PD Recommendation Report Black Sand Beach (PL-SMA-2023-046)

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Policy 62 — Protect, preserve, and effectively manage forests, watersheds, shoreline areas, natural areas, and rare or endangered species and their habitats. Policy 69 — Protect, restore, and enhance the sites, buildings, and objects of significant historical and cultural importance to Hawaii. Policy 70 — Protect all rights, customarily and traditionally exercised for subsistence, cultural and religious purposes, and possessed by ahupua'a tenants who are descendants of native Hawaiians in this area. Policy 79 — Ensure appropriate public access to the shoreline, public trails, hunting areas, scenic places and vistas, and significant historic sites, buildings, and objects of public interest. Additionally, ensure access for cultural practitioners. Policy 88 —Establish the Punalu`u-Ninole Springs region as a recreation area. The following policy controls from the KCDP are related to the development of the proposed project: Policy Control 1 — Rehabilitate and develop within existing zoned urban areas already served by basic infrastructure, or close to such area, instead of scattered development. Policy Control 5 — Rehabilitate and optimize the utilization of designated resort areas that are presently serviced by basic facilities and utilities, and before new resorts are allowed in undeveloped coastal areas. Policy Control 6 — The development of visitor accommodations and a resort development should complement the character of the area; protect the environment and natural beauty; respect existing lifestyles, cultural practices, and cultural resources; provide shoreline public access; and provide affordable housing to meet demand created by the development. The policies and policy controls listed above are utilized to set community actions according to the KCDP, which specifically calls out Community Action (No. 29) to develop and implement plans for Punalu'u. The applicant has integrated a number of policies related to the long-term planning of this area, and the project will serve to protect and preserve environmental, historic and cultural, and recreational activities, all while -9-