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• Land has historical significance*, evidenced by its location in line with both the <br /> Holualoa heiau and the Kealakowa'a heiau in the Holualoa 1&2 ahupua'a. Historical <br /> research indicates the land between the two heiau was used in the transport of huge <br /> trees from Pihopono (the Holualoa Forest Preserve) by use of a holoa extending from <br /> heiau to heiau, hence the name Holua loa "The long slide" <br /> Water Supply <br /> • Neighbors already experience low water pressure even at lower elevations. <br /> • The developer insists that, having paid for 450 water meters, he will be constructing <br /> 450 units, despite our already challenged supply. <br /> Drought <br /> • Kona and all Hawai'i faces current and predicted increasing drought conditions; <br /> climate change causes greater weather uncertainty, increasing drought risk. <br /> Sewage Hookup /Wastewater Treatment <br /> • The Developer had expressed his plan to connect to the Pualani Estates sewer <br /> system, however the Kealakehe sewage treatment plant is already OVER capacity if <br /> all current homes were hooked up, as required by law. The only reason there is <br /> capacity today is because all current homes are not yet connected. <br /> Rainwater / Landscaping Runoff/ Diverting Streams <br /> • Because of the siting of Royal Vistas on the leeward flank of Hualalai's "shield" <br /> configuration, well-defined drainage features are lacking, as noted under the FLOOD <br /> HAZARD section on p3-1 of the Grey Infrasructure Report in the Kona Community <br /> Development Plan. , will cause additional episodes of flooding and road wash-out <br /> as noted in the runoff and pollution, harming coral reefs and damaging the ocean. <br /> Horseshoe Bend and the Holualoa Stream on the parcels are listed in the second <br /> paragraph of 3.1.1, (under the heading North Kona Flood Hazard Analysis,) as two <br /> of the seven intermittent drainage ways studied by the North Kona Flood Plain <br /> Management Study (1984) by the US Soil Conservation Service (presently Natural <br /> Resources Conservation Service. (The developer has already diverted a portion of <br /> these: see attached photo of "plywood".) <br /> The Study proposed these among the 6 non-structural and 4 structural alternatives for <br /> flood zone management: <br />