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Kaʻaʻawa Fire Station Communications Facility Improvements and Tower Replacement Project Island of O‘Ahu, State of Hawai‘I Draft Environmental Assessment Prepared and Submitted in Accordance with Chapter 25, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, Special Management Area Kaʻaʻawa Fire Station Communications Facility Improvements and Tower Replacement Project Island of O‘ahu, State of Hawai‘i Prepared for: Department of Information Technology City and County of Honolulu 650 South King Street, 5th Floor Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813 and Department of Design and Construction City and County of Honolulu 650 South King Street, 11th Floor Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813 R. M. TOWILL CORPORATION SINCE 1930 2024 N. King Street, Suite 200 November 2017 Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96819-3494 Project No. 1-22571-03P Draft Environmental Assessment Prepared and Submitted in Accordance with Chapter 25, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, Special Management Area Kaʻaʻawa Fire Station Communications Facility Improvements and Tower Replacement Project Island of O‘ahu, State of Hawai‘i Prepared For: Department of Information Technology City and County of Honolulu 650 South King Street, 5th Floor Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813 and Department of Design and Construction City and County of Honolulu 650 South King Street, 11th Floor Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813 Prepared By: R. M. Towill Corporation 2024 North King Street, Suite 200 Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96819-3494 Project No. 1-22571-03P November 2017 KAʻAʻAWA FIRE STATION COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND TOWER REPLACEMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................. vi 1.0 PROJECT SUMMARY ................................................................................................... 1-1 2.0 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW ........................................................................... 2-1 3.0 PURPOSE AND NEED FOR THE PROJECT ............................................................... 3-1 4.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................. 4-1 4.1 LOCATION ............................................................................................................ 4-1 4.2 SUMMARY OF TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS ......................................... 4-1 4.2.1 Existing Uses .............................................................................................. 4-1 4.2.2 Proposed Structures .................................................................................... 4-2 4.2.3 Construction Characteristics ....................................................................... 4-3 4.3 PHASING AND TIMING OF ACTION ................................................................ 4-7 4.4 USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS OR LANDS AND PROJECT COST .......................... 4-7 5.0 ALTERNATIVES............................................................................................................ 5-1 5.1 Alternative 1: No Action ......................................................................................... 5-1 5.2 Alternative 2: Construction of a New Communications Tower (Preferred Alternative) ............................................................................................ 5-1 6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING, POTENTIAL EFFECTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................................................... 6-1 6.1 CLIMATE ............................................................................................................... 6-1 6.2 TOPOGRAPHY AND SOILS ................................................................................ 6-2 6.3 HYDROLOGIC RESOURCES .............................................................................. 6-4 6.4 OTHER NATURAL HAZARDS ........................................................................... 6-4 6.4.1 Earthquakes ................................................................................................. 6-4 6.4.2 Hurricanes ................................................................................................... 6-5 6.4.3 Flood Hazard ............................................................................................... 6-5 6.4.4 Tsunami....................................................................................................... 6-7 6.5 FLORA AND FAUNA RESOURCES ................................................................... 6-9 6.6 SCENIC AND VISUAL RESOURCES ................................................................. 6-9 6.7 NOISE ................................................................................................................... 6-10 6.8 AIR QUALITY ..................................................................................................... 6-14 i KAʻAʻAWA FIRE STATION COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND TOWER REPLACEMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 6.9 LIGHTS ................................................................................................................ 6-14 7.0 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SETTING ......................................................................... 7-1 7.1 POPULATION AND GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS ...................................... 7-1 7.2 HISTORIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES ...................................... 7-2 8.0 PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES ....................................................................... 8-1 8.1 ACCESS AND TRANSPORTATION ................................................................... 8-1 8.2 UTILITIES .............................................................................................................. 8-2 8.2.1 Electricity .................................................................................................... 8-2 8.2.2 Telephone .................................................................................................... 8-2 8.2.3 Cable/Satellite Television and High-speed Internet Access ....................... 8-2 8.2.4 Gas .............................................................................................................. 8-2 8.3 POLICE................................................................................................................... 8-2 8.4 FIRE ..................................................................................................................... 8-3 8.5 POTABLE WATER ............................................................................................... 8-3 8.6 WASTEWATER..................................................................................................... 8-3 8.7 DRAINAGE AND STORM WATER QUALITY ................................................. 8-4 8.8 SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL .................................................................................. 8-4 8.9 PUBLIC SCHOOLS ............................................................................................... 8-4 8.10 RECREATIONAL FACILITIES............................................................................ 8-5 8.11 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS .................................................................................... 8-5 9.0 RELATIONSHIP TO LAND USE PLANS, POLICIES AND CONTROLS ................. 9-1 9.1 HAWAI‘I STATE PLAN ....................................................................................... 9-1 9.2 STATE LAND USE LAW ..................................................................................... 9-4 9.3 HRS CHAPTER 205A COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM .......... 9-6 9.4 CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU GENERAL PLAN ............................. 9-12 9.5 CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU LAND USE ORDINANCE ............... 9-12 9.5.1 Permitted Uses .......................................................................................... 9-13 9.5.2 Development Standards ............................................................................ 9-14 9.5.3 Parking and Loading ................................................................................. 9-14 9.6 SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA (SMA) RULES AND REGULATIONS .... 9-16 9.7 KO‘OLAU LOA SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PLAN .............................. 9-16 10.0 CONFORMANCE WITH SMA REVIEW GUIDELINES .......................................... 10-1 ii KAʻAʻAWA FIRE STATION COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND TOWER REPLACEMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 10.1 ROH SECTION 25-3.2(a) .................................................................................... 10-1 10.2 ROH SECTION 25-3.2(b) .................................................................................... 10-2 11.0 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOCAL SHORT-TERM USES OF HUMANITY’S ENVIRONMENT AND THE MAINTENANCE OF LONG-TERM PRODUCTIVITY ................................................................................. 11-1 11.1 Short-Term Uses ................................................................................................... 11-1 11.2 Long-Term Productivity ....................................................................................... 11-1 12.0 PROBABLE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS WHICH CANNOT BE AVOIDED.............................................................................................. 12-1 12.1 Short-term Effects ................................................................................................. 12-1 12.2 Long-term Effects ................................................................................................. 12-1 13.0 COMMUNITY INPUT .................................................................................................
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