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

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3. Anticipated impacts of the proposed project on the Special Management Area... a. Description of the area involved, existing uses, structures, vegetation, and features: TMK 2-7-004-118-0000 was the primary site of the Papaikou Sugar Mill for Onomea Sugar Company Inc. and its successor Mauna Kea Sugar Company Inc. The parcel has been in industrial type use for over 100 years. The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) shows a good portion of the parcel in "Industrial" designation. Sugarcane milling at the parcel ceased in the late 1970's. At that time the parcel was part of the much larger TMK 2-7-004-025-0000 that included the garage and repair facilities for Mauna Kea Sugar Co. The lands continued to be in a supportive industrial / agricultural use for the sugarcane cultivation operations until those operations terminated in 1994. In 1995 the parcel containing the former sugarcane mill and coastal lands from Papaikou Bay to Kekiwi Point, approximately 11.4363 acres, was sold to Jim Waugh and Charlene Prickett, under the name Hawaughya, Inc. a Canadian corporation. In 1997 Mauna Kea Agribusiness (Sugar) Co. sold approximately 5.5030 acres of additional lands from Kekiwi Point to Mokihana Bay to Waugh and Prickett through Parcel Consolidation and Re- subdivision action #6848, May 4, 1997, recorded Bureau of Conveyances 97-085749. Since that date the lands have carried the amount of 16.9393 acres within TMK 2-7-004- 118-0000. Recent Boundary Study work by Pattison Land Surveying will show that the earlier Donald James Murray subdivision maps, S-3007 and 5-6848 did not accurately account for the southern course of the property as being the centerline of Kapue River. The 4-lot subdivision map will describe the lots and parcels correcting this omission. (See Exhibit B "Boundary Study"). Under the Waugh/Prickett ownership land development actions were undertaken to clear the area of weed trees and establish property fences and berms to define the parcel boundaries. Many timber trees were planted and remain today in tall, beautiful stature from their early start as saplings. Significant demolition work was performed at the former Papaikou Mill site under DEMO Permit 960720* dated 5/29/1996 and has an expiration date of 5/29/2026, (permit is still "open") See Exhibit C. Several building permits have been issued on the parcel with the most significant being 2003-1045 for a new residential structure. This 1,295 sq. ft. 3-bedroom home shows a completion date of 2006. The house is situated upon the foundation of a sugar warehouse that sat above the Mill complex. Of significance to note is that the parcel has many former structure sites and vast areas of concrete or asphalt pavement. The history of this parcel and its long use as an Agri/industrial complex remains evident in the landscape. One cannot walk too far before one structure remnant, or another, are encountered. The Boiling House structure remains standing to a height of perhaps 35 feet or more along the banks of Kapue River, the solid concrete fire room walls stand near the ili'ili stone beach, the 'cane pit' loading station is a unique, perfectly round feature, with a pedestal in the center where a crane once sat. All of these 'features' prove the long and thorough use of