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c. Description of surrounding area and land uses: Adjoining parcel 118 to the West and <br />across the Kapue River is TMK 2-7-004-119-0000 a 20.00-acre parcel also owned by the <br />Brian Clark Living Trust. This parcel is zoned Ag-20a and is used for truck crop farming of <br />sweet potato and other root crops. To the North of 118 is "Mill Road" TMK 2-7-027-065 <br />a 1.292-acre private road that is also owned by the Brian Clark Living Trust. Silverton <br />Camp Makai subdivision and Silverton Gardens Subdivision with approximately 60 <br />parcels hold access and utility easements upon the "Mill Road" parcel. The Silverton <br />Camps formerly housed mill workers and employees of the Papaikou Mill or field <br />agricultural workers for Mauna Kea Sugar Company. The Silverton camp subdivisions are <br />zoned either RS-10 or RS-7.5. (See embedded ArcGIS maps). <br />Directly South across the Kapue River lagoon (puniawa) is TMK 2-7-003-001 & 004 <br />owned by Joseph Melillo <br />To the Northeast of parcel 118 is TMK 2-7-004-025-0000 owned by The Shropshire <br />group. This 76.674 acre parcel is zoned Ag-20 and has multiple active agricultural crops <br />under cultivation. The parcel also includes the former repair and maintenance Garage <br />facility for the former Mauna Kea Agribusiness Company, (MKAC). MKAC is the <br />successor to Mauna Kea Sugar by name change to include the cultivation of Macadamia <br />Nuts along with sugarcane. At present the Shropshire Group licenses the garage <br />structures to a sweet potato and ginger processing entity. <br />To the North and adjoining parcel 118 is the DEM Papaikou Sewage Treatment Plant <br />(STP). This 2.561-acre parcel processes waste waters from the communities of Pauka'a, <br />Papaikou, and Kaapoko Homesteads. The gravity mainlines extend from Mill Road onto <br />subject parcel 118, thence across Shropshire Group's parcel 025, across Kopilimai Road, <br />re-entering subject parcel 118, and finally entering the STR All the mainlines are <br />covered by recorded easement across the various private parcels. <br />Finally, to the East of parcel 118 is the Pacific ocean with features such as Mokihana Bay, <br />Kekiwi Point and Papaikou Mill Beach. <br />d. Relationship of the proposed action to land use plans and policies: The proposed four <br />lot subdivision complies with the County of Hawaii Ag-3a zoning of the parcel. The <br />LUPAG for the area has multiple uses implied for the parcel with Low Density Urban use, <br />Industrial Use, and Open Area use. The four -lot subdivision complies with the Low <br />Density Urban designation, but it does not comply with the Open Area designation. The <br />Open Area designation appears as an overly broad swath on the LUPAG map and does <br />not match the geographic / topographic features of parcel 118. The LUPAG Industrial <br />designation appears as an artifact of past sugarcane milling operations and may not be <br />the appropriate pattern for the future uses of the subdivided parcel 118. Additionally, <br />the Industrial pattern swath appears shifted and mis-matched with areas shaded <br />Industrial where currently there are residential homes complete with appropriate <br />County RS 7.5 zoning. <br />