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Attachment A WILLIAM rl MIA.JR. aANDO<1N NEIL ABERCROMBIE <<G P~I4 NNt11r IAMINu runwAl nstAal: OOIDINOR WNAMAR .( r\93(1• i t1alYLL411N1N•MIA NMI IK}11ANM111 11i A,`p�i.✓y' ESIHER KIA•AINA mien nIrr juid ah0 � '-••• ; WILLIAM M.TAM IRnnl 111A1t11111•v.Anl NNIUAi AMI1 AlIATIC -NEPAV♦AItN y ! A•(,=y..y.f N1111W 1Ml1NN1'ANtlN � nNNK(AN VA111 A tlA■IKAi LAN 1111S (1MN2Y1ANDRIll(1M(11 tAN1R HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION � w1A111N AM)R10 NRA1 tN111K1]RhT DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES pRISIRl RIVIIVANIMIIR oN I1nni11CM1411vAniN 1:NIrl,Av11YJWn1147N t1 NlASMN U1411 601 Kamokila Boulevard,Suite 555 AIAITM TAA, December 5,2013 Kapolei•H[96806 Mr.Duane Kanuha,Planning Director LOG NO:2013.6237 County of Hawaii Planning Department DOC NO: 1312TDOI 101 Pauahi Street,Suite 3 Archaeology Hilo,Hawaii 96720 ATTN:Jeff Darrow(idarrow@co.hawaii.hi.us) Dear Mr.Kanuha: SUBJECT: Chapter 6E-42 Historic Preservation Review- SMA Use Permit(SMA 13-000055)and Change of Zoning(REZ 13-000170)Applications To Allow a IS-Lot Subdivision within a 9-Acre Project Area at Hakalau Bay Hakalau Ahupua`a,South Hilo District,Island of Hawaii TMK(3)2-9-002:079 and 081 Thank you for the opportunity to review this special management area use permit application and change of zone application, both received by our office on November 7,2013.The permits includes a proposed rezoning of the subjcct properties from MG-5 (General Industry 5.0 ac. Minimum)to Residential RS-15 (5,000 SF minimum lot size)and MG-20(20,000 SF minimum lot size).Once rezoning is approved,the aforementioned TMK parcels will be subdivided into fifteen(15)parcels.Thirteen(13)will be sold for residential use and two(2)will be retained for industrial use for sale or lease.The subject parcels total 9 acres;2 acres will be zoned MG-5 and the remaining will be zoned as MG-20. The project area is within the boundaries of the previously identified Hakalau Historical District(SIHP 50-10-16-7392),which was recorded in the State Inventory of Historic Places(SIHP)in 1973. Our records indicate that an archaeological inventory survey(AIS)was conducted for 8.7 acres of the 9-acre project area(Rosendahl 2009),and a report of findings with recommendations was reviewed and accepted by SHPD in 2010(Log No.2009.4136 Doc.No. 1001MD08).The AIS identified two historic properties within the project area: structural remains of the Hakalau Plantation(SIHP 50-10-16-26591),and the location of a former plantation era Japanese/Korean cemetery(SIHP 50-10-16-29592).These historic properties are discussed below: Hakalau Plantation The Rosendahl 2009 report prepared for this project recommended that the remnants of Hakalau Plantation(Site 26591)be assessed as significant under multiple Hawaii Administrative Rule(HAR) 13-284-6 Criteria,due to the large role sugarcane industry played in the history of Hawaii (Criterion A), because the warehouses represent a temporally distinctive and exemplary method of construction(Criterion C),and because the warehouses and other remains contain information important in the understanding of history(Criterion D). SHPD concurred with this significance assessment(Log No. 2009.4136 Doc.No. 1001MD08).The two remaining intact structures at this site were recommended for preservation with interpretive development. SHPD concurred with this recommendation because the two buildings are significant under multiple criteria and because they are located within the Hakalau Historic District, which currently contains relatively few visual manifestations of the former mill complex that ceased operations in 1967.The AIS report indicates that a plan detailing interpretive preservation and/or renovation of the structures would be submitted to SHPD"at a later date". The SMA and REZ applications for this subdivision indicate that,"prior to any improvements or changes to the structures,their existing conditions will be fully described and an archival photo record provided the State Historic Preservation Office."The applicant also indicates that"The hope is the buildings will remain in place and find some useful purpose." The proposed treatment for these buildings as stated in the application documents does not • constitute a preservation plan.We therefore request that a preservation plan be prepared pursuant to HAR§13-277 and submitted to SHPD for review and approval prior to approval of the SMA permit for this project.