24 Concrete Flume [Wai'au Flume] (Feature 12)..................................................................................25 Flume House Foundation Blocks (Feature 13)..................................................................................26 Cane Unloading Platform (Feature 14)..............................................................................................27 Tennis Court Remnant (Feature 15)..................................................................................................28 Railroad Grade (Feature 16)................................................................................................................29 Garage(No Feature#)........................................................................................................................30 Amphitheater (No Feature#).............................................................................................................31 Evaluation of Significance and Integrity (HAR§13-284-6)...................................................................32 Criteriond.............................................................................................................................................35 Historic District Assessment...............................................................................................................35 Table 1. Significance Evaluation and Integrity Assessments............................................................36 Sources......................................................................................................................................................41 Additional Sources Not Yet Investigated...........................................................................................41 Appendices................................................................................................................................................42 Appendix A - HAR §13-284-6 Evaluation of Significance............................................................43 ntroduction Mason Architects, Inc. (MASON) was hired by Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation (Ola Brew) to develop a Reconnaissance Level Survey (RLS) for its proposed Okolehau Distillery at the former Hilo Sugar Co., Wainaku Mill site within TMKs [3] 2-6-015: 001 and [3] 2-6-015: 002. This RLS was prepared in preparation for Ola Brew to redevelop the property, which contains various features (remnant foundations, structures, and buildings. MASON evaluated a total of nineteen features for HAR §13-284-6 significance and integrity, and of these, assessed five as meeting significance and integrity criteria. Project Objectives This RLS is intended to fulfill historic property identification and significance evaluation requirements for Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) §6E-42 and Hawai'i Administrative Rules (HAR) §13-284 review that will be undertaken by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD). This RLS provides a historic context, description, and significance evaluation per Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) §13-284-6, to inform future work and in future HRS §6E-42 consultation processes. Methodology MASON was tasked with evaluating the significance of the resources within the Project Area within a Reconnaissance Level Survey (RLS). A total of seventeen resources were included in the original scope of work for this RLS. However, during field work, Historian Dee Ruzicka identified two additional, non -historic features on the property. These two features are included in this report to avoid mistaking them for historic resources on the site. See Table 1 for a complete summary of all features. MASON visited the property in March, 2023 to inspect, photograph, and evaluate the integrity of the features. MASON relied on historical and descriptive information contained in the Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey(AI S) (January 2023) prepared by SCS.' Limited additional research was done to further illuminate the site in order to properly evaluate the features for significance, but most individual feature descriptions were taken from this January 2023 AIS document, and cited appropriately. MASON evaluated the features for significance under HAR §13-284-6 Criteria a-d, but did not evaluate the resources for Criterion e ("having important value to the native Hawaiian people or to other ethnic group") as MASON is not qualified or scoped to undertake ethnographic studies. Project Area (Boundary Explanation and Justification) The Project Area consists of the two TMKs; [3] 2-6-015: 001 (east of the Mamalahoa Highway) and [3] 2-6-015: 002 (west of the Mamalahoa Highway) that contain the structures, buildings, and remnant foundations. See map in Figure 2. 1 Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, An Archaeological Inventory Survey [AIS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023 Draft. 1 Setting The Project Area is located at 'Ale'ale'a Point near the coastline in the Wainaku area just north of Hilo. State Route 19 (Hawai'i Belt Road/ Mamalahoa Highway, constructed ca. 1950) separates the two TMK parcels of the Project Area. However, the highway is routed in a through cut below the grade of the property and due to the high, cut slope of the bank and lush roadside vegetation, the highway is not readily apparent from the east side of the Project Area. Sixteen of the 17 historic features are located on this east side of the highway, between the highway and the coastline, on TMK [3] 2-6-015: 001. A wide bridge runs over the highway and connects the two TMKs of the Project Area. The site is fairly steep from the mauka edge of the property down to the vertical retaining walls that face the ocean, with a drop in elevation of about 60' across this terrain. There is an additional 16' drop from the top of the retaining walls to sea level. In addition, the site is deeply furrowed by steep -sided excavations for public and private roadways and the rail grade. Wainaku "Historic District" (S I H P # 50-10-35-7403) The Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [AISJ Report for 1231 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua a prepared by SCS (January 2023) states that the Project Area is located within the Wainaku Historic District (Site #50-10-35-7403).' However, research indicates that there is no listed historic district present in this location. MASON contacted SHPD and learned that while a historic district was informally proposed by the SHPD as Wainaku Historic District in the 1960 or 70s, it was not listed.' SHPD's site description is a boundary outline traced on a 1963 topographic map (Figure 1). The properties documented by SHPD at that time relate to the Wainaku Mill housing camp, manager's houses, and a church, with no indication of documentation of any mill structures. The district description provided by SHPD is "Theme: Agriculture, Architecture, Commerce, Education, Religion, Habitation." It is speculated by current SHPD staff that the SIHP # for this district was assigned in the mid -late 1970s and is a "proposed" district only, not register -listed.' z Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, An Archaeological Inventory Survey [AIS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023 Draft. 29-30. 3 Stacy Naipo, and Michael Wahl, Emails with the author. February 27, 2023. ' Stacy Naipo, and Michael Wahl, Emails with the author. February 27, 2023. 0 UNITED STATES 'Air T MEI i T 1-Ji~ THE iN T ERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LW N LA F A �� A�, 1 „ -� V- 1 "py i4 t �ti t ',I 1 e I PINE• VKAMUE'[w P.fl.I 54 MI- ,cc PAIXOV 2 8 MP J� 5.� —7403 Flo 'Ale'ale'a Point, location of the Project Area and ridales Pt 1. w 744 Figure 1. This 1963 Topographic map shows the boundaries of SHPD's [proposed] Wainaku Historic District, SIHP # 50-10-35-07403. Source: SHPDGISfiles. 3 w,, Whana-Pl-� * t ■, j 1 In 14 13 i7 V l KEY J m 16 200 1' oogl e{ Historical Context In 1778 Captain Cook found indigenous sugar cane in Hawai'i. Growing wild in valleys and lowlands, it was eaten as food by Hawaiians and used frequently by them as a religious offering. An early sugar operation was begun on Hawai'i Island, near Hilo, about 1839 by the island's governor, Kuakini. By 1843 Benjamin Pitman and Stephen Reynolds were growing sugar in Pi'ihonua and Ponahawai, just west of Hilo. In 1859, Pitman obtained acreage in Puueo which became part of his Amauulu Plantation and Mill. Pitman leased the operation to Chinese managers, who worked the mill to produce sugar. In 1860 Pitman sold the plantation to Thomas Spencer and in 1867 Spencer took over mill operations, purchasing that option from Aiko, the Amauulu Mill's proprietor. Spencer Plantation purchased more land from the Hawaiian Crown in 1870 that extended to the coast, which gave a total of about 4,000 acres, north and west of Hilo.' Although the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) caused a price increase in sugar on the open market and as a result, an increase in Hawaiian sugar production, high import duties on sugar sent to the U.S. constrained the profitability of Hawaiian sugar. The U.S.-Hawai'i Reciprocity Treaty of 1876 reduced these duties and encouraged significant new investment in Hawaiian sugar. In 1880, Claus Spreckels joined into partnership with William G Irwin. One of their early ventures was the 1880 formation of the Hilo Sugar Co., which purchased sugar cane land or leases at Wainaku and a also mill that was operated by local Chinese. Irwin, born in England in 1843, arrived in Hawai'i with his family while they were enroute to the California gold fields. The family stayed in the Islands and Irwin received his education at O'ahu College (Punahou School) before becoming a bookkeeper and businessman, including forming a sugar agency.6 In 1884, Hilo Sugar Co. was incorporated and purchased Spencer's Amauulu Plantation acreage. For several years prior, Amauulu sugar cane had been processed at Wainaku Mill. This gave Hilo Sugar Co. control of about 4,800 acres of sugar land. W.G. Irwin & Co. were the agents for the plantation. In 1887 Hilo Sugar Co. produced about 3,500 tons of sugar. The Wainaku Milll at Hilo Sugar Co. has been located at its present site (Feature 5 Mill Foundation) since 1886 when Spreckels and Irwin installed a new 3 roller crushing mill in the building at that site.' During the late 1800s, W.G. Irwin & Co. and Spreckels and Irwin as partners invested in many sugar plantations, including Hutchinson Sugar Co. and Paauhau Plantation Co. on Hawai'i Island. This depth and diversification gave them deep pockets to make the necessary investments to 'William H. Dorrance, and Francis S. Morgan, Sugar Islands, The 165-year Story of Sugar in Hawaii. (Honolulu: Mutual Publishing). 2000. 102. Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, An Archaeological Inventory Survey [AIS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023 Draft. 16-17. "Hawaiian Sugar Plantation History, No. 10 Hilo Island of Hawai`i," Honolulu Star Bulletin. May 4, 1935. 12. ' Jacob Adler, Claus Spreckels, The Sugar King in Hawaii. ( Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press). 1966. 86. ' Dorrance and Morgan, Sugar Islands. 103.. "Hawaiian Sugar Plantation History, No. 10 Hilo Island of Hawai`i," Honolulu Star Bulletin. May 4, 1935. 12. 6 allow their operations to thrive. By the early 1900s, Hilo Sugar Co. was prepared for some significant improvement projects that would expand its production.' Figure 3. A typical Hilo Railroad tunnel on its route along the Hamakua Coast. Similar to the 1908 Rail Tunnel (Feature 4) in the Project Area. Source: Victor Norton Jr., ca. 7946. /n Treiber, Rai/wayA/hum, 2008 723 In 1908 an important change came to the plantation when the Hilo Railroad (established in 1899) began construction of a main line that extended north of Hilo town and ran through Hilo Sugar Co. property, through the Rail Tunnel (Feature 4 Rail Tunnel) adjacent to its mill. Hilo Railroad, a common carrier started on Hawai'i Island by Benjamin F. Dillingham, built its initial lines extending south from Hilo's wharf to service Dillingham's new sugar plantation at Olaa.9 When Hilo Railroad was awarded a 1908 contract to install a line along Kuhio Bay to assist with the construction of Hilo Breakwater, one of the conditions of that contract was that the railroad further extend its main line north of Hilo to serve the Hamakua Coast. The 1908 route for the railroad went through the Rail Tunnel (Feature 4) and along the Railroad Grade (Feature 16 Railroad Grade) in the Project Area, which were both likely completed that first year of construction on the rail project. The remaining northward rail extension was finished out to C. Brewer's Hakalau Mill in 1911 and to Paauilo in 1913. The tunnel allowed the main line of the Hilo Railroad to pass thru the Wainaku Mill property, enabling easy access for shipping. This included a short spur line next to the main line, constructed ca. 1924 that served the warehouse (General Warehouse Feature 2) that was built that year. Hilo Railroad was re -organized in 1916 under 'Adler, Claus Spreckels. 96, 9 Hilo Railroad was the only rail line in Hawai'i built with standard gauge track, 4'-8%" gauge. L Theo H. Davies Ltd. as Hawai'i Consolidated Railway. The April 1, 1946 tsunami destroyed much of Consolidated' s track and rolling stock and the line shut down that year.10 In 1910, W. G. Irwin & Co. merged its sugar assets, including its interest in Hilo Sugar Co., into the portfolio of C. Brewer & Co., one of the largest sugar agencies in Hawai'i. This merger doubled the extent of C. Brewer's sugar holdings and allowed the agent to expand its investments in plantations formerly represented by W.G. Irwin & Co." Most all of the Features surveyed in the Project Area, except the earlier mentioned 1908 Rail Tunnel, and Railroad Grade, were built during a fifteen year flurry of construction activity that lasted until 1925 after the takeover by C. Brewer. The exceptions are the two features straddling Mamalahoa Highway, the Crane Foundation (Feature 8) and the Scale House Foundation (Feature 9) that were built in 1945 and 1947, after World War II. An additional feature that was built in 1936 was the Machinery Warehouse that was attached to the south side of the General Warehouse (Feature 2). This Machinery Warehouse is now the site of the Garage (Feature 17) that was built in 1996 on the 1936 foundation. One of the first improvement projects completed for Hilo Sugar Co. in the Project Area under the new C. Brewer agency, was the 1911 Sea Wall (Feature 6A) built along the south face of 'Ale'ale'a Point. This hardened the cliffs along part of the coastline of Hilo Sugar Co. property, which allowed the construction of rail spurs and large buildings out to near the edge. This maximized the area available for expansion of the plantation's facilities. Fill was trucked in and added behind the Sea Wall. A second Sea Wall (Feature 6B) was built in 1922 on the north face of 'Ale'ale'a Point. Features of Sea Wall 6B are the outlet portals for several underground tunnels that originate in the Mill, ash tunnels and a wash water tunnel. These portals are built into the masonry face of the wall. The ash tunnels extend to the location of the former boiler room and were used to discard ashes from the firebox. The wash water tunnel discharged water that had come down in the flumes or that was used in the cane cleaning plant. At Sea Wall Feature 6A there is one ash tunnel outlet and one outlet portal that discharges the flow from an upland spring, which is routed under the property through a tunnel with its inlet at an elevation above the highway.12 Although the location of the Wainaku Mill has not changed since the 1886 original construction, the Mill was expanded and altered over the years. By 1919 the mill was configured with a footprint and layout that would remain fairly constant through the 1950s and appears to closely resemble the current configuration of foundation remains. In 1919 the mill had a main section with an irregular footprint about 140' x 170' that included a steam plant with six boilers in a single bank, a machine shop, a 12 roller crushing mill, storage areas, and a 140' high iron chimney on a concrete base. The crushing mill at the site was a gravity feed mill, which was enabled by the steep slope of the terrain. This allowed the successive sets of crushing rollers to be oriented with the outlet of one set above, and feeding into the inlet of the next set. This 10Gerald M. Best, Railroads of Hawaii, Narrow and Standard Auge Common Carriers. (San Marino, CA: Golden West Books). 