2018-01-18 Leeward Exh B (AMEND SMA 412, REZ 17-225 & SMA 17-068))

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it has been known to be located in that area of the property and to the south of the subject property. So, will an increase in the amount of people on the property and beach area adversely affect threatened green sea turtles that bask and may nest in the area? The Department has consulted with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Staff went out on a site visit with Fish and Wildlife Service staff last week, and they provided a memo with recommendations in your background report, and you should also have gotten a supplemental email with further recommendations this morning. So some of those recommendations that Fish and Wildlife is making is that mechanical and construction activities cease within 100 feet of a green sea turtle until the turtle voluntarily leaves the area; also avoid holding large gatherings, and minimizing lights during turtle nesting season, which is from May to December; and placing signage informing the public of turtles and how to, how to behave around the turtles, and also have an on-site, on-staff monitor to place temporary boundary fencing, should a turtle come up to bask on the beach. Fish and Wildlife did not indicate the distance that the temporary boundary fencing should be placed from a turtle; we are assuming it’s not the full 100 feet that’s required for the construction activities, but we are consulting with them still to find out that distance the boundary fencing should be placed. The last two concerns are related to the shoreline setback and public access. So the survey that the applicant provided showed that the shoreline has moved about 30 to 80 feet since 1968. The applicant is proposing to implement a 60-foot setback for any structures from the certified shoreline, but the question is whether that is enough to protect those new structures and future, from future shoreline erosion and ensure safe public access. And I’m just going to go back and show you on a map real quick. So taking those measurements the 80-foot movement of the shoreline was in this area. You can kind of see the current certified shoreline; it’s a solid light black line here. And so the 80-foot inland movement was in this area, you can see a pretty big gap here. The 30-foot movement was in this general area here and then further to the south. And lastly, is the current ten-foot wide public access easement located mauka of the certified shoreline adequate or should the public be able to enjoy the entire sandy beach area, similar to the sandy beaches to the north within the Waikoloa Beach Resort? And I’m just going to back up again to that photo and show generally where that, so, the applicant under SMA Permit 412 agreed to a floating easement, a ten-foot wide floating public access easement, and basically what that means is anytime the certified shoreline gets recertified and the shoreline moves in, the access easement will move mauka as well, so it’ll be located just mauka of the certified shoreline. And so currently the certified shoreline is, again, this black line, so the current public access easement is located along that line and ten feet mauka would be the corridor for current public access. So that concludes the presentation from staff. I do just want to bring to your attention the handouts that we have for you; so you should have your background report, we also have provided public testimony in, it looks like, three groups, so you should have one batch that is from, let’s see, thth January 11 to January 13 and that one, the first email, if you are looking at them, is form thth Barbara Funk, and the next batch is dated from the 13 through the 16 and that first one on top is thth from Cassandra Crandall, and the third batch is from the 16 to the 17 and that email on the top th is from Kevin Reece McPherson. You should also have a fourth batch, sorry, from the 17 to the th 18, the name on that first one is Rodrigo Romo. And just for Commission’s information and public’s information the Planning Department provided all public testimony to the Commission up 7 EXHIBIT B