PD Recommendation Report Graphic Images Hawaii (PL-REZ-2024-057)

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Special Management Area. It is located approximately 3.9 miles from the nearest coastline and will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. There are no identified recreational resources, historic resources,public access to the shoreline or mountain areas, scenic and open space preserves, coastal ecosystems, marine resources, or other natural and environmental resources on the subject property. 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" and"Ka Pa'akai O Ka`Aina" decisions, the issue relative to native Hawaiian gathering and fishing rights must be addressed in terms of the cultural, historical, and natural resources and the associated traditional and customary practices of the site. Investigation of valued resources: Given the extensively altered condition of the rezone are due to its former use as sugarcane land and its recent use as a nursery with the cultivation of commercial dracaena, rhapis palms, and avocado trees on most of the property, no formal archaeological reconnaissance survey, oral history of kama`aina accounts of the area, historical survey of documentary records or floral/faunal studies were included in the applications. The valued cultural, historical, and natural resources found in the rezoning area. In response to a 2023 grubbing permit application for the rezone area, the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) determined that no historic properties would be affected by proposed grubbing due to previous ground disturbing activities associated with land clearing and agricultural activities. Given the rezone area's previous ground disturbance and historical agricultural uses, it is unlikely that there are any threatened or endangered plant or animal species located thereon. However, according to the State Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW), it is possible that threatened or endangered species (e.g., Hawaiian Hoary bat, Hawaiian Hawk, Hawaiian Short-eared Owl, and migratory seabirds could traverse or be found within the rezone area. Possible adverse effect or impairment of valued resources: There is no evidence of any possible adverse effects or impairments will occur to any valued historic, archaeological, or cultural resources within the rezone area. -7-