1978. 123-139. 11 Scott C. Stone, The Story of C. Brewer and Company, Limited. (Honolulu: Island Heritage Publishing). 1991. 98. 12 Escott and Escott, AIS, 12.31 Acres in Wainaku. 20, 90. 7 arrangement is thought to be non -typical for most mills in the Islands, where sugar mills built on more level terrain commonly used conveyors to lift the bagasse from outlet to inlet of successive sets of crushing rollers. Adjacent to the north of the main section of the mill was a 90' x 90' portion with vacuum pans and evaporators and to the southwest of the main section was a 75' x 35' lime storage structure.13 During 1919 the mill installed four new boilers to replace their previous bank of six. That year the new office building (no longer extant) was also under construction. Also in 1919 the Mill Building was rebuilt with a steel frame to replace the earlier wood structure that housed the mill and boilers.14 A structure that was constructed on the land at the apex of'Ale'ale'a Point that was stabilized by the Sea Walls, was the Sugar Warehouse (Feature 7 Sugar Warehouse Foundation). This was built by 1919. It had a 140' x 60' footprint and at its southeast side had a 50' wide dock that extended about 60' past the Sea Wall. Sugar was transferred into this warehouse via a conveyor from the Mill building. By the mid-1950s this warehouse and dock had been demolished.15 An important change to the Mill site was the ca. 1919 and 1924 installation of a system of three concrete flumes that brought cut sugar cane down from the fields. Attached to the west side of the main section of the mill was a 45' x 35' structure called a cane conveyor that received the three flumes. By 1956, this structure was referred to as the cane carrier. The three -flume system branched out from the Mill to the northwest, to the west (both branches no longer extant), and to the south (called the Wai'au Flume).16 The southern branch comprises several extant surveyed features on the property (Feature 10 Concrete Flume, Feature 11 Flume Trench, Feature 12 Concrete Flume, Feature 13 Flume House Foundation Blocks, and Feature 14 Cane Unloading Platform) built ca. 1919 and 1924 to replace earlier flumes.17 The south -extending system (Wai'au Flume) near the Mill site has an elevated concrete section at its north end terminus (Feature 10) that fed cane to the mill and an elevated concrete section near the south edge of the Project Area (Feature 12, built in 1924) that carried the flume over a roadway. Between these elevated sections the flume ran across the top of a hill in a trench (Feature 11). Adjacent to the trench was a platform (Feature 14 Cane Unloading Platform ) where cane that was trucked to the mill could be placed into the flume and a flume house (Feature 13 Flume House Foundation Blocks) and where an operator made sure the cane was flowing smoothly into the Mill. This southern branch of the flume system (Wai'au Flume) ultimately extended to the cane fields near Hilo Sugar Co.'s Amauulu Camp, which was a housing camp for plantation workers located about 2/3 mile west of the mouth of Wailuku River. As this Wai'au Flume extended south from the elevated concrete section over the roadway (Feature 12) it would have 13 Sanborn Map Co. "Hilo, Fire Insurance Map 28b." 1919. Sanborn Map Co."Hilo, Fire Insurance Map 31." 1921 and 1956. "Hilo Sugar Co. "Annual Reports of the President, Manager, and Treasures of Hilo Sugar Company." (Honolulu: Advertiser Publishing Co., Ltd.). 1919. 5-6. 1s Sanborn Map Co."Hilo, Fire Insurance Map 31." 1921 and 1956. 16 USGS, Hilo Quadrangle Topographic Map. 1/24000 scale. 1963. 17 USGS, Hilo Quadrangle Topographic Map. 1/62500 scale. 1917 Edition, 1912-1914 survey. E? been constructed mostly of a wood trestle carrying a V-shaped flume trough formed from two boards.18 Figure 4. This V-board flume on wooden trestles is similar to the type that would have been used to extend Wai'au Flume to the Hilo Sugar Co. cane fields near Amauulu Camp from the concrete elevated flume at the Wainaku Mill. Source: Victor Norton Jr., ca. 7946. /n Treiber, Rai/wayA/hum, 2008. 777 Between 1921 and 1925 a number of additional structures were built in the area south of the Mill. In 1922-23, adjacent to the southwest corner of the Mill, a 75' x 45' structure (Feature 3 Carpenter Shop and Fertilizer Foundation) housed the carpenter shop at the west end and mill equipment storage at the east end. Sometime after 1956 the space at the east end was given over to fertilizer storage. In 1924 a 40' x 70' paint shop (Feature 1 Paint Shop Foundation) was built about 275' south of the Mill. One of the larger buildings that were built at the site, and that is still extant from the historic period of mill operation, is the 1924 General Merchandise warehouse (Feature 2 General Merchandise Warehouse). This is a 135' x 45' concrete building that was used to as a sugar warehouse and to store other items necessary for operation of the plantation. This building originally was single story, flat roofed with a parapet, and a monitor extending the length of the roof. While the Sugar Warehouse (Feature 7) at the coastline loaded its sugar into ships for transport, the General Warehouse (Feature 2) loaded sugar into railcars of the Hilo (Consolidated) Railway for transport to the Hilo wharf. Attached to the south end of the General Merchandise Warehouse is a 45' x 45' single story building, constructed in 1996, on 18 Gale E. Treiber, Hawaii Railway Album WWII Photographs. (Hanover, PA: The Railroad Press). 2008. 117. A the foundation that was formerly the 1936 Machinery Warehouse. Also constructed ca. 1924 was a Tennis Court (Feature 15) that was built just west of the flume trench. During the 1920s, the main road from Hilo to the Hilo Sugar Co. Mill and points north on the Hamakua Coast (called Government Road) was today's Wainaku Street. The through cut of Mamalahoa Highway that bisected the bank west of the mill was not yet excavated. Aside from the Hilo Railroad line that ran through the property, access to the Mill grounds during the 1920s was via Government Road (Wainaku Street), where the Hilo Sugar Co. had its main office built in 1920. A short secondary road called Wailua Lane extended west from Government Road, ending atop the Hilo Railroad tunnel at the west side of the Mill building. During the 1930s, Hilo Sugar Co. under general manager Alexander Fraser was considered one of the finest sugar operations in Hawai'i County. A number of ancillary structures had been built that contributed to its success: sugar laboratory, molasses storage, blacksmith shop, lumber sheds for flume construction and repair, and a powerhouse at the base of the west -extending flume (all no longer extant). In 1934 there were almost seventy miles of flumes carrying cane from 7,700 acres that were under cultivation, of which 3,700 acres were harvested to produce 24,785 tons of sugar.19 In 1935, a new smokestack (no longer extant) was installed adjacent to the boilers in the steam plant. In 1936 the Machinery Warehouse (Feature 17) was constructed. This open -sided building was attached to the south end of the General Merchandise Warehouse and was used to store parts for the machinery used in the mill and elsewhere on the plantation.20 A transition to truck hauling of cut cane, rather than fluming cane to the Mill, began about 1943- 45. In 1946 a new yard crane (Feature 8 Mill Yard Crane Foundation) was built just west of the Mill that unloaded cut cane from the hauling trucks. This was built in conjunction with the concrete bridge from Wainaku Street over Mamalahoa Highway that the trucks used to access the crane. This crane was built on the site of the terminus of the west -extending flume, which was removed. During the late 1940s, some flumes in the cane fields did not extend all the way to the mill, but stopped at the lower end of the cultivated area where trucks could be loaded from the pile of cane that ran off the end of the flume. Fluming cane to the mill and to trucking stations from the fields was gradually phased out from this time to 1962, when all fluming was ended. During the 1950s, while fluming was still employed, the plantation used over 31/2 miles of portable aluminum flume in the cane fields. This was in vee-shaped sections of flume, each about 8' long that could be carried by one person. These sections had a trough about 2' wide x 18" deep and were set up close to the ground on short legs or on higher trestles as needed.21 19 Escott and Escott, AIS, 12.31 Acres in Wainaku. 25. "Hawaiian Sugar Plantation History, No. 10 Hilo Island of Hawai`i," Honolulu Star Bulletin. May 4, 1935. 12. 20 Escott and Escott, AIS, 12.31 Acres in Wainaku. 48, 171. Hilo Sugar Co. "Annual Reports of the President, Manager, and Treasures of Hilo Sugar Company." (Honolulu: Advertiser Publishing Co., Ltd.). 1935. 5. 21 Hilo Sugar Co. "Annual Reports of the President, Manager, and Treasures of Hilo Sugar Company." (Honolulu: Advertiser Publishing Co., Ltd.). 1950. 5-6. Hilo Sugar Co. "Annual Reports of the President, Manager, and Treasures of Hilo Sugar Company." (Honolulu: Advertiser Publishing Co., Ltd.). 1947. 8. 10 With much of the cane coming in by trucks, a significant amount of soil and stones remined on the stalks that was formerly washed off in the fluming process, necessitating the construction of new cane washing facility (no longer extant) between the Mill Yard Crane and the Mill. In 1947, a scale house (Feature 9 Scale House Foundation) was built on Wainaku Street at the west end of the concrete bridge to weigh the incoming cane trucks to determine the harvest. Figure 5. View of Wainaku Mill ca. 1961. View facing southwest. The light-colored building extending out of view in the upper left is the General Warehouse (Feature 2). Source: O/a Brewing Co., 2023. Post -World War II growth in Hilo resulted in an expansion of residential areas to accommodate the new residents. As the town expanded, swaths of Hilo Sugar Co's cane lands were sold. In 1965, C. Brewer combined Hilo Sugar Co.'s remaining fields with its plantation neighbor to the north, Onomea Sugar Co., to form Mauna Kea Sugar Company (MKSC). After absorbing Pepe'ekeo Sugar Co. in 1973, MKSC was a conglomerate of five former separate plantations with three operating mills at Pepe'ekeo, Papa'ikou, and Wainaku. The Wainaku Mill of (former) Hilo Sugar Co. ground its last crop in 1976 and by 1979 Pepe'ekeo was the only operating MKSC mill. All the buildings at Wainaku Mill, except for the 1924 General Merchandise Warehouse, were demolished in 1993, one year before MKSC ceased operations. In 1996 C. Brewer renovated the General Merchandise Warehouse into an office with an event venue by adding a second floor with a double pitch roof, covered terrace on the east side, and a porte-cochere on the west. During the 1996 renovations, the remaining slab foundation of the Machinery Warehouse, attached to the south end of the General Merchandise Warehouse, was used to build a new garage (Feature 17) with a double pitch roof with rectangular ventilation cupola. Also during those renovations a small, arc -plan seating amphitheater (Feature 18) was built with three tiers of concrete rubble masonry.zz 22 Dorrance and Morgan, Sugar Islands. 104. Escott and Escott, AIS, 12.31 Acres in Wainaku. 24 11 Architectural Descriptions The 19 foundations, structures, and buildings documented in this RLS were constructed between 1886 and 1996 and share few similarities architecturally. To follow are descriptions for each of the buildings and structures surveyed (adapted largely from SCS' Draft AIS), and alterations. They are presented in numerical order based on the feature numbers assigned in the Draft AIS. 12 Figure 18. Paint Shop Foundation. Source: MASON, 2023 Description The Draft AIS describes the Paint Shop Foundation Feature 1 as follows, Feature 1 is the former Paint Shop building foundation .... It is located along the ocean cliff, and is directly south of the General Warehouse. The foundation is constructed of concrete. It is 21.40 meters in length (NE/SW) and 12.40 meters wide ... The foundation has expansion joints spaced approximately 5.5 feet across the width (NW/SE) of it. The foundation has a low concrete wall that has been formed and poured along the perimeter of the foundation surface ...). The wall is 0.70 meters in height along the interior and 0.23 meters wide. The form boards used to pour the foundation were 0.13 to 0.17 meters wide, with maximum lengths of approximately 3.0 meters. There is a concrete stairway at the north end of the foundation .... The Paint Shop building was constructed along the top of the foundation walls.23 Alterations • The building has been demolished, only the foundation remains. 23 Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [A IS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. 13 General Merchandise Warehouse (Feature 2) Figure 19. General Merchandise Warehouse. Source: MASON, 2023 Description This two-story concrete building has an irregular rectangular footprint with dimensions of about 150' x 60' that includes a porte cochere on the west side and a two-story covered lanai on the east side. The building has a double -pitch hip roof with wide overhanging eaves with soffit. Roof is covered in cement tiles. At the eaves at the north and south ends of the building are sections of parapet with a raking cornice that protrude vertically at wide notches of the eaves. Each of these parapets has inscriptions. On the north parapet "1924 Hilo Sugar Co." is written, and on the south parapet "C. Brewer & Co. est. 1826." is inscribed. At the base of these parapets, the building has a wide, molded belt course that bisects the second floor windows. A narrow molded belt course circled the building at the sill level of the second floor windows. The two story lanai at the east side is covered by a hip extension off the main roof, supported by square columns at the corners and along the outboard side by tapering round columns with simple Ionic capitals. Both lanai have solid parapets with narrow top rails. The second floor parapet has sections of perforated grille. Building windows are multi light metal frame. The west side has some octagonal fixed light windows at the first floor. Doors are a combination of glazed aluminum frame storefront entries and two panel wood doors. At the south end of the building, the attached former machinery warehouse (not specified as a feature to be surveyed for this RLS) has been renovated to serve as a garage. Alterations • The building was rebuilt in 1996 from its original, single story, flat roof warehouse configuration. o Second story with hip roof added. o Porte cochere and two story lanai added. o All existing windows and doors replaced. o Additional windows and doors added. 14 � � r`i i t � •i• r i � it iture 3) Figure 16. Carpenter Shop and Fertilizer Foundation. Source: MASON, 2023 Description The Draft AIS describes the Carpenter Shop and Fertilizer Foundation as follows, Feature 3 is a cement foundation and three walls on which the former Carpenter Shop and Lime/Fertilizer Shed ... were built. It is located north of Feature 2 .... All that remains of the original building are the north wall, the east wall and a central dividing wall of the Fertilizer Storage Shed .... The walls are constructed of formed and poured rebar-reinforced concrete .... The north wall is approximately 25.00 meters in length and 0.10 cm wide, with a maximum height of 6.0 meters. The east wall and the dividing wall are 14.40 meters in length and 0.10 meters wide, with a maximum height of 6.0 meters.z4 Alterations • The structure has been demolished, only the foundation and three sidewalls remain. • Shipping container structure with roof has been placed within the walls. 24 Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [A IS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. 