PD Background Report (PL-REZ-2022-000033)

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• Completing drainage improvements within the Holualoa Drainageway in accordance with requirements of the Department of Public Works; • Dedication of three (3) remaining roadway lots within the Kona Vistas Subdivision to the County; • Secured an SMA Use Permit (SMA 430) and hired a hydrologic engineer to prepare and submit a Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) to complete drainage improvements for a 12 -acre County affordable housing site fnakai of Kuakini Highway that was originally meant to satisfy the project's affordable housing requirements. Despite the preceding, the County no longer wishes to proceed with the development of this parcel at this time. • The applicant purchased Hawai`i Preparatory Academy's (HPA) 5 -acre interest in the RM -zoned lands on parcel 17 as HPA decided it did not want to build a new school in Kona. As the 5 -acre area was not previously included in the original Archaeological Inventory Survey (AIS), a new AIS was conducted for the area which found a previously unknown burial site in a lava tube. The applicant subsequently prepared a Burial Treatment Plan (BTP) that was approved by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) and the Hawai`i Island Burial Council. • The applicant was instructed to prepare a new AIS for the remaining 65 acres of RM -zoned lands within the subject properties due to the age of the original AIS report. This new AIS has been completed and approved by SHPD. • The applicant prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) pursuant to HRS Chapter 343 what was accepted by the Planning Department, who issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) by letter dated September 13, 2021 The EA included an updated traffic impact analysis report, biological survey, cultural impact assessment, updated AIS and site preservation plan. Also included within this process were consultations with area residents, specifically from the adjoining Kona Vistas subdivision. -3-