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Heather Kimball, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii March 15, 2024 Page 5 would allow for a mix of industrial and commercial uses and the proposed development aims to provide light industrial facilities for a growing community, thus, it supports this policy for development in Waikoloa Village. • Based on the preceding, the proposed MCX-20 zoning would be consistent with the General Plan and SKCDP. All essential utilities and services are available to the site.Access to the subject property will be from a private road named Hale Hana Street which runs through an adjacent parcel, TMK No. (3) 6-8-003:032, owned by the same landowner as the subject property, and intersects with Waikoloa Road, a county-owned and maintained roadway consisting of a pavement width of 60 feet at the location of the proposed access road, within a 120-foot-wide right-of-way. The access road will be located directly across Waikoloa Road from Ehu Kai Loop and designed to form a new 4-way intersection. A condition of approval will be included to require execution and recordation of an easement to establish the legal right to use the private access road, in favor of the subject property. The Transportation Impact Assessment Report (TIAR) included with the application, found that even with additional traffic generated by the proposed development, the Ehu Kai Loop / Hale Hana Street intersection projected to operate at LOS D or better, an acceptable peak hour LOS, as an unsignalized intersection, in projections for 2028 peak hour intersection operations. The TIAR also included several recommendations to mitigate traffic impacts from the proposed project and to support alternative transportation methods such as walking, bicycling and use of the Hele-on bus system. Additional comments regarding roadway access and traffic were received from the Waikoloa Village Association (WVA) and the South Kohala Traffic Safety Committee (SKTSC), with requests to address traffic mitigation for the proposed use along with impacts of future development. SKTSC expressed support for the TIAR recommendations regarding alternative transportation methods. The Department of Public Works (DPW) noted that all connections and construction within the County right-of-way shall conform to Hawai`i County Code and that the applicant shall install streetlights and traffic control devices,as may be required by DPW, Traffic Division. Conditions of approval will be included to address the preceding.