15 Rail Tunnel (Feature 4) Figure 8. Rail Tunnel. Source: MASON, 2023 Description The Rail Tunnel is an arched railroad tunnel constructed of reinforced concrete. The impression of the original concrete board forms used in constructing the concrete tunnel are visible on the surface of the structure. A thin molded cornice is at the portal. The Draft AIS provides dimensions as follows, Feature 16 is the railroad alignment located through the center of the property from the north to south boundaries .... Feature 16 is approximately 650.0 m long (N/S) by 3.0 m wide. The tracks are no longer present on the ground surface." Alterations • The rail track and ties have been removed. Character Defining Features • Concrete construction with round arched tunnel. • Thin molded cornice at portal. 2s Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [A IS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. W. Mill Foundation (Feature 5) Figure 6. Mill Foundation. Source: MASON, 2023 Description The Draft AIS describes Feature 5 as follows, Feature 5 is a group of foundation remnants of the former Hilo Sugar Company Sugar Mill and Power House ... The main concentration of the remaining portions of the foundation is located to the north of Feature 3 and spans an area of 30.0 meters by 23.5 meters .... Additional remnant foundation elements are to the north ... and to the east .... The eastern side of the foundation remnant to the east is 16.75 meters Long (N/S) .... The northern and southern sides are approximately 7.20 meters in length. The foundation has a maximum height of 0.61 meters. The foundation was constructed of formed and poured reinforced concrete. The form boards were 0.12 meters wide, with maximum lengths of approximately 3.0 meters. The impression of five boards is visible in the foundation wall. The corners of the foundation wall are reinforced with rebar .... A portion of a steel (- beam was identified in the top of corner of the foundation .... There and holes for drainage in the sides of the foundation which are approximately 0.50 meters above the ground surface at 0.60 meter intervals. There are small segments of the foundation that are constructed of cut stone and cement ....zb Alterations • The Mill Foundation remnants are a ruin, the remains of demolished sections of foundation are all that are extant. 26 Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [A IS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. 17 Sea Wall (Feature 6A) Figure 9 Sea Wall 6A. Source: MASON, 2023 Description The sea wall is a mortared cut basalt retaining wall that extends along a portion of the property, facing the ocean. The Draft AIS describes the Sea Wall Feature 6A as follows, Feature 6A is approximately 125.0 m long by 5.0 m above the ocean ... The walls are from 0.3 to 0.6 meters wide and are between 0.6 and 0.8 meters above the ground surface on their mauka sides. Both [6A and 6B] segments of seawall are constructed of small boulder size angular cut basalt stone, cement, and mortar. The stones are well faced and tightly fitted. Feature 6A is topped by a four foot high chain link fence. Seawall Feature 6A has a single ash tunnel opening ... The ash tunnels run under the ground to the power house location and were used to remove ash from the mill. Ground water now runs through the two ash tunnels, emptying into the ocean.27 Alterations • A chain link fence has been added atop Sea Wall 6A. 27 Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [A IS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. 18 Sea Wall (Feature 613) Figure 15. Sea Wall 613. Source: MASON, 2023 Description The sea wall is a mortared cut basalt retaining wall that extends along a portion of the property, facing the ocean. The Draft AIS describes the Sea Wall Feature 6B as follows, Feature 6 is a seawall along the ocean on the Hilo end of the sugar mill site (Feature 6A) and a seawall along the Hamakua side of the sugar mill site (Feature 6B) ... Feature 6B is approximately 70.0 meters long by 5.0 m above the ocean .... The walls are from 0.3 to 0.6 meters wide and are between 0.6 and 0.8 meters above the ground surface on their mauka sides. Both segments of seawall are constructed of small boulder size angular cut basalt stone, cement, and mortar. The stones are well faced and tightly fitted. The eastern end of Feature 6 B is topped by a formed and poured concrete wall. Feature 6B has three tunnels that open to the ocean, two ash tunnels and a wash water tunnel from the cleaning plant. The ash tunnels run under the ground to the power house location and were used to remove ash from the mill. Ground water now runs through the two ash tunnels, emptying into the ocean.28 Alterations • No apparent alterations. 28 Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [A IS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. 19 Sugar Warehouse Foundation (Feature 7) ' w y Y, .. �,.Jm .�m •��_ aws'.a* Figure 10. Sugar Warehouse Foundation. Source: MASON, 2023 Description The Draft AIS describes the Sugar Warehouse Foundation as follows, Feature 7 is a remnant portion of the former Sugar Warehouse foundation. It is located along the coast east of Feature 5 and interfaces with portions of the seawall .... The original building was 150 ft long (NE/SW) by 50 ft wide and was 16 ft in maximum height .... The northern terminus of the foundation is intact ..., and the southern portion of the eastern terminus is intact .... The foundation to the south has collapsed .... The western terminus is not visible, possibly the result of land modification activities. The northern terminus of the foundation that is visible is approximately 11.0 meters long (NW/SE), and approximately 2.40 meters above the ground surface to the north. The eastern terminus of the intact portion of the foundation is approximately 11.0 meters long (NW/SE). It is 1.70 meters above the ground surface on the north end and is even with the ground surface along the southern end. The foundation includes a low concrete footing that has been formed and poured along the perimeter of the foundation surface to the north and east .... The footing is 0.20 meters wide with a maximum height 0.25 meters.29 Alterations • The Sugar Warehouse Foundation remnants are a ruin, with only sections of foundation remaining extant. 29 Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [A IS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. 20 Mill Yard Crane Foundation (Feature 8) Figure 21. Mill Yard Crane Foundation. Source: MASON, 2023 Description The Draft AIS describes the Mill Yard Crane Foundation remnant as follows, Feature 8 is the former Mill Yard and Mill Yard Crane foundation.... Feature 8 is located west of Feature 4 and Feature 5. Feature 8 is approximately 61.0 m long (200 ft) (NW/SE) by 48 m wide in maximum dimensions ... It is a level reinforced concrete yard that is raised above the land to the east. It is currently used as a parking lot that is accessed by a concrete overpass that crosses Mamalahoa Highway ... The overpass connects Parcel 001 and Parcel 002. The overpass is constructed of rebar reinforced concrete. The Mill Yard was the area where trucks loaded with cut cane were unloaded by crane ...The crane ... was used to place the cane in the cane cleaning plant ... located at the southeast corner of Feature 8.30 Alterations • The crane has been removed. 30 Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [A IS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. 21 Scale House Foundation (Feature 9) Figure 22. Scale House Foundation. Source: MASON, 2023 Description The Scale House foundation is a paved gravel and asphaltic yard with sections of raised curbing. The Draft AIS describes it as follows, Feature 8 is the former Mill Yard and Mill Yard Crane foundation .... Feature 8 is located west of Feature 4 and Feature 5. Feature 8 is approximately 61.0 m long (200 ft) (NW/SE) by 48 m wide in maximum dimensions ... It is a level reinforced concrete yard that is raised above the land to the east. It is currently used as a parking lot that is accessed by a concrete overpass that crosses Mamalahoa Highway ... The overpass connects Parcel 001 and Parcel 002. The overpass is constructed of rebar reinforced concrete. The Mill Yard was the area where trucks loaded with cut cane were unloaded by crane ....The crane ... was used to place the cane in the cane cleaning plant ... located at the southeast corner of Feature 8.31 Alterations • The Scale House has been removed. Only a portion of the foundation remains. " Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [AIS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. 22 Concrete Flume [Wai'au Flume] (Feature 10) Figure 11. Concrete Flume [Wai'au Flume]. Source: MASON, 2023 Description The flume trestle remnant Feature 10 is built of reinforced concrete. The trough is supported by concrete battered legs with concrete horizontal bracing. The trestle curves to the east on its north end. The base of the flume channel is formed in a wide, shallow trough (now filled with vegetation). The Draft AIS describes its size, as "approximately 30.0 m long (NE/SW) by 2.0 m wide and is roughly 6.5 m high above the ground surface."32 Alterations • Portions of the trestle have been removed (this is just a remnant) • The wooden sidewalls of this flume have been removed. Character Defining Features • Concrete construction with base of flume channel formed in a wide, shallow trough. • Battered legs with horizontal bracing. 32 Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [A IS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. 23 Flume Trench [Wai'au Flume] (Feature 11) Figure 12. Flume Trench [Wai'au Flume]. Source: SCS, 2023 Description The Flume Trench and its wooden trestle supports were not visible during MASON's site visit due to extensive vegetation growth. The Draft AIS described the resource (shown in Figure 12) after clearing the site. Note that the site has already become overgrown since that time and the wooden supports were not visible. The Draft AIS described it as follows, Feature 11 is a U-shape trench through which a wooden flume once existed. It is located south of Feature 10 .... Feature 11 is approximately 128.0 m long (NW/SE) by 6.0 m wide and is roughly 3.5 m deep ...The wooden flume is no longer present within the trench. Two sets of milled wood flume supports were recorded within the trench .... 33 Alterations • All of the flume has been removed from this trench except for two bents of the wood support frame. 33 Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [AIS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. 24 Concrete Flume [Wai'au Flume] (Feature 12) Figure 17. Concrete Flume [Wai'au Flume]. Source: MASON, 2023 Description The Draft AIS describes the Wai'au Flume and trestle remnant Feature 12 as follows, Feature 12 is a reinforced concrete flume trestle. It is located at the south end of Feature 11 .... Feature 12 is approximately 22.4 m long (NW/SE) by 14.0 m wide and is roughly 5.8 m high above the main entrance road ... The trestle has walls on either side that are 1.5 m high by 0.3 m thick. The trestle was constructed of metal reinforced concrete with mechanically crushed rock and sand. The boards used for the concrete pour are approximately 7.2 inches wide.34 Alterations • This portion of the Wai'au Flume has few apparent alterations. Character Defining Features • Concrete construction with wide, shallow trough. • Vertical legs with transverse support under the trough. 34 Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [A IS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. 25 Flume House Foundation Blocks (Feature 13) Figure 13. Flume House Foundation Blocks. Source: MASON, 2023 Description The Draft AIS describes this feature as being comprised of "three concrete footing blocks that are the remnants of the flume house. It is located along the east edge of Feature 11 near its midpoint .... Feature 13 is approximately 1.8 m long (NW/SE) by 1.4 m wide."35 Alterations • The Flume House has been demolished, only the concrete foundation blocks remain. 3s Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [A IS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. W. /1 1 1 1 1' nl . r /r i -1 A\ Figure 14. Cane Unloading Platform. Source: MASON, 2023 The Draft AIS describes the Cane Unloading Platform remnant as follows, Feature 14 is a cane unloading platform located along the west edge of Feature 11 across from Feature 13 .... Feature 14 is approximately 7.5 m long (NE/SW) by 5.0 m wide and has an interior depth of 1.10 meters .... The platform is shaped like a rectangular bin and constructed of metal reinforced concrete... There are rotted iron supports on the four corners of the platform that supported a roof .... The supports and roof are no longer present.36 Alterations • The roof and roof supports have been demolished, only the foundation of the unloading platform remains. 36 Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [A IS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. 27 Tennis Court Remnant (Feature 15) Figure 20. Tennis Court. Source: MASON, 2023 Description The tennis court remnants were not visible during MASON's site visit due to extensive vegetation growth. The Draft AIS describes the Tennis Court remnant as follows, Feature 15 is a tennis court located between Feature 10 and Feature 14 .... Feature 15 is approximately 96.0 m long (NE/SW) by 60.0 m wide. The tennis court is a concrete slab with 1.0 inch expansion gaps .... The court was constructed around 1924. Feature 15 is covered by leaf and tree fall, has been altered by weathering (cracking).37 Alterations • The tennis court is covered by a layer of soil and vegetation, and could not be assessed for alterations. (Figure 20) 37 Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [A IS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. 28 Railroad Grade (Feature 16) Figure 7. Railroad Grade. SouRcE-MASON, 2023, Description The Draft AIS describes the Railroad Grade as follows, Feature 16 is the railroad alignment located through the center of the property from the north to south boundaries .... Feature 16 is approximately 650.0 m long (N/S) by 3.0 m wide. The tracks are no longer present on the ground surface.38 Alterations • The Railroad Grade is abandoned. • All rails and ties have been removed. 38 Glenn G. Escott, and Susan Escott, Draft Archaeological Inventory Survey [A IS] Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua'a. (Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.). January 2023. 29 Garage (No Feature #) I Figure 23. Garage. Source: MASON, 2023 Description This single -story concrete building has a rectangular footprint about 40' x 35'. It has a double pitched hip roof with wide overhanging eaves that is covered with cement tiles. A rectangular ventilation cupola tops the roof. On the east side the building is a lanai. The main roof of the building extends over the lanai and is supported with simple columns. On the west side, the building has a roll -up vehicle door and a single leaf flush entry door. Alterations • The building was built in 1996 on the 1936 foundation of the Machinery Warehouse. 30 Figure 24. Amphitheater. Source: MASON, 2023 Description This (modern-day) Amphitheater three -tiered seating area constructed of CRM with grass tiers for seating. The plan is in an arc measuring about 50' across, and set into the sloping topography facing the ocean. An inset CRM stairway bisects the arc near its apex. A small, paved area is at the base of the amphitheater serves as its "stage." Alterations • The structure was built in 1996. No alterations were noted. 