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Aaron S.Y. Chung, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii Page 10 Palamanui intends to develop the project and its infrastructure consistent with the Master Plan known as the "Regulating Plan" contained in Exhibits A-1 through A-11, and Table 4, 8, 9, and 12 of the Application. Please note there are two changes in roadways that have occurred since 2009 when Ordinance No. 09 132 was adopted. First, in the ordinance, Road 6A is referred to as Ane Keohokdlole Highway but the alignment for this highway has shifted west to align with Road 3A. Therefore, all references to Ane Keohokdlole Highway in the requested amendments refer to Road 3A. Because of this shift, the Department of Public Works has requested, and Palamanui has agreed, to shift the future Road I alignment to connect to the northern terminus of Road 3A (Ane Keohokalole Highway)rather than Road 6A. The Palamanui Development will continue to consist of a mixed-use development with 1,116 residential units (inclusive of required affordable housing); a 70-acre business park; 230 acres of open space; a 74-acre Dry Forest Preserve; a 30-acre"University Village Town Center" with a 120-room hotel and retail shopping and commercial amenities to support the UHWH and surrounding businesses; and a 20-acre regional public park. The phasing plan was created based on a Traffic Assessment("TA") dated August 10, 2017, prepared by Austin, Tsutsumi and Associates, Inc. and which is also consistent with prior Traffic Impact Assessment Reports prepared for the Palamanui project by SSFM in 2014 and 2016. The applicant has modified development components of Phase 11 and III compared to the TA. A main difference is the Business Park is developed in Phase 11 of the TA with a signalized intersection at the Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway- University Drive (Road 2) intersection, rather than in Phase III as currently proposed. In the TA, University Drive would not be connected between the Business Park and University Village until Phase 111. The TA concluded that a traffic signal would not be required at the Ka'iminani Drive- Ane Keohokdlole Highway intersection until after the completion of a combined 500 residential units; 30,000 square feet of commercial space; and 60 hotel rooms. Traffic Impact Analysis Reports (TIAR's)prepared by SSFM in 2014 and 2016 concluded that Road I (New Connector Road),between the Palamanui property and Mdmalahoa Highway, is not necessary to mitigate traffic impacts generated by Palamanui. Based on this conclusion, the applicant believes placing the responsibility of constructing Road I solely on Palamanui is not proportional to their project impacts. Development of the property would occur in four phases as shown in Exhibits A- 8, A-9, A-10, and A-11 of the Application, and as follows: