2024-01-03 (2) Email Claudia Rohr Testimony PD Report on SMA Minor Permits

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c. Description of surrounding area and land uses: Adjoining parcel 118 to the West and across the Kapue River is TMK 2-7-004-119-0000 a 20.00-acre parcel also owned by the Brian Clark Living Trust. This parcel is zoned Ag-20a and is used for truck crop farming of sweet potato and other root crops. To the North of 118 is "Mill Road" TMK 2-7-027-065 a 1.292-acre private road that is also owned by the Brian Clark Living Trust. Silverton Camp Makai subdivision and Silverton Gardens Subdivision with approximately 60 parcels hold access and utility easements upon the "Mill Road" parcel. The Silverton Camps formerly housed mill workers and employees of the Papaikou Mill or field agricultural workers for Mauna Kea Sugar Company. The Silverton camp subdivisions are zoned either RS-10 or RS-7.5. (See embedded ArcGIS maps). Directly South across the Kapue River lagoon (puniawa) is TMK 2-7-003-001 &004 owned by Joseph Melillo To the Northeast of parcel 118 is TMK 2-7-004-025-0000 owned by The Shropshire group. This 76.674 acre parcel is zoned Ag-20 and has multiple active agricultural crops under cultivation. The parcel also includes the former repair and maintenance Garage facility for the former Mauna Kea Agribusiness Company, (MKAC). MKAC is the successor to Mauna Kea Sugar by name change to include the cultivation of Macadamia Nuts along with sugarcane. At present the Shropshire Group licenses the garage structures to a sweet potato and ginger processing entity. To the North and adjoining parcel 118 is the DEM Papaikou Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). This 2.561-acre parcel processes waste waters from the communities of Pauka'a, Papaikou, and Kaapoko Homesteads. The gravity mainlines extend from Mill Road onto subject parcel 118, thence across Shropshire Group's parcel 025, across Kopilimai Road, re-entering subject parcel 118, and finally entering the STR All the mainlines are covered by recorded easement across the various private parcels. Finally, to the East of parcel 118 is the Pacific ocean with features such as Mokihana Bay, Kekiwi Point and Papaikou Mill Beach. d. Relationship of the proposed action to land use plans and policies: The proposed four lot subdivision complies with the County of Hawaii Ag-3a zoning of the parcel. The LUPAG for the area has multiple uses implied for the parcel with Low Density Urban use, Industrial Use, and Open Area use. The four-lot subdivision complies with the Low Density Urban designation, but it does not comply with the Open Area designation. The Open Area designation appears as an overly broad swath on the LUPAG map and does not match the geographic/topographic features of parcel 118. The LUPAG Industrial designation appears as an artifact of past sugarcane milling operations and may not be the appropriate pattern for the future uses of the subdivided parcel 118. Additionally, the Industrial pattern swath appears shifted and mis-matched with areas shaded Industrial where currently there are residential homes complete with appropriate County IRS 7.5 zoning.