31 Evaluation of Significance and Integrity (HAR §13-284-6) Nineteen features (or resources) were surveyed and evaluated for this RLS. Two of them (the Garage and Amphitheater) were built in 1996 and are less than 50 years in age and not considered historic properties. The remaining 17 resources are older than 50 years in age and are considered historic properties requiring evaluations for historical significance. The Historical Overview section and research undertaken for this report, along with the inspection of the resources' integrity, informs the significance evaluations presented in Table 1: Significance Evaluation and Integrity Assessments for the nineteen resources studied. A total of five of the historic properties identified in the study area were evaluated as historically significant, meeting HAR §13-284-6 significance and integrity criteria, as explained below. The remaining fourteen resources are either not significant, do not retain integrity, or are not historic properties. See Table 1. Significance Evaluation and Integrity Assessments and discussion of the historic properties significance evaluations below. Rail Tunnel (Feature 4) The Rail Tunnel has been evaluated as meeting HAR §13-284-6 significance criteria a and c as follows: Criterion a - The Rail Tunnel, built in 1908, meets HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion a for its association with the development of the sugar industry, including Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co, and the industry's contribution to local and Territorial economies. The tunnel was an important part of the operation of the Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. and Hilo (Consolidated) Railway. The tunnel allowed the railway main line to pass adjacent to the warehouse for expedient loading of sugar at a sup siding for transport to the Hilo wharf. This resource retains sufficient integrity for Criterion a - see Table 1 for integrity assessment. Criterion b - The Rail Tunnel does not meet HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion b as it was not associated with a significant person. Criterion c - The Rail Tunnel meets HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion c for its form and design, for embodying the type and period of constructed prevalent during Hawai'i's Railroad and Sugar Eras. This resource retains sufficient integrity for Criterion c - see Table 1 for integrity assessment. Criterion d - The Rail Tunnel does not meet HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion d as it is unlikely to be a source of data that would yield important information to significantly contribute to our understanding of history or answer an important historic research question. (See note about Criterion d in the following section for more information.) 32 Sea Wall (Feature 6A) The Sea Wall Feature 6A has been evaluated as meeting HAR §13-284-6 significance criteria a and c as follows: Criterion a - The Sea Wall, built in 1911, meets HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion a for its association with the development of the sugar industry, including Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co,. The sea wall was one of the first improvement projects completed for Hilo Sugar Co. in the Project Area under the new C. Brewer agency. Its presence facilitated later developments (including rail), and its tunnels functioned as discharge outlets that supported the cane fluming and cleaning processes. This resource retains sufficient integrity for Criterion a — see Table 1 for integrity assessment. Criterion b - The Sea Wall does not meet HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion b as it was not associated with a significant person. Criterion c - The Sea Wall meets HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion c for its form and design, for embodying the type and period of basalt walls constructed during Hawai'i's Sugar Era. This resource retains sufficient integrity for Criterion c — see Table 1 for integrity assessment. Criterion d - The Sea Wall does not meet HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion d as it is unlikely to be a source of data that would yield important information to significantly contribute to our understanding of history or answer an important historic research question. Sea Wall (Feature 6B) The Sea Wall Feature 6B has been evaluated as meeting HAR §13-284-6 significance criteria a and c as follows: Criterion a - The Sea Wall, built in 1922, meets HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion a for its association with the development of the sugar industry, including Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co,. Tunnels functioned as discharge outlets that supported the cane fluming and cleaning processes. This resource retains sufficient integrity for Criterion a — see Table 1 for integrity assessment. Criterion b - The Sea Wall does not meet HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion b as it was not associated with a significant person. Criterion c - The Sea Wall meets HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion c for its form and design, for embodying the type and period of basalt walls constructed during Hawai'i's Sugar Era. This resource retains sufficient integrity for Criterion c — see Table 1 for integrity assessment. Criterion d - The Sea Wall does not meet HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion d as it is unlikely to be a source of data that would yield important information to significantly 33 contribute to our understanding of history or answer an important historic research question. Concrete Flume [Wai'au Flume] (Feature 10) The Concrete Flume Feature 10 has been evaluated as meeting HAR §13-284-6 significance criteria a and c as follows: Criterion a - The Concrete Flume (Wai'au Flume, Feature 10), built ca. 1919, meets HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion a for its association with the development of the Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. The flume was an important part of the cane harvesting system for Hilo Sugar Co., allowing cut cane to easily and cleanly be transported from field to the Mill. This resource retains sufficient integrity for Criterion a. Criterion b - The Concrete Flume Feature 10 does not meet HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion b as it was not associated with a significant person. Criterion c - The Concrete Flume Feature 10 meets HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion c for its form and design, specifically for embodying the type and period of construction prevalent during Hawai'i's Sugar Era. It is a good example of the type of flume employed on the Island of Hawai'i during the sugar era to transport cane. (More commonly in Hawai'i, flumes were designed and engineered to convey water for irrigation, however on the Big Island, flumes were also commonly designed to transport the sugar cane itself.) This resource retains sufficient integrity for Criterion c. Criterion d - The Concrete Flume Feature 10 does not meet HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion d as it is unlikely to be a source of data that would yield important information to significantly contribute to our understanding of history or answer an important historic research question. (See Note about Criterion d in the following section for more information.) Concrete Flume [Wai'au Flume] (Feature 12) The Concrete Flume Feature 12 has been evaluated as meeting HAR §13-284-6 significance criteria a and c as follows: Criterion a - The Concrete Flume (Wai'au Flume, Feature 12), built in 1924, meets HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion a for its association with the development of the Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. The flume was an important part of the cane harvesting system for Hilo Sugar Co., allowing cut cane to easily and cleanly be transported from field to the Mill. This resource retains sufficient integrity for Criterion a. Criterion b - The Concrete Flume Feature 12 does not meet HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion b as it was not associated with a significant person. Criterion c - The Concrete Flume Feature 12 meets HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion c for its form and design, specifically for embodying the type and period of 34 construction prevalent during Hawai'i's Sugar Era. It is a good example of the type of flume employed on the Island of Hawai'i during the sugar era to transport cane. (More commonly in Hawai'i, flumes were designed and engineered to convey water for irrigation, however on the Big Island, flumes were also commonly designed to transport the sugar cane itself.) This resource retains sufficient integrity for Criterion c. Criterion d - The Concrete Flume Feature 12 does not meet HAR §13-284-6 significance Criterion d as it is unlikely to be a source of data that would yield important information to significantly contribute to our understanding of history or answer an important historic research question. (See Note about Criterion d in the following section for more information.) Criterion d As defined in HAR §13-284-6 Evaluation of Significance, Criterion "d' acknowledges a significant historic property that "Have yielded, or is likely to yield, information important for research on prehistory or history." MASON has evaluated all of the remnants on this property as not meeting Criterion d significance requirements. They are evaluated by MASON as unlikely to be a source of data that would yield important information to significantly contribute to our understanding of history or answer an important historic research question.39 For buildings or structures to satisfy this significance Criterion, the resource (remnant) must be the principal source of the important historic information and must essentially embody that information. This is not the case for these resources (extant remnants), as there is an extensive archived collection of drawings, maps, and documents relating to the Hilo Sugar Co. in the C. Brewer Archives that are curated by John C. Cross. See the Sources section of this RLS "Additional Sources Not Yet Investigated" for further information. Historic District Assessment The Wainaku Mill/Hilo Sugar Co. property, consisting of 17 historic features, is evaluated as having significant association with Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. and the sugar industry in Hawai'i, but as not retaining sufficient integrity for a historic district, as follows. Ten of its 17 features have been demolished, and one features was extensively altered in 1996. With such a large proportion of its historic structures reduced to foundations remnants and others that do not retain integrity, the property does not possess the necessary continuity and concentration of resources to support an intact historic district. (A Wainaku Historic District was proposed by SHPD sometime during the 1960s or 1970s but was never listed.) 39 National Park Service, National Register Bulletin 15, How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. (Washington DC: U.S. Department of the Interior). 1997. 21. 35 Table 1. Significance Evaluation and Integrity Assessments Resource Name/ Year Evaluation of Significance Integrity Assessment* Photo Built (HAR §13-284-6) (HAR §13-284-6) Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. 1924 Although this feature is a remnant Paint Shop Demolished Paint Shop Foundation (Feature 1) portion of a building originally Does not retain sufficient integrity associated with the development of to support its significance. the sugar industry, the original resource is largely gone and the Retains integrity of L. remnant does not retain sufficient integrity to meet HAR §13-284-6 Integrity of S is not retained due significance and integrity criteria. It to changes in surroundings. does not illustrate its historic period. Integrity of D, M,W, F, and A are not retained due to demolition. Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. 1924/ Does not have association with Extensively altered. General Merchandise Warehouse significant events, people, design or Does not retain sufficient integrity (Feature 2) ag,q rebuilt 1996 construction type and is not anticipated to yield important to support its significance. historical information. Retains integrity of L. Integrity of S is not retained due to changes in surroundings. � Integrity of D, M,W, F, and A are not retained due to extensive alterations. Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. 1922 Although this feature is a remnant Carpenter Shop and Fertilizer Carpenter Shop and Fertilizer portion of a building originally building Demolished Foundation (Feature 3) associated with the development of the sugar industry, the original Does not retain sufficient integrity to support its significance. resource is largely gone and the Retains integrity of L. remnant does not retain sufficient integrity to meet HAR §13-284-6 Integrity of S is not retained due significance and integrity criteria. It to changes in surroundings. does not illustrate its historic period. Integrity of D, M,W, F, and A are not retained due to demolition. Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. 1908 Significant under Criterion a and c Retains integrity of L. Rail Tunnel (Feature 4) for its association with the Integrity of S is not retained due development of the sugar industry to changes in surroundings. and contribution to local and Territorial economies, and retains Integrity of D, M, and W are sufficient integrity. partially retained due to removal of rail tracks. Integrity of F and A are partially retained due to removal of rail tracks. W. Resource Name/ Year Evaluation of Significance Integrity Assessment* Photo Built (HAR §13-284-6) (HAR §13-284-6) Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. 1866/ Although this feature is a remnant of Mill Demolished Mill Foundation (Feature 5) rebuilt 1919 a building originally associated with the development of the sugar industry, the remnant does not Does not retain sufficient integrity to support its significance. retain sufficient integrity to meet Retains integrity of L. HAR §13-284-6 significance and integrity criteria. It does not illustrate Integrity of S is not retained due its historic period. to changes in surroundings. Integrity of D, M,W, F, and A are not retained due to demolition. Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. 1911 Significant under Criterion a and c Retains integrity of L. Sea Wall (Feature 6A) for its association with the Integrity of S is not retained due development of the sugar industry to changes in surroundings. and contribution to local and Territorial economies, and for its Integrity of D, M,W, F, and A are distinctive cut basalt design. Retains retained. sufficient integrity. �q Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. 1922 Significant under Criterion a and c Retains integrity of L. Sea Wall (Feature 613) for its association with the development industry Integrity of S is not retained due of the sugar to changes in surroundings. and contribution to local and a Territorial economies, and for its Integrity of D, M,W, F, and A are distinctive cut basalt design. Retains retained. sufficient integrity. Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. Ca Although this feature is a remnant of Sugar Warehouse Demolished Sugar Warehouse Foundation . 1919 a building originally associated with Does not retain sufficient integrity (Feature 7) the development of the sugar to support its significance. industry, the remnant does not retain sufficient integrity to meet Retains integrity of L. HAR §13-284-6 significance and integrity criteria. It does not illustrate Integrity of S is not retained due its historic period. to changes in surroundings. Integrity of D, M,W, F, and A are not retained due to demolition. 37 Resource Name/ Year Evaluation of Significance Integrity Assessment* Photo Built (HAR §13-284-6) (HAR §13-284-6) Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. 1945 Although this feature is a remnant of Mill Yard Crane Demolished Mill Yard Crane Foundation (Feature a building originally associated with Does not retain sufficient integrity 8) the development of the sugar industry, does to support its significance. the remnant not retain sufficient integrity to meet Retains integrity of L. HAR §13-284-6 significance and integrity criteria. It does not illustrate Integrity of S is not retained due its historic period. to changes in surroundings. Integrity of D, M,W, F, and A are not retained due to demolition and removal of crane. Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. 1947 Although this feature is a remnant of Scale House Demolished Scale House Foundation (Feature 9) a building originally associated with the development the Does not retain sufficient integrity ,.T of sugar to support its significance. industry, the remnant does not retain sufficient integrity to meet Retains integrity of L. - 5 HAR §13-284-6 significance and integrity criteria. It does not illustrate Integrity of S is not retained due its historic period. to changes in surroundings. Integrity of D, M,W, F, and A are not retained due to demolition. Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. Ca. Significant under Criterion a and c Retains integrity of L. Concrete Flume [Wai'au Flume] 1919 for its association with the Integrity of S is not retained due (Feature 10) development of the sugar industry to changes in surroundings. and contribution to local and Integrity of D, M,W, F, Territorial economies. Retains and A are partially retained. Due sufficient integrity. to removal of wooden sidewalls. Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. Ca Although this feature is a remnant of Demolished, only 2 sets of frames Flume Trench [Wai'au Flume] 1919 a structure originally associated with remain for this flume. (Feature 11) the development of the sugar Does not retain sufficient integrity industry, the remnant does not to support its significance. retain sufficient integrity to meet HAR §13-284-6 significance and Retains integrity of L. integrity criteria, and does not illustrate its historic period. Integrity of S is not retained due to changes in surroundings. Integrity of D, M,W, F, and A are not retained due to demolition. 38 Resource Name/ Year Evaluation of Significance Integrity Assessment* Photo Built (HAR §13-284-6) (HAR §13-284-6) Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. 1924 Significant under Criterion a and c Retains integrity of L. Concrete Flume [Wai'au Flume] for its association with the Integrity of S is not retained due (Feature 12) development of the sugar industry and contribution to local and to changes in surroundings. Territorial economies. Retains Integrity of D, M,W, F, and A are r sufficient integrity. retained. Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. Ca. Although this feature is a remnant of Does not retain sufficient integrity Flume House Foundation Blocks 1919 a structure originally associated with to support its significance. (Feature 13) the development of the sugar industry, the remnant does not Retains integrity of L. 'E. ,. • retain sufficient integrity to meet HAR §13 284 6 significance and Integrity of S is not retained due integrity criteria, and does not to changes in surroundings. illustrate its historic period. Integrity of D, M,W, F, and A are not retained due to demolition. Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. Ca. Although this feature is a remnant of Does not retain sufficient integrity Cane Unloading Platform (Feature 14) 1919 a platform structure originally to support its significance. associated with the development of the sugar industry, the remnant does Retains integrity of L. not retain sufficient integrity to meet HAR §13-284-6 significance and Integrity of S is not retained due integrity criteria, and does not to changes in surroundings. illustrate its historic period. Integrity of D, M,W, F, and A are not retained due to demolition. Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. 1924 Not significant. Retains integrity of L. Tennis Court (Feature 15) No known meaningful association Integrity of S is not retained due 6 �• with events or persons important in to changes in surroundings. our past Crit. "a," "b". Feature is covered with Lacks significance associated with soil, unable to definitively assess architectural or engineering integrity of D, M,W, F, and A. distinction (Crit. "c"). However, it appears that these aspects are partially retained. Not likely to yield information important in history (Crit. "d"). 39 Resource Name/ Year Evaluation of Significance Integrity Assessment* Photo Built (HAR §13-284-6) (HAR §13-284-6) Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. 1908 Criterion "a," for its association with Demolished, rail tracks and ties Railroad Grade (Feature 16) the development of the sugar industry and contribution to local no longer extant. Does not retain sufficient integrity w "II and Territorial economies. to support its significance. +r. Retains integrity of L. Integrity of S is not retained due to changes in surroundings. Integrity of D, M, W, F, and A not retained due to demolition (removal) of rail line. Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. 1996 Not a historic structure, less than 50 Not a historic structure. Machinery Warehouse (Feature 17) years old. ,a L_wa Wainaku Mill, Hilo Sugar Co. 1996 Not a historic structure, less than 50 Not a historic structure. Amphitheater (Feature 18) year old. *Integrity assessments provided in the table are abbreviations for the aspects of integrity specified in Hawaii Administrative Rules Chapter 73-284-6. The seven aspects of integrity are: L = Location D = Design S = Setting M = Materials W = Workmanship F = Feeling A = Association ,s Sources Adler, Jacob. Claus Spreckels, The Sugar King in Hawaii.' Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. 1966. Best, Gerald M. Railroads of Hawai% Narrow and Standard Auge Common Carriers. San Marino, CA: Golden West Books. 1978. Dorrance, William H., and Francis S. Morgan. Sugar Islands, The 165--year Story of Sugar in Hawaii: Honolulu: Mutual Publishing. 2000. Escott, Glenn G., and Susan Escott. An Archaeological Inventory Survey[AISJ Report for 12.31 Acres in Wainaku and Mokuhonua Ahupua a. Honolulu: Scientific Consultant Services, Inc. January 2023 Draft. "Hawaiian Sugar Plantation History, No. 10 Hilo Island of Hawai'i,"Honolulu Star Bulletin. May 4, 1935. 12. Hilo Sugar Co. "Annual Reports of the President, Manager, and Treasures of Hilo Sugar Company." (Honolulu: Advertiser Publishing Co., Ltd.). Various dates. Sanborn Map Co. Fire insurance Maps. Various dates. Stone, Scott C. The Story ofC. Brewer and Company, Limited. Honolulu: Island Heritage Publishing. 1991. Treiber, Gale E. Hawai'i Railway Album WWII Photographs. Hanover, PA: The Railroad Press. 2008. USGS. Topographic Maps. Various dates. Additional Sources Not Yet Investigated An extensive collection of documents covering the multiple Hawai'i Island holdings of sugar agent C. Brewer Co., including drawings, maps, and documents pertaining to the Hilo Sugar Co. are curated in the C. Brewer Archives of local Hawai'i Island Land Consultant John C. Cross. Contact: John C. Cross, 96-3163 Pikake Street, Suite 5, P.O. Box 336, Pahala, HI 96777. 41 Appendices WN Appendix A - HAR §13-284-6 Evaluation of Significance The following is an excerpt from HAR §13-284-6: (a) Once a historic property is identified, then an assessment of significance shall occur. The agency shall make this assessment or delegate this assessment, in writing, to the SHPD. This information shall be submitted in the survey report, if historic properties were found through the survey. (b) To be significant, a historic property shall possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association and shall meet one or more of the following criterion: (1) Criterion ''a''. Be associated with events that have made an important contribution to the broad patterns of our history; (2) Criterion ''b''. Be associated with the lives of persons important in our past; (3) Criterion ''c''. Embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, represent the work of a master, or possess high artistic value; (4) Criterion "d" Have yielded, or is likely to yield, information important for research on prehistory or history; or (5) Criterion ''e''. Have an important value to the native Hawaiian people or to another ethnic group of the state due to associations with cultural practices once carried out, or still carried out, at the property or due to associations with traditional beliefs, events or oral accounts -- these associations being important to the group's history and cultural identity. A group of sites can be collectively argued to be significant under any of the criteria. 43 p,50N ca �� � rn ���OIs /� REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORD TO: DIRECTOR OF HEALTH Phone: 933-0401 Department of Health Fag: 933-0400 1582 Kamehameha Avenue Hilo, HI 96720 ATTN: Wastewater Branch The following Department of Health record is hereby requested TNVIK ZONE 1 TO 4 ONLY 'T`MK (3) Z [ J CESSPOOL INFORMATION Name of Requestor Company/Organization [ SEPTIC SYSTEM INFORMATION Signature Date Address �76 7,4' ( 7 V-Z.� 5' � hone Fax DISCLAVAER REGARDING PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTED A11 of the information on this form was summarized from the public records kept at the Health Department. Users must understand the information may change periodically. Users should not rely on this information as legal documentation. No warranties, expressed or implied, are provided for the data herein, its use or its interpretation. For Department Use Only No cesspool information on file. Cesspool information incomplete. Cesspool design approved on — but no inspection. Cesspool approved for use on No septic system information on file. Septic system design approved on _ Septic system inspected but not approved. ut no inspection. Septic system approved for use on for bedrooms. Other— ng) "s _ h'c 4x-,% L i in For Deputybirector for Environmental Health Date_+anrz'r� Dpi. ■ Revised 12/26/07 lExhibit 4 NEW CESSPOOL INFORMATION CARD TMK: �•G-i�'1 � 2•'t'o_4Crj:2 Lot NO. t2 Property Owner: Project Address: "011 JCk:% a Engineer:5wa 4 " Contractor: Distance from Building: Distance from Property Line: 2 Diameter (Clear) Feet: Depth Peet: -.2-2- P21'� W er a etilGi No. Feet to Water Table: Y jn Ground Slope: Type of Lining: Al n v dam- Reinforced Concrete Cover: _ r i Distance from Finished Ground to Top of Cover (Feet): fLovi fl+flnikTB = 4ri' O Date Inspected by Engineer: I0.1(*-61-7 As the engineer performing the final inspection, I submit the above information and the "As -built" as drawn on the back of this card. I�tso submit the following statement: �' The cesspool has been installed in strict accordance with the plans submitted and approved by DOH. The noted changes to the approved plans have been made, and the cesspool installed is acceptable to me. The construction of the cesspool is not in accordance with the approved plans and I do not accept the changes made to the plans detsigned by me. Engineer's Signature and Date: } w.. — n Ae L,4=i7T1t -YA "Be A SAN. FORtl 40 BUILDING DIVISION - DPW COUNTY OF HAWAI'I — 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 7 — Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Hilo Office (808) 961-8331 • Fax (808) 961-8410 Kona Office (808) 323-4720 • Fax (808) 327-3509 January 18, 2023 TO: Zendo Kern County of Hawaii — Planning Dept_ West Hawaii Office 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy Kailua Kona, HI. 96740 SUBJECT: Variance — PL — SMA-2022-000025 Applicant: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corp. TMK: (3) 2-6-015:001 & 002 COH PLANNING DEPT JAN 19 2023 PM2:15 REC'D HAND DELIVERED This is to inform you that our records on file, relative to the status of the subject discloses that: ❑ No Building permit was issued for work done on the premise_ ❑ No building permit was issued for the change of occupancy_ ❑ At the time of completion, the subject complied with all Building Code regulations that were in effect. ❑ Variance from any building regulation (Building, Electrical, Plumbing, or Sign) was/was not granted. ❑ The following violations(s) still outstanding: ❑ Building ❑ Electrical ❑ Plumbing ❑ Sign ® Others: A "Change of Use" building permit will be required for the mentioned project and all construction shall comply with current codes adopted by the County of Hawaii. This status report reflects Building Division records only and does not include information from other agencies. Should you have any questions regarding maters contained herein, please feel free to contact Chris Domino at phone no_ (808) 323-4720 Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer ,rtY Oi hl Mitchell D. Roth '�' �� bWE, Ramzi I. Mansour Mayor ,i ; Director Lee Lord Brenda Iokepa-Moses Managing Director Deputy Director County of Hawai'i DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 345 Kekuando`a Street, Suite 41 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • cohdem@hawaiicounty.gov Ph: (808) 961-8083 • Fax: (808) 961-8086 MEMORANDUM TO: Zendo Kern, Director Planning Department FROM: Ramzi I. Mansour, Dir jto' Department of Environmental Management DATE: March 7, 2023 SUBJECT: Special Management Area Use Permit Application (PL-SMA-2022-000025) Applicant: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Request: To Convert the Former Wainaku Center to a Restaurant, Bar, and Micro - distillery Tax Map Key: (3) 2-6-015:001, and 002; South Hilo, Hawaii The Solid Waste Division has reviewed the subject application and offers the following comments and/or recommendations (contact the Solid Waste Division for details): • Commercial operations, State and Federal agencies, religious entities and non-profit organizations may not use transfer stations for disposal. • Ample and equal room should be provided for rubbish and recycling. • Green waste may be transported to the green waste sites located at the West Hawaii Organics Facility and East Hawaii Organics Facility, or other suitable diversion programs. • Construction and demolition waste is prohibited at all County Transfer Stations. The Wastewater Division has reviewed the subject application and offers the following comments and/or recommendations (contact the Wastewater Division for details): Applicant shall follow Hawaii Department of Health regulations. No Hawaii County Sewer System in area DEM Wastewater Division is currently working with Ola Brew and their engineering consultants to develop a sewer engineering plan for TMKs (3)2-6-015:001 & 002 that would include a sewer extension that would connect to Hawaii County Sewer System and possibly a pretreatment program as well. County of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT WASTE WA TER DIVISION COUNTY OF HAV AI'i 108 RAILROAD AVENUE H1LO, Hi 96720 4252 H I LO (808) 961-8615 FAX (808) 961-8644 March 23, 2023 County of Hawaii Department of Planning Aupuni Center 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Reference: Ola Brew SMA comments Attention: Alex Roy Aloha Alex: In 1968, the County commissioned a plan to extend sewer to the Wainaku area. That extension, the Honolii Trunk Sewer system, was part of the Hilo Sewerage System Phase 11 project. Although the plan was to extend a trunk line along the mauka side of Hawaii Belt Road to Hau Lane, the line was ended on the Hilo side of Pukihae Stream. Extending the Honolii trunk sewer to Hau Lane as originally planned, is a WWD priority. We are working with Ola Brew to accomplish that. Our understanding is that Ola Brew has hired an engineering firm and that the project is in a planning and preliminary design phase. We do not have a definite project data at this phase, so preliminary information is tabulated below: • Project alignment will be along the original Honolii Trunk Sewer alignment. Preliminary alignment from the engineering firm (Engineering Partners) is below. New/i0" Sevv�t; MUR , � + HONOLII TRUNK SEWER End o1 Existing 12" Sewer Ola Brew Wainaku • Project completion date is to be determined, but projected to be within 2 years. • This will be a private project, dedicated to the County upon completion. Planning Dept. Hawaii County is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Exhibit ___ 7 Page 2 of 2 • Qla Brew would like to seek reimbursement under Section 21-28 of the County Code. The WWD will need to formally approve the extension and present a resolution to Council, and will do that once a preliminary set of plans is submitted. Let me know if you have any questions, or need additional information. Sit e ly, ristopher Laude, PE Engineer V Hawai 'i County is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Mitchell D. Roth ki-vor County of Hawai l POLICE DEPARTMENT 349 Kapi'olani Strict • Hilo. 11awai'i 96720-3998 (808)935-3311 • Fax (808)961-2389 Benjamin T. Moszkowicz Police Chief CON PLANNING DEPT JAN 23 2023 PM2:16 REC'D HAND DELIVERED January 20, 2023 TO *AREA 9T. RN, TO , PLANNING DEPARTMENT FROM:ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF I OPE ONS SUBJECT: SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION (PL-SMA- 2022-000025); APPLICANT: HAWAIIAN OLA BREWING CORPORATION; REQUEST: TO CONVERT THE FORMER WAINAKU CENTER TO A RESTAURANT, BAR, AND MICRO -DISTILLERY TAX MAP KEY: (3)2-6-015:001, SOUTH HILO, HAWAII Staff, upon reviewing the provided documents, does not anticipate any impact to traffic and/or public safety concerns and has no objection to the project. Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to comment. Should you need to discuss this matter further, please contact Captain Sandor Finkey, South Hilo District Commander, at (808) 961-2214 or via email at sandor.finkey(c�hawaiicounty.aov. SF:I1i123HQ0077 " 1lawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer— Planning Depi. Exhibit S DeVera, Ashley From: Baybayan, Clinton Sent: Monday, January 23, 2023 10:57 AM To: Planning Internet Mail Subject: RE: Request for Comments on App. No. PL-SMA-2022-000025 on TMKs: (3) 2-6-015:001 & 002 Attachments: Hawaiian Ola Brewing, SMA Use Permit, 1-23-23.pdf Good Morning, Please see attached file for HFD comments. Thank You, Clinton K. Baybayan Fire Captain Hawaii Fire Department Fire Prevention Branch (W) 808-323-4761 From: Araujo, Jaclyn <Jaclyn.Araujo@hawaiicounty.gov> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 2:43 PM To: DPW Eng <dpweng@hawaiicounty.gov>; Wilson, Kelly <Kelly.Wilson@hawaiicounty.gov>; dwsengineeringreview@hawaiidws.org; cohdem <cohdem@hawaiicounty.gov>; Civil Defense <civild@hawaiicounty.gov>; HCPDONE <HCPDONE@hawaiicounty.gov>; Fire Admin <fire@hawaiicounty.gov>; Kurashige, Palani <Palani.Kurashige@hawaiicounty.gov>; Kawasaki, Edward <Edward.Kawasaki@ hawaiicounty.gov>; Henderson, Royd <Royd.Henderson@hawaiicounty.gov>; Baybayan, Clinton <Clinton.Baybayan@hawaiicounty.gov>; Surprenant, April <April.Surprenant@hawaiicounty.gov>; Morrison, Bethany <Bethany.Morrison@ hawaiicounty.gov>; Kato, Norren <Norren.Kato@hawaiicounty.gov>; Santiago, Hans <Hans.Santiago@hawaiicounty.gov>; Pruder, Sina L <sina.pruder@doh.hawaii.gov>; Honda, Eric <Eric.Honda @doh.hawaii.gov>; michael.une@doh.hawaii.gov; DOT.ADMIN.STP_esign@hawaii.gov; DBEDT State Planning<dbedt.stateplanning@hawaii.gov>; dlnr@hawaii.gov; dlnr.land@hawaii.gov Cc: Roy, Alex <Alex.Roy@hawaiicounty.gov>; Dacayanan, Melissa <Melissa.Dacayanan@ hawaiicounty.gov> Subject: Request for Comments on App. No. PL-SMA-2022-000025 on TMKs: (3) 2-6-015:001 & 002 Importance: High Aloha Kakou, Please see attached Memo requesting your review 8t comments on the subject application. Link to review the application in the County's web -based EPIC system can be found below: • Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation's SMA Use Permit Application We kindly ask that you submit your comments to planning@hawaiicounty.gov no later than February 17, 2023. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Planner, Alex J. Roy (cc'd herein) at (808) 961-8140. Have a great day it take care! 0 Mahalo nui loa, Jadyn Araujo Planning Commission Support Technician County of Hawaii - Planning Department 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, HI 96720 Phone: (808) 961-8288 .� County of Hawaii „lj,�� Zoning &Subdivision Code Update Project Website: COHcodeupdate.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any review, use, disclosure, or distribution by unintended recipients is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HAWAII FIRE DEPARTMENT. COUNTY OF HAWAII . HILO, HAWAII 96720 DATE January 23, 2023 Memorandum TO : ALEX J. ROY, COUNTY OF HAWAII, PLANNING DEPT. FROM CAPTAIN CLINTON BAYBAYAN, FIRE PREVENTION BRANCH SUBJECT: SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION (PL- SMA-2022-000025) HAWAIIAN OLA BREWING CORP. In regards to the above mentioned project, Fire Department Access and Water Supply shall comply with Chapter 18 of the 2018 Hawaii State Fire Code and Chapter 26 of the Hawaii County Code. For any questions please email Clinton.Baybayan(a,hawaiicounty.gov or call 808- 323-4761. Respectfully Submitted, Clinton Baybayan Fire Prevention Captain Fire Prevention Branch Hawaii Fire Department Planning Dept. Exhibit _. 9 DeVera, Ashley From: DOH.WWB <DOH.wwb@doh.hawaii.gov> Sent: Friday, February 3, 2023 9:28 AM To: Planning Internet Mail Subject: Special Management Area Use Permit Application (PL-SMA-2022-000025) Attachments: LU D329002065.pdf Aloha, In effort to reduce paper use and increase efficiency, we are sending letters via email in a pdf format instead of sending paper correspondences via postal mail. Please find our letter attached to this email. If you have trouble opening the document, you may need to download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. https://get.adobe.com/reader/ Thank you for your understanding and cooperation with our initiative to reduce paper use. Department of Health, Wastewater Branch 2827 Waimano Home Road Hale Ola Building, Room 207 Pearl City, Hawaii 96782 Ph. 808-586-4294 Fax: 808-586-4300 Email: wwb _doh.hawaii.gov t O c,. 9 .i i"A t95g •••• 9. EAVIE Y. IGE ; jc KENNETH S. FINK, MD, MGA, MPH GOVERNOR OF HAWAII s�'t s DIRECTOR OF HEALTH ". , �q'�-C3p �E'JGCvQ. STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH n reply, please refer lo: File: P 0 BOX 3378 HONOLULU. HI 96801-3378 February 3, 2023 Mr. Zendo Kern, Director County of Hawaii Planning Department Email: Planningahawaiicounty.aov Dear Mr. Kern: SUBJECT, Special Management Area Use Permit Application (PL-SMA-2022-000025) Applicant: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Request: To Convert the Former Wainaku Center to a Restaurant, Bar, and Micro -distillery Tax Map Key, (3) 2-6-015.001, and 002; South Hilo, Hawaii The Department of Health (Department) has records of an existing cesspool. There are no records of aseptic tank system. This wastewater system maybe in violation of Chapter 11-62, Hawaii Administrative Rules if it was constructed and used without the Department's approval. The Department also has concerns regarding the new wastewater system that is proposed. The Department does not allow for the installation of holding tanks. The wastewater system will be sited close to the ocean. There should be an evaluation on the impacts to the ocean with the increase of wastewater effluent that will be generated with the proposed new use of the property. The Department is also concerned with the treatment and disposal of brewery wastewater it has extremely high five-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) and suspended solids and traditional wastewater systems are not capable of treating this type of waste effluent. Should you have any questions, please contact Mark Tomomitsu at (808) 586-4294. Sincerely, SINA PRUDER, P.E., CHIEF Wastewater Branch Planning Dept. Exhibit _1 0 DeVera, Ashley From: Honda, Eric T. <Eric.Honda@doh.hawaii.gov> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 2:28 PM To: Planning Internet Mail Subject: SMA-2022-000025 Attachments: PL-SMA-2022-000025 TMK2-6-015--001 002.doc Eric Honda District Environmental Health Program Chief Hawaii District Health Office (808) 933-0917 Eric.honda@doh.hawaii.gov JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR OF HAWAII KE KIA'AINA O KA MOKU'AINA O HAWAI'I STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH P.O. BOX 916 HILO, HAWAII 96721-0916 MEMORANDUM DATE: January 20, 2023 TO: Mr. Zendo Kern Planning Director, County of Hawaii FROM: Eric Honda District Environmental Health Program Chief KENNETH S. FINK, M.D, MGA, MPH DIRECTOR OF HEALTH KA LUNA HO'OKELE SUBJECT: Special Management Area Use Permit Application (PL-SMA-2022-000025) Applicant: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Request: To Convert the Former Wainaku Center to a Restaurant, Bar, and Micro -distillery. TMK: 2-6-015:001 AND 002- South Hilo Hawaii In most cases, the District Health Office will no longer provide individual comments to agencies or project owners to expedite the land use review and process. Agencies, project owners, and their agents should apply Department of Health "Standard Comments" regarding land use to their standard project comments in their submittal. Standard comments can be found on the Land Use Planning Review section of the Department of Health website: https://health.hawaii.gov/epo/ianduse/. Contact information for each Branch/Office is available on that website. Note: Agencies and proiect owners are responsible for adhering to all applicable standard comments and obtaining proper and necessary permits before the commencement of any work. General summary comments have been included for your convenience. However, these comments are not all-inclusive and do not substitute for review of and compliance with all applicable standard comments for the various DOH individual programs. Clean Air Branch All project activities shall comply with the Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR), Chapters 11-59 and 11-60.1. Planning Dees. Exhibit 11 Zendo Kern January 23, 2023 Page 2 of 4 Control of Fugitive Dust: You must reasonably control the generation of all airborne, visible fugitive dust and comply with the fugitive dust provisions of HAR § 11-60.1-33. Note that activities that occur near existing residences, businesses, public areas, and major thoroughfares exacerbate potential dust concerns. It is recommended that a dust control management plan be developed which identifies and mitigates all activities that may generate airborne and visible fugitive dust and that buffer zones be established wherever possible. 3. Standard comments for the Clean Air Branch are at: hops://health.hawaii.gov/epo/landuse/ Clean Water Branch 1. All project activities shall comply with the HAR, Chapters 11-53, 11-54, and 11-55. 1. The following Clean Water Branch website contains information for agencies and/or project owners who are seeking comments regarding environmental compliance for their projects with HAR, Chapters 11-53, 11-54, and 11-55: https://health.hawaii. szov/cwb/clean-water-branch-home- pa e/g cwb- standard -comments/. Hazard Evaluation & Emergency Response Office A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) and Phase II Site Investigation should be conducted for projects wherever current or former activities on site may have resulted in releases of hazardous substances, including oil or chemicals. Areas of concern include current and former industrial areas, harbors, airports, and formerly and currently zoned agricultural lands used for growing sugar, pineapple or other agricultural products. Standard comments for the Hazard Evaluation & Emergency Response Office are at: https://health.hawaii.gov/epo/landuse/. Indoor and Radiological Health Branch 1. Project activities shall comply with HAR Chapters 11-39, 11-45, 11-46, 11-501, 11- 502, 11-503, and 11-504. Construction/Demolition Involving Asbestos: If the proposed project includes renovation/demolition activities that may involve asbestos, the applicant should contact the Asbestos and Lead Section of the Branch at https://health.hawaii.gov/irhb/asbestos/. Safe Drinking Water Branch 1. Agencies and/or project owners are responsible for ensuring environmental compliance for their projects in the areas of 1) Public Water Systems; 2) Underground Injection Control; and 3) Groundwater and Source Water Protection in accordance with HAR Chapters 11-19, 11-20, 11-21, 11-23, 11-23A, and 11- Zendo Kern January 23, 2023 Page 3 of 4 25. They may be responsible for fulfilling additional requirements related to the Safe Drinking Water program: https://health.hawaii.gov/sdwb/. Standard comments for the Safe Drinking Water Branch can be found at: https://health.hawaii.gov/epo/landuse/. Solid & Hazardous Waste Branch 1. Hazardous Waste Program - The state regulations for hazardous waste and used oil are in HAR Chapters 11-260.1 to 11-279.1. These rules apply to the identification, handling, transportation, storage, and disposal of regulated hazardous waste and used oil. Solid Waste Programs - The laws and regulations are contained in HRS Chapters 339D, 342G, 342H, and 342I, and HAR Chapters 11-58.1 and 11-282. Generators and handlers of solid waste shall ensure proper recycling or disposal at DOH -permitted solid waste management facilities. If possible, waste prevention, reuse, and recycling are preferred options over disposal. The Office of Solid Waste Management also oversees the electronic device recycling and recovery law, the glass advanced disposal fee program, and the deposit beverage container program. Underground Storage Tank Program — The state regulations for underground storage tanks are in HAR Chapter 11-280.1. These rules apply to the design, operation, closure, and release response requirements for underground storage tank systems, including unknown underground tanks identified during construction. 4. Standard comments for the Solid & Hazardous Waste Branch can be found at: https://health.hawaii.gov/epo/landuse/. Wastewater Branch For comments, please email the Wastewater Branch at doh.wwb@doh.hawaii.gov. Sanitation / Local DOH Comments: Noise may be generated during demolition and/or construction. The applicable maximum permissible sound levels, as stated in Title 11, HAR, Chapter 11-46, "Community Noise Control," shall not be exceeded unless a noise permit is obtained from the Department of Health. 2. According to HAR § 11-26-35, No person, firm, or corporation shall demolish or clear any structure, place, or vacant lot without first ascertaining the presence or absence of rodents that may endanger public health by dispersal from such premises. Should any such inspection reveal the presence of rodents, the rodents shall be eradicated before demolishing or clearing the structure, site, or vacant lot. A demolition or land clearing permit is required prior to demolition or clearing. Zendo Kern January 23, 2023 Page 4 of 4 The proposed Food Establishment needs to meet the requirements of Chapter 50, Food Safety Code. Please call our office (Ph. 933-0917) for consultation and additional information. Other 1. CDC - Healthy Places - Healthy Community Design Checklist Toolkit recommends that state and county planning departments, developers, planners, engineers, and other interested parties apply these principles when planning or reviewing new developments or redevelopment projects. If new information is found or changes are made to your submittal, DOH reserves the right to implement appropriate environmental health restrictions as required. Should there be any questions on this matter, please contact the Department of Health, Hawaii District Health Office, at (808) 933-0917. DeVera, Ashley From: DOT ADMIN Land Use <DOT.LandUse@hawaii.gov> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2023 2:20 PM To: Planning Internet Mail Cc: Nikaido, Blayne H; Fujioka, Robyn YF Subject: STP 8.3540, STP00108.23 Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corp - SMA (23-008) Attachments: STP 8.3540, STP00108.23 Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corp - SMA (23-008) (part 1) - signed.pdf Dear Colleague: Please kindly acknowledge receipt of this email. The attached is for your viewing and handling. No hard copy will be transmitted. Sincerely, Dawn Lee of TRA*0 DAWN LEE .ta Secretary, Environmental Compliance TA, Secretary, Statewide Transportation Planning Office State of Hawaii Department of Transportation 01- (808) 460-8765 Dawn. RN. Lee@hawaii.gov The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in the message only. It is strictly forbidden to share any part ofthis message with any third party without the written consent ofthe sender. If you received this message by mistake, please send a reply and follow with its deletion so that we can ensure such an error does not occur in the future. 