PD Recommendation Report Waikoloa Village Center (PL-REZ-2023-000052)

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Solid waste will be handled by a private waste management service and disposed of at authorized landfill sites or transfer stations, all essential utilities are available to the property and the closest police, fire and medical facilities are located nearby in Waimea. A condition of approval will be included to require the applicants to meet all applicable County, State and Federal laws, rules, regulations, and requirements. There are no severe geological or topographical problems for the property that cannot be properly rectified, or which would render the land unusable. The subject property is in an area designated as Zone "X", an area determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain, on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). A condition of approval will be added to require that all development generated runoff will be disposed of on-site and not directed toward any adjacent properties and all earthwork activity, including grading, grubbing, and stockpiling, and the project will conform to Chapter 10, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, of the Hawaii County Code. Thus, the proposed change of zone meets this criterion. The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Coastal Zone Management Area. The subject property is located approximately 4.7 miles from the nearest shoreline, is not situated within the Special Management Area and will not be impacted by coastal hazards and beach erosion. The Ka Pa`akai O Ka `Aina Assessment included with the application (and discussed further below)notes that the subject property is in an area once crisscrossed with trails used by early Hawaiians to access resources between the coast and upland regions, and that these trails were later repurposed by paniolo for ranching uses. According to the Assessment, one such trail passed just north of the subject property, but its physical traces have been disturbed and never identified during archeological surveys of the area. The State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD), by letter dated January 26, 2022, noted that a 2021 archeological inventory study (AIS) found no historic properties in the subject area and provided a determination of no historic properties affected. Based on this determination, the proposed request and use of the property will not adversely impact such resources. The request will not have a significant adverse impact to traditional and customary Hawaiian Rights. In view of the Hawaii State Supreme Court's "PASH" -6-