APPENDIX I -1 Supplemental Cultural Impact Assessment Report Dated March 2017 SCS Project No
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APPENDIX I -1 Supplemental Cultural Impact Assessment Report dated March 2017 SCS Project No. 2000-Final SCIA SUPPLEMENTAL CULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSED PIILANI PROMENADE PROJECT KAʻONOʻULU AHUPUAʻA, WAILUKU AND MAKAWAO DISTRICTS ISLAND OF MAUI, HAWAIʻI TMK: (2) 3-9-001:016, 170, 171, 172, 173, AND 174 Prepared by: Cathleen A. Dagher, B.A. and Michael F. Dega, Ph.D. March 2017 FINAL Prepared for: Mr. Robert D. Poynor, Vice President Sarofim Realty Advisors 8115 Preston Road, Suite 400 Dallas, Texas 75225 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................................. ii LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................................................... iii INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 ARCHIVAL RESEARCH ................................................................................................................................................ 8 INTERVIEW METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................................... 9 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING .................................................................................................................................. 10 PROJECT AREA ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 BARREN ZONE ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 SOILS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11 CLIMATE .................................................................................................................................................................. 13 CULTURAL HISTORICAL CONTEXT ......................................................................................................................... 13 PAST POLITICAL BOUNDARIES ................................................................................................................................. 14 TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENT PATTERNS ................................................................................................................... 14 PRE-CONTACT PERIOD (PRE-1778) .......................................................................................................................... 15 WAHI PANA (LEGENDARY PLACES) ......................................................................................................................... 16 PRE-CONTACT PERIOD (POST-1778) ....................................................................................................................... 17 MĀHELE .................................................................................................................................................................. 18 PREVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGY ................................................................................................................................... 22 CONSULTATION ................................................................................................................................................... 29 SUPPLEMENTAL CONSULTATION ............................................................................................................................ 31 SUPPLEMENTAL CULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT INTERVIEWS AND RESPONSES ............................................... 32 INTERVIEW SUMMARIES ......................................................................................................................................... 33 RESPONSES .............................................................................................................................................................. 36 SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................................... 37 CULTURAL ASSESSMENT ...................................................................................................................................... 37 ii ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONCERNS ................................................................................................................................ 38 TRADITIONAL CULTURAL PRACTICES ...................................................................................................................... 39 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................................................... 39 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................................... 42 APPENDIX A: CULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSED PIILANI PROMENADE PROJECT..................... A APPENDIX B: EXAMPLE LETTER OF INVITATION ..................................................................................................... B APPENDIX C: EXAMPLE FOLLOW-UP LETTER .......................................................................................................... C APPENDIX D: SIGNED INFORMATION RELEASE FORMS ......................................................................................... D APPENDIX E: LAND COMMISSION AWARD 3237 AND ROYAL PATENT 7447 ........................................................... E APPENDIX F: SHPD ACCEPTANCE LETTER_AIS _ PIILANI PROMENADE ................................................................... F LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: USGS Quadrangle (Puu O Kali, 1992; 1:24,000) Map Showing the Proposed Project Area Location. ........ 2 Figure 2: Tax Map Key [TML: (2) 3-9-001) Showing the Proposed Project Area Location. ....................................... 3 Figure 3: Google Earth Image (Dated 1/12/2013) Showing the Proposed Project Area Location. ........................... 4 Figure 4: USDA Soil Survey Map (Foote et al. 1972: Sheet 107) Map Showing the Proposed Project Area Location. ................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Figure 5: Kaʻonoʻulu Ahupuaʻa, LCA 3237, awarded to Hewahewa in 1860 (basemap: “Maui, Hawaiian Islands” by F.S. Dodge 1885:1:90,000 scale). ................................................................................................................. 20 Figure 6: Selected Previous Archaeology in Vicinity of the Proposed Project Area (portion USGS Puu o Kali Quad: 1954). ......................................................................................................................................................... 23 iii INTRODUCTION At the request of Sarofim Realty Advisors, Scientific Consultant Services, Inc. (SCS) prepared a Supplemental Cultural Impact Assessment (SCIA) in advance of the proposed Piilani Promenade Project. The proposed project area consists of approximately 75-acres located in Kīhei, Kaʻonoʻulu Ahupuaʻa, Wailuku and Makawao Districts, Island of Maui, Hawaiʻi [TMK: (2) 3-9-001:016, 170, 171, 172, 173, and 174] (Figures 1 through 3). The proposed project area is owned by Piilani Promenade North, LLC and Piilani Promenade South, LLC. The SCIA follows an earlier CIA prepared by Hana Pono, LLC (2016; Appendix A). Sarofim Realty Advisors requested SCS provide an additional report to the original Hana Pono LLC (2016) CIA in response to input raised by the cultural community and in response to comments received through public comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Please note that a CIA for the proposed Honuaʻula Offsite Workforce Housing Project, located on approximately 13.0 acres of land, in Kīhei, Kaʻonoʻulu Ahupuaʻa, Wailuku and Makawao (Kula) Districts, Island of Maui, Hawaiʻi [TMK: (2) 3-9-001:169], is being pepared under separate cover by SCS. The proposed project involves the development of Light Industrial, Business/Commercial, and Multi-Family land uses on approximately 75 acres of land in North Kīhei. The project will include associated onsite and offsite infrastructure improvements including but not limited to water, sewer, roads, drainage, electrical. Amenities will include bicycle, and pedestrian pathways, and landscaping. A Maui Electric Company (MECO) substation is also proposed on the project site. Onsite and Offsite improvements include re-routing the County’s existing 36-inch high pressure water main which traverses the property, installing a 1.0 million gallon drinking water tank and water transmission lines, and providing utility system connections. The proposed undertaking will include an access easement located mauka and to the north of the project site which will provide for future possible vehicular and pedestrian and bicycle access and connectivity to Ohukai Road. The project will also provide road-widening lots and improve the intersection of Piʻilani Highway at Kaʻonoʻulu