1 JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR Mr. Zendo Kern Director County of Hawaii Planning Department East Hawaii Office 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Attention: Alex J. Roy Dear Mr. Kern: EDWIN H. SNIFFEN DIRECTOR e Deputy Directors DREANALEE K. KALILI t TAMMY L. LEE _ ROBIN K. SHISHIDO - --- - JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA STATE OF HAWAII IN REPLY REFER TO: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 869 PUNCHBOWL STREET STP00108.23 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96813-5097 STP 8.3540 February 16, 2023 Subj ect: Special Management Area (SMA) Use Permit Application (PL-SMA-2022-000025) Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation — Redevelopment of the Former C. Brewer Executive Center at Wainaku Hilo, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Tax Map Key: (3) 2-6-015: 001 and 002 The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) has reviewed the SMA application for the subject project. HDOT understands the applicant is requesting to redevelop the former C. Brewer Executive Center Building to a restaurant, bar, and micro -distillery, located in Hilo, Hawaii. The proposed work involves the construction of four phases, which includes a new building for the restaurant and bar, wastewater system and grading of a new parking lot. The project site consists of two separate parcels that are accessible via Mamalahoa Highway (State Route 19). HDOT has the following comments: The proposed redevelopment area is approximately 10,477 feet (1.98 miles) from the property boundary of Hilo International Airport (ITO). The proposed site is approximately 2.4 miles from ITO Runway 26. All projects within 5 miles from Hawaii State airports are advised to read the Technical Assistance Memorandum (TAM) for guidance with development and activities that may require further review and permits. Planning Dept. Exhibit __---1 2 Mr. Zendo Kern February 16, 2023 Page 2 STP 8.3540 The TAM can be viewed at this link: http://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/docs/TAM-FAA- DOT-Airports_08-01-2016.pdf. 2. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulation requires the submittal of FAA Form 7460-1 Notice of Proposed Construction or Alteration pursuant to the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14, Part 77.9, if the construction or alteration is within 20,000 feet of a public use or military airport which exceeds a 100:1 surface from any point on the runway of each airport with its longest runway more than 3,200 feet. Construction equipment and staging area heights, including heights of temporary construction cranes, shall be included in the submittal. The form and criteria for submittal can be found at the following website: hgps://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/extemal/portal.issp. The project redevelopment may have the potential to become a wildlife attractant, which can become a hazard to aircraft operations. The HDOT recommends the project incorporate measures to minimize hazardous attractants in compliance with the FAA Advisory Circular 150/5200-33C, Hazardous Wildlife Attractants On Or Near Airports. If the project results in a wildlife attractant, these hazards shall be immediately mitigated by the developer upon notification by the HDOT and/or FAA. 4. The SMA application did not include a traffic study. Therefore, due to insufficient information, we are unable to provide any accurate assessment or to determine whether the access driveways meet the State's current standards. A Traffic Assessment (TA) or a Traffic Impact Analysis Report (TIAR) should be prepared by a State -licensed, Professional Engineer and should contain the following: a. An evaluation to identify whether the proposed daily operations related to typical trip patterns, including number of staff, will have any direct or regional impacts on Mamalahoa Highway, and any required mitigation measures. 6. We recommend in the event the SMA Use Permit is approved as is, that two conditions be required as follows: a. Before construction plans are approved, the Applicant shall consult with the HDOT Highways Division, Hawaii District regarding access/safety and any necessary permit requirements. b. Any future expansion or intensification of land use beyond what is presented under this application may require an updated TA or TIAR to be submitted to the HDOT for review and acceptance. The study should identify potential traffic generated by the project impacts to the State facility and provide mitigations at no cost to the State. Mr. Zendo Kern February 16, 2023 Page 3 STP 8.3540 Please submit any future land use entitlement related requests for review or correspondence to the HDOT Land Use Intake email address at DOT.LandUse@hawaii.gov. If there are any questions, please contact Mr. Blayne Nikaido of the HDOT Statewide Transportation Planning Office at (808) 831-7979 or via email at blayne.h.nikaido@hawaii.gov. Sincerely, EDWIN H. SNIFFEN Director of Transportation DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY COUNTY OF HAWAVI 345 KEKUANAO'ASTREET, SUITE 20 HILO, HAWAI'I 96720 TELEPHONE (808) 961-8050 • FAX (808) 961-8657 January 25, 202 REC`A HAND DELIVERED COH PLANNING [KEPT JAN 30 2023 AH8:05 TO: Mr. Zendo Kern. Director Planning Department FROM: Keith K. Okamoto, Manager -Chief Engineer SUBJECT: Special Management Area Use Permit Application (I'L-SMA-2022-000025) Applicant: Ilawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Request: "To Convert the Former Wainaku Center to a Restaurant, Bar, and Micro -Distillery "Tax Map Key (3) 2-6-015:001 and 002 We have reviewed the subject request and have the 1`01lowing comments. Please be informed that there is an existing 1'/2-inch meter serving Parcel No. 1, which is allowed an average daily usage of'2.000 gallons. The meter is located fronting Parcel No. 2 on Wainaku Street and connected to an existing 8-inch waterline. To ascertain the water needs ol' the project, the Department rec{ucsts that the applicant submit estimated maximum daily water usage calculations for the proposed project, prepared by a professional engineer licensed irl the State of' Hawai`i, for review and approval. The water usage calculations should include the total estimated daily water usage in gallons per day and the estimated peak -flow in gallons per minute. Upon receipt ofthe water usage calculations above, the Department will make a determination, if' additional water is available, water commitment deposit amount, any water system improvements and other regUirements. Based on the water usage calculations provided above, if the existing l'/�-inch meter cannot accommodate the additional estimated demand, a larger or additional meter will need to be installed and remittance of the prevailing facilities charge, which is subject to change. will be regUired. Please be informed that the existing 8-inch waterline within Wainaku Street is inadec{uate to provide the regUired 2,000-gpm fire-llornv per the Department's Water System Standards for industrial -zoned developments. The applicant should contact the hire Department to determine any other Fire protection regUirements or alternatives. (Tanning Dept. Water, Our 91,lost Wtecious W§source ... xa Wai,A xane ... Exhibit 13 The Department of Water Supply is an Equal Opportunity provider and employer. Mr.Zendo Kern, Director Page 2 January 25. 2023 Should there be any questions, please contact Mr. Ryan Quitoriano of our Water Resources and Planning Branch at (808) 961-8070, extension 256. Sinccrcly yours, Keith K. Okamoto, P.E. Manager -Chief Engineer RQ:dfg copy — Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation DeVera, Ashley From: Nakamura, Darlene K <darlene.k.nakamura@hawaii.gov> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2023 4:55 PM To: Planning Internet Mail Subject: Request for Comments - Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation - PL-SMA-2022-000025 Attachments: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporatio n.signed.pdf, Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation.DAR Comments.pdf, Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation.ENGR Comments.pdf; Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation.DOFAW Comments.pdf, Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation.HDLO Comments.pdf Aloha Alex, Attached are comments from the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources ("DLNR") to the above - entitled subject project. Mahalo, Darlene S. .. 9-�. `!4 JOSH GREEN, M.D. 1P•'`, +95a ;' v GOVERNOR I KE KIA`AINA �41P SYLVIA LUKELI EUTENANT GOVERNOR I KA HOPE KIA`AINA t �ynd anU Na 0O a c o STATE OF HAWAI`I I KA MOKU`AINA `O HAWAI`I DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES Stdte otHawa� KA `OIHANA KUMUWAIWAI `AINA LAND DIVISION P.O. BOX 621 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96809 February 23, 2023 County of Hawaii Planning Department Attn: Mr. Alex Roy 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Dear Mr. Roy: DAWN N. S. CHANG CHAIRPERSON BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT via email: plan ninq(a)hawaiicounty.gov SUBJECT: Special Management Area Use Permit Application (PL-SMA-2022-000025) Request to Convert the Former Wainaku Center to a Restaurant, Bar, and Micro -Distillery located at South Hilo, Island of Hawaii; TMKs: (3) 2-6-015: 001 and 002 on behalf of Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on the subject matter. The Land Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) distributed or made available a copy of your request pertaining to the subject matter to DLNR's Divisions for their review and comments. At this time, enclosed are comments from the (a) Division of Aquatic Resources, (b) Engineering Division, (c) Division of Forestry & Wildlife, and (d) Land Division — Hawaii District on the subject matter. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Darlene Nakamura at (808) 587-0417 or email: darlene.k.nakamura(d)-hawaii.gov. Thank you. Sincerely, �sC� iSGyL Russell Y. Tsuji Land Administrator Enclosures cc: Central Files Planning Depi. Exhibit _.__ 14 JOSH GREEN, M.D. <<..0...P..�9 Ap•r, 1959;: y • DAWN N.S. CHANG GOVERNOR I KE KIA AINA 9 ! CHAIRPERSON t BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES SYLVIA LUKE • i COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR KA HOP, °;:,:.., A„„ ;e MANAGEMENT any d STATE OF HAWAII KA MOKU`AINA `O HAWAI`I DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES SrateofHa++a� LAND DIVISION P.O. BOX 621 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96809 Jan 19, 2023 MEMORANDUM TO: DLNR Agencies: X Div. of Aquatic Resources (glenn.r.higashita'�hawaii.gov) _Div. of Boating & Ocean Recreation X Engineering Division (DLNR.ENGRca'�•hawaii.gov) X Div. of Forestry & Wildlife(rubyrosa.t.terragoahawaii.gov) _Div. of State Parks X Commission on Water Resource Management (DLNR.CWRM(aD-hawaii.gov) X Office of Conservation & Coastal Lands (sharleen.k.kuba aahawaii.gov) X Land Division — Hawaii District (gordon.c.heitahawaii.gov) X Aha Moku Advisory Committee (leimana.k.damate aahawaii.gov) FROM: Russell Y. Tsuji, Land Administrator wa"wz 7 ;r SUBJECT: Special Management Area Use Permit Application (PL-SMA-2022-000025) Request to Convert the Former Wainaku Center to a Restaurant, Bar, and Micro -Distillery LOCATION: South Hilo, Island of Hawaii; TMKs: (3) 2-6-015: 001 and 002 APPLICANT: County of Hawaii on behalf of Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Transmitted for your review and comment is information on the above -referenced subject matter. Please submit comments by February 16, 2023. If no response is received by the above date, we will assume your agency has no comments. Should you have any questions about this request, please contact Darlene Nakamura at darlene.k.nakamura(cr7.hawaii.gov. Thank you. BRIEF COMMENTS: ( ) We have no objections. ( X ) We have no comments. ( ) We have no additional comments. ( ) Comments are included/attached. Signed: Print Name: Brian Neilson Division: Aquatic Resouces Date: Feb 8, 2023 Attachments cc: Central Files JOSH GREEN, M.D. - O GOVERNOR KEKIAAINA ��rF"�44�.9 ,1�///'rp T959 a • t'i SYLVUI LUKE 0 LIEUTENANT mVERNOR KA HOPE KIA AINA j t Lnd i ' i STATE OF HAWAI'I I KA MOKU'AINA 'O HAWAI'I DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL seOf,o RESOURCES DIVISION OF AQUATIC RESOURCES 1151 PUNCHBOWL STREET, ROOM 330 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96813 Date: 02/07/23 DAR # AR6339 MEMORANDUM TO: Brian J. Neilson DAR Administrator FROM: Troy Sakihara—/,7,' , Aquatic Biologist DAWN N. S. CHANG CHAIRPERSON BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FIRST DEPUTY M. KALEO MANUEL DEPUTY DIRECTOR -WATER AQUATIC RESOURCES BOATING AND OCEAN RECREATION BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION AND COASTAL LANDS CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT ENGINEERING FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE HISTORIC PRESERVATION KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION LAND STATE PARKS Special Management Area Use Permit Application for Hawaiian Ola Brew SUBJECT: Corporation for Re -development of the Former Wainaku Executive Center Request Submitted by: Russell Y. Tsuji, Land Administrator South Hilo, Hawai'i Island, TMKs: (3) 2-6-015: 001 and 002 Location of Project: Brief Description of Project: Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation is applying for a Special Management Area Use Permit to convert and re -purpose the former Wainaku Executive Center into a micro -distillery, restaurant and bar. Planned external work include grading and excavation of 12,000 cubic yards of material from a hill inland of the existing structures for additional parking, installation of a new wastewater system designed to process 3,000 gal./day, which will be regularly trucked off -site for disposal, demolition of an overhead concrete flume, and installation of a dry well to retain parking lot water runoff. Public access to a popular fishing spot, Ale'ale'a Pt., will be maintained. Best management practices are to be upheld, and all work is to be completed outside the 40 ft shoreline setback. Comments: Rl No Comments O Comments Attached Thank you for providing DAR the opportunity to review and comment on the proposed project. Should there be any changes to the project plan, DAR requests the opportunity to review and comment on those changes. Comments Approved: -/I,-7/L, Brian J. Neilson DAR Administrator Date: Feb 8, 2023 E..�•F• t!q JOSH GREEN, M.D. t aP' �sss s' y� DAWN N.S. CHANG GOVERNOR I KE KIXAINA CHAIRPERSON BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES SYLVIA LUKE ' ''` COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR I KA HOPE KINAINA y; ,Y, MANAGEMENT - ,... and and �. Natl • '� of '".. a&. o STATE OF HAWAII I KA MOKU`AINA `O HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAND DIVISION 'mate of Hati'a� P.O. BOX 621 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96809 Jan 19, 2023 MEMORANDUM FROM: T$ DLNR Agencies: X Div. of Aquatic Resources (alenn.r.hiaashiQ)hawaii.aov) _Div. of Boating & Ocean Recreation X Engineering Division (DLNR.ENGROa hawaii.aov) X Div. of Forestry & Wildlife(rubyrosa.t.terraao(ahawaii.aov) _Div. of State Parks X Commission on Water Resource Management (DLNR.CWRM(a)hawaii.aov) X Office of Conservation & Coastal Lands (sharleen.k.kuba(ahawaii.aov) X Land Division — Hawaii District (aordon.c.heit(ahawaii.aov) X Aha Moku Advisory Committee (lei mana.k.damate(d)hawaii.aov) TO: F GM! Russell Y. Tsuji, Land Administrator Ru se& r�� SUBJECT: Special Management Area Use Permit Application (PL-SMA-2022-000025) Request to Convert the Former Wainaku Center to a Restaurant, Bar, and Micro -Distillery LOCATION: South Hilo, Island of Hawaii; TMKs: (3) 2-6-015: 001 and 002 APPLICANT: County of Hawaii on behalf of Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Transmitted for your review and comment is information on the above -referenced subject matter. Please submit comments by February 16, 2023. If no response is received by the above date, we will assume your agency has no comments. Should you have any questions about this request, please contact Darlene Nakamura at darlene.k.nakamura(ahawaii.aov. Thank you. BRIEF COMMENTS: ( ) We have no objections. ( ) We have no comments. ( ) We have no additional comments. (V) Comments are included/attached. Signed: �&: Print Name: Carty S. Chang, Chief Engineer Division: Engineering Division Date: Feb 10, 2023 Attachments cc: Central Files DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING DIVISION LD/Russell Y. Tsuji Ref: Special Management Area Use Permit Application (PL-SMA-2022-000025) Request to Convert the Former Wainaku Center to a Restaurant, Bar, and Micro -Distillery Location: South Hilo, Island of Hawaii TMK(s): (3) 2-6-015: 001 and 002 Applicant: County of Hawaii on behalf of Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation COMMENTS The rules and regulations of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations (44CFR), are in effect when development falls within a Special Flood Hazard Area (high -risk areas). Be advised that 44CFR, Chapter 1, Subchapter B, Part 60 reflects the minimum standards as set forth by the NFIP. Local community flood ordinances may stipulate higher standards that can be more restrictive and would take precedence over the minimum NFIP standards. The owner of the project property and/or their representative is responsible to research the Flood Hazard Zone designation for the project. Flood zones subject to NFIP requirements are identified on FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM). The official FIRMS can be accessed through FEMA's Map Service Center (msc.fema.gov). Our Flood Hazard Assessment Tool (FHAT) (http://gis.hawaiinfip.org/FHAT) could also be used to research flood hazard information. If there are questions regarding the local flood ordinances, please contact the applicable County NFIP coordinating agency below: o Oahu: City and County of Honolulu, Department of Planning and Permitting o Hawaii Island: County of Hawaii, Department of Public Works (808) 961-8327. o Maui/Molokai/Lanai County of Maui, Department of Planning (808) 270-7139. o Kauai: County of Kauai, Department of Public Works (808) 241-4849. Signed: e��r CARTY S. CHANG, CHIEF ENGINEER Date: Feb 10, 2023 JOSH GREEN, M.D. �°>', +9 ss •�` 9� DAWN N.S. CHANG GOVERNOR I KE KIA'AINA yf CHAIRPERSON a a'. BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES SYLVIA LUKE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR KA HOPE KIA'AINA at ' '® MANAGEMENT ot Vynd and & o ' •.