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the lands in near 100% developed status. There is not much native flora and fauna that <br />has not already been disturbed or otherwise obliterated by these industrial activities. <br />Native species are present on the parcel, however, are limited to floral species such as <br />Coconut (Cocos nucifera) or Hala (Pandanus odoritisimus). Other native species have <br />been re -introduced to the parcel by the actions of Waugh and Prickett with their re- <br />forestation efforts. Species such as Hau (Hibiscus tiliacues ), Kou (Cordia subcordata ), <br />Milo (Thespesia populnea ), and Kamani (Calophylum inophylum), are now present in <br />cultivated plots. Faunal species such as the endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal <br />(Neomonachus schauinslandi) have been known to use the ili'ili beach for brief periods to <br />bask before returning to the ocean. This is one of the foremost reasons the former and <br />current landowners do not allow Dogs to enter the trail and beach area. <br />OTHER FEATURES upon the parcel... <br />Subject parcel 2-7-004-118 has several "features" that should be described as part of <br />this Assessment and SMA action. They are: <br />a. Sugarcane Mill, Factory, and Processing complex <br />b. Cane Flumes, Flume cuts and shelves, and the "Cane Pit" <br />c. Mill Road access and related Utilities <br />d. Kapue River and the "Puniawa" (impounded river) aka "Mill Beach" <br />e. The Beach Trail, (constructed in 1997 and enhanced in 2002) <br />a) The Sugarcane Mill, Factory and Processing complex: The most overriding element <br />on the subject parcel is the sugarcane mill and related processing structures. A <br />sugarcane mill has existed on this parcel since approximately 1867. The mill from <br />being a wood and stone structure has been modified and rebuilt many times over <br />the course of one hundred nine years (109) of operation. The area defined in Ag-3a <br />zoning, approximately 11.5 acres, was the primary location of the industrial complex <br />that processed sugarcane into juice and then refined it down to raw brown sugar. <br />The mill was shut down in 1976 and sat vacant for decades until the parcel was sold <br />to Waugh and Prickett in 1995. Today the crushing plant, furnace room, and boiling <br />house remains are still evident. Demolition and metal recycling actions from 1996 to <br />2000 removed much of the crushing plant metals and steel beams of the building. <br />However, the furnace room and boiling house were not demolished or entered for <br />recycling efforts due to the difficult access of these structures upon the steep <br />landscape to the north and west and the edge of the Kapue River immediately south <br />of the structures. These structures remain in place today yet covered in years of <br />jungle growth vines and weed species trees. <br />