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

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the lands in near 100% developed status. There is not much native flora and fauna that has not already been disturbed or otherwise obliterated by these industrial activities. Native species are present on the parcel, however, are limited to floral species such as Coconut (Cocos nucifera) or Hala (Pandanus odoritisimus). Other native species have been re-introduced to the parcel by the actions of Waugh and Prickett with their re- forestation efforts. Species such as Hau (Hibiscus tiliacues ), Kou (Cordia subcordata ), Milo (Thespesia populnea ), and Kamani (Calophylum inophylum), are now present in cultivated plots. Faunal species such as the endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) have been known to use the ili'ili beach for brief periods to bask before returning to the ocean. This is one of the foremost reasons the former and current landowners do not allow Dogs to enter the trail and beach area. OTHER FEATURES upon the parcel... Subject parcel 2-7-004-118 has several "features"that should be described as part of this Assessment and SMA action. They are: a. Sugarcane Mill, Factory, and Processing complex b. Cane Flumes, Flume cuts and shelves, and the "Cane Pit" c. Mill Road access and related Utilities d. Kapue River and the "Puniawa" (impounded river) aka "Mill Beach" e. The Beach Trail, (constructed in 1997 and enhanced in 2002) a) The Sugarcane Mill, Factory and Processing complex: The most overriding element on the subject parcel is the sugarcane mill and related processing structures. A sugarcane mill has existed on this parcel since approximately 1867. The mill from being a wood and stone structure has been modified and rebuilt many times over the course of one hundred nine years (109) of operation. The area defined in Ag-3a zoning, approximately 11.5 acres,was the primary location of the industrial complex that processed sugarcane into juice and then refined it down to raw brown sugar. The mill was shut down in 1976 and sat vacant for decades until the parcel was sold to Waugh and Prickett in 1995.Today the crushing plant,furnace room, and boiling house remains are still evident. Demolition and metal recycling actions from 1996 to 2000 removed much of the crushing plant metals and steel beams of the building. However,the furnace room and boiling house were not demolished or entered for recycling efforts due to the difficult access of these structures upon the steep landscape to the north and west and the edge of the Kapue River immediately south of the structures. These structures remain in place today yet covered in years of jungle growth vines and weed species trees.