�® at • C STATE OF HAWAII KA MOKU`AINA `O HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAND DIVISION State of HaWaP P.O. BOX 621 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96809 Jan 19, 2023 MEMORANDUM FROM: DLNR Agencies: X Div. of Aquatic Resources (glenn.r.higashi@hawaii.gov) _Div. of Boating & Ocean Recreation X Engineering Division (DLNR.ENGR@hawaii.gov) X Div. of Forestry & Wildlife (rubyrosa.t.terrago@hawaii.gov) _Div. of State Parks X Commission on Water Resource Management (DLNR.CWRM@hawaii.gov) X Office of Conservation & Coastal Lands (sharleen.k.kuba@hawaii.gov) X Land Division — Hawaii District (gordon.c.heit@hawaii.gov) X Aha Moku Advisory Committee (leimana.k.damate@hawaii.gov) TO: Russell Y. Tsuji, Land Administrator Rays�ea rRy� SUBJECT: Special Management Area Use Permit Application (PL-SMA-2022-000025) Request to Convert the Former Wainaku Center to a Restaurant, Bar, and Micro -Distillery LOCATION: South Hilo, Island of Hawaii; TMKs: (3) 2-6-015: 001 and 002 APPLICANT: County of Hawaii on behalf of Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Transmitted for your review and comment is information on the above -referenced subject matter. Please submit comments by February 16, 2023. If no response is received by the above date, we will assume your agency has no comments. Should you have any questions about this request, please contact Darlene Nakamura at darlene.k.nakamura(d_)hawaii.gov. Thank you. BRIEF COMMENTS: ( ) We have no objections. ( ) We have no comments. ( ) We have no additional comments. ( �) Comments are included/attached. Signed: a_7 Print Name: LAINIE BERRY, Wildlife Program Mgr. Division: Division of Forestry and Wildlife Date: Feb 23, 2023 Attachments cc: Central Files JOSH GREEN, M.D. _ aE o H,y P DAWN N.S. CHANGSON CHAIRPERSON GOVERNOR KE KIA'AINA y +� j9��9 9 BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES SYLVIA LUKE ` F t COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR KA HOPE KIA'AINA G4 i w tl� � LAURA H.E. KAAKUA �e FIRST DEPUTY q c`- "�,.• M.KALEO MANUEL DEPUTY DIRECTOR - WATER a� AQUATIC RESOURCES BOATING AN T ON STATE OF HAWAI9 I KA MOKU`AINA `O HAWAI`I OFOCEAN BUREAU OF CONVEEYANCEYANCES �2 DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT y�tk O CONSERVATION AND COASTAL LANDS `OIHANA `AINA CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES t� KA KUMUWAIWAI ENFORCEMENT ENGINEERING FORESTRYAND WILDLIFE DIVISION OF FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE KAHOOLAWE ISLANPRESERVATION RESERVET OMMISSION 1151 PUNCHBOWL STREET, ROOM 325 LAND HAWA�� STATE PARKS HONOLULU, HAWAII 96813 February 22, 2023 MEMORANDUM Log no. 3972 TO: RUSSELL Y. TSUJI, Land Administrator Land Division FROM: LAINIE BERRY, Wildlife Program Manager Division of Forestry and Wildlife SUBJECT: Division of Forestry and Wildlife Comments for the Special Management Area (SMA) Use Permit Application to Convert the Former Wainaku Center to a Restaurant, Bar and Micro -Distillery on Hawaii Island The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) has received your request for comments for the SMA Use Permit Application from the County of Hawaii on behalf of Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation to re -develop and re -use the former C. Brewer Executive Center Building at Wainaku, Hilo, on the island of Hawaii; TMKs- (3) 2-6- 015.001 and 2-6-015.002. The proposed project consists of grading and excavating some 12,000 cubic yards of soil and rock from a large hill face on the West side of the existing building. The excavation and grading objectives are to allow for an additional 27 new vehicle parking stalls as well as the various subsurface wastewater structures. Associated work includes installing a new wastewater system to accommodate the increased effluent from the restaurant and bar. The State listed Hawaiian Hoary Bat or `Ope`ape`a (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) could potentially occur at or in the vicinity of the project and may roost in nearby trees. Any required site clearing should be timed to avoid disturbance to bats during their birthing and pup rearing season (June 1 through September 15). During this period woody plants greater than 15 feet (4.6 meters) tall should not be disturbed, removed, or trimmed. Barbed wire should also be avoided for any construction because bats can become ensnared and killed by such fencing material during flight. Artificial lighting can adversely impact seabirds that may pass through the area at night by causing them to become disoriented. This disorientation can result in their collision with manmade structures or the grounding of birds. For nighttime work that might be required, DOFAW recommends that all lights used be fully shielded to minimize the attraction of seabirds. Nighttime work that requires outdoor lighting should be avoided during the seabird fledging season, from September 15 through December 15, when young seabirds make their maiden voyage to sea. If nighttime construction is required during the seabird fledgling season (September 15 to December 15), we recommend that a qualified biologist be present at the project site to monitor and assess the risk of seabirds being attracted or grounded due to the lighting. If seabirds are seen circling around the area, lights should then be turned off. If a downed seabird is detected, please follow DOFAW's recommended response protocol by visiting https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/wildlife/seabird-fallout-season/#response. Permanent lighting also poses a risk of seabird attraction, and as such should be minimized or eliminated to protect seabird flyways and preserve the night sky. For illustrations and guidance related to seabird -friendly light styles that also protect seabirds and the dark starry skies of Hawaii please visit https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/wildlife/files/2016/03/DOC439.pdf. The State endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi) and threatened Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) could potentially occur or haul out onshore within the vicinity of the proposed project site. If either species is detected within 100 meters of the project area all nearby construction operations should cease and not continue until the focal animal has departed the area on its own accord. State -listed waterbirds such as the Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), Hawaiian coot (Fulica alai), Hawaiian Duck (Anas wyvilliana), and Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis) could potentially occur at or in the vicinity of the proposed project site. It is against State law to harm or harass these species. If any of these species are present during construction, all activities within 100 feet (30 meters) should cease and the bird or birds should not be approached. Work may continue after the bird or birds leave the area of their own accord. If a nest is discovered at any point, please contact the Hawaii Island Branch DOFAW Office at (808) 974-4221. The State listed Hawaiian Hawk or `lo (Buteo solitarius) may occur in the project vicinity. DOFAW recommends surveys of the area be conducted by a qualified biologist to ensure no Hawaiian Hawk nests are present if trees are to be cut. `lo nests may be present during the breeding season from March to September. DOFAW recommends using native plant species for landscaping that are appropriate for the area; i.e., plants for which climate conditions are suitable for them to thrive, plants that historically occurred there, etc. Please do not plant invasive species. DOFAW also recommends referring to www.plantpono.org for guidance on the selection and evaluation of landscaping plants and to determine the potential invasiveness of plants proposed for use in the project. DOFAW recommends minimizing the movement of plant or soil material between worksites. Soil and plant material may contain detrimental fungal pathogens (e.g., Rapid `Ohi`a Death), vertebrate and invertebrate pests (e.g., Little Fire Ants, Coqui Frogs, etc.), or invasive plant parts (e.g., African Tulip, Octopus Tree, Trumpet Tree, etc.) that could harm our native species and ecosystems. We recommend consulting the Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC) at (808) 933-3340 to help plan, design, and construct the project, learn of any high -risk invasive species in the area, and ways to mitigate their spread. All equipment, materials, and personnel should be cleaned of excess soil and debris to minimize the risk of spreading invasive species. Finally, DOFAW concurs with Condition #3 — Subsection L of the SMA, were the applicant commits to formalize the public shoreline access parking, trail, and associated signage. We appreciate your efforts to work with our office for the conservation of our native species. These comments are general guidelines and should not be considered comprehensive for this site or project. It is the responsibility of the applicant to do their own due diligence to avoid any negative environmental impacts. Should the scope of the project change significantly, or should it become apparent that threatened or endangered species may be impacted, please contact our staff as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact Myrna N. Girald Perez, Protected Species Habitat Conservation Planning Associate at (808) 265-3276 or myrna.girald-perez(a)hawaii.gov. Sincerely, Z�-� a"7 LAINIE BERRY Wildlife Program Manager JOSH GREEN, M.D.�sss �' y� DAWN N.S. CHANG GOVERNOR KE KIA'AINA g;' CHAIRPERSON BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES SYLVIA LUKE ' `� COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR KA HOPE KIA'AINA g; ` .� MANAGEMENT o ward and N l e , •a 6 -. STATE OF HAWAII KA MOKU`AINA `O HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES Stare LAND DIVISION of HaWa' P.O. BOX 621 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96809 Jan 19, 2023 MEMORANDUM TO: DLNR Agencies: X Div. of Aquatic Resources (glenn.r.higashi(@hawaii.gov) _Div. of Boating & Ocean Recreation X Engineering Division (DLNR.ENGR(@hawaii.gov) X Div. of Forestry & Wildlife(rubyrosa.t.terrago(a�_hawaii.gov) _Div. of State Parks X Commission on Water Resource Management (DLNR.CWRM(@hawaii.gov) X Office of Conservation & Coastal Lands (sharleen.k.kuba(@hawaii.gov) X Land Division — Hawaii District (gordon.c.heit(@hawaii.gov) X Aha Moku Advisory Committee (leimana.k.damate(a�-hawaii.gov) FROM: Russell Y. Tsuji, Land Administrator Rays�ea rRy� SUBJECT: Special Management Area Use Permit Application (PL-SMA-2022-000025) Request to Convert the Former Wainaku Center to a Restaurant, Bar, and Micro -Distillery LOCATION: South Hilo, Island of Hawaii; TMKs: (3) 2-6-015: 001 and 002 APPLICANT: County of Hawaii on behalf of Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation Transmitted for your review and comment is information on the above -referenced subject matter. Please submit comments by February 16, 2023. If no response is received by the above date, we will assume your agency has no comments. Should you have any questions about this request, please contact Darlene Nakamura at darlene.k.nakamura(d_)hawaii.gov. Thank you. BRIEF COMMENTS: ( ) We have no objections. (V) We have no comments. ( ) We have no additional comments. ( ) Comments are included/attached. Signed: Print Name: Gordon C. Heit Division: Land Division Date: February 8, 2023 Attachments cc: Central Files 95g"p Coastal Zone Management Program Environmental Review Program Land Use Commission Land Use Division Special Plans Branch State Transit -Oriented Development STATE OF HAWAI`I OFFICE OF PLANNING & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 235 South Beretania Street, 6th Floor, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2359, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96804 Mr. Zendo Kern, Director Department of Planning County of Hawaii East Hawaii Office 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 February 9, 2023 JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR SCOTTJ.GLENN DIRECTOR Telephone: (808) 587-2846 Fax: (808) 587-2824 Web: hftps:Hplanning.hawaii.gov/ DTS 202301181327NA Statewide Geographic Attn: Mr. Alex Roy Information System Dear Mr. Kern: Statewide Sustainability Branch Subject: Special Management Area Use Permit Application (PL-SMA-2022- 000025) to Convert the Former Wainaku Center to a Restaurant, Bar, and Micro -distillery, South Hilo, Hawaii; Tax Map Key: (3) 2-6-015: 001 and 002 Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on Special Management Area (SMA) Use Permit Application (PL-SMA-2022-000025) to Convert the Former Wainaku Center to a Restaurant, Bar, and Micro -distillery, South Hilo, Hawaii, transmitted via memorandum dated January 17, 2023. According to the subject Application, the proposed project for the repurpose and redevelopment of the existing Wainaku Executive Center structure into a restaurant, bar and micro -distillery will include exterior improvements as follows: 1) Grading and excavation work of approximately 12,000 cubic yards of soil and rock from a hill on the west side of the existing building to allow for an additional 27 vehicle parking stalls as well as the various subsurface wastewater structures. 2) Installation of a new wastewater system to accommodate the increased effluent from the proposed restaurant and bar. No wastewaters from the new development will be disposed of on -site. Planning Dept. Exhibit 15 Mr. Zendo Kern February 9, 2023 Page 2 3) Pending review and approval from the State Historic Preservation Division, Department of Lands and Natural Resources, an overhead concrete flume structure may be demolished. Parcel 001 will have most of the proposed work to be performed. Parcel 002 will remain in graveled state with no new work other than the improvements to the Public Access Trail to Alealea Point. The proposed project is to be completed in five years under four phases. Phase 1 will renovate and redesign the interior existing building to accept the new micro -distillery equipment, restaurant kitchen, and other related infrastructure. Phase 2 will consist of grading and excavation, installation of the wastewater system, expanded parking stalls, and potential demolition of the existing concrete flume structure. Phase 3 will move into completion of the restaurant to provide service, and Phase 4 will complete the bar service area and the development cash flow and expense management. The subject properties are primarily within Flood Zone X, areas determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain. The proposed re -development and re -use of the former Wainaku Executive Center is consistent with the Industrial zoning of the parcels. The Office of Planning and Sustainable Development has reviewed the subject SMA Use Permit application, and has no comments to offer. If you have any questions regarding this comment letter, please contact Shichao Li of our office at (808) 587-2841 or by email at shichao.li@hawaii.gov. Sincerely, for Scott J. Glenn Director