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Heather Kimball, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii October 22, 2024 Page 5 Based on the above information, the proposed request will result in a more appropriate land use pattern that will further the public necessity and convenience, and the general welfare of the County. The proposed request will not burden public agencies to provide utilities and services to the subject property. Access to the proposed lots will be from Haihai Street, a County owned and maintained roadway. From Haihai Street, access to the subject property proceeds along Leilehua Street and then onto Abe Street, both of which are County owned and maintained roadways. Abe Street runs east to west along the top of the subject property and Kikaha Street runs north to south toward the middle of the subject property. These future street extensions are identified as an existing 50-foot-wide easement (Roadway Easement E-2) for roadway purposes. These planned throughfares have existed since the early 1980's and are referenced in multiple approved subdivision maps, tax maps, and rezoning ordinances within the area indicating planned future connectivity of Kikaha Street within the surrounding subdivisions between Haihai Street and Kawailani Street and the extension of Ahe Street between Puku Street and Ho`omalu Street. These throughfares were added with guidance from the Traffic Circulation Map of the Waiakea Area, which was stored in the Planning Department at the time. The applicant is requesting to improve all roadways within the proposed subdivision to private roadway standards consisting of a pavement width of 16-feet-wide with 2-foot-wide compacted gravel shoulders/swales for a total 20-foot-wide improved right-of-way within the 50-foot-wide existing easement. The applicant proposes future road widening setbacks reflecting the distance between the proposed 20-foot-wide private road and the 50-foot-wide existing easement. The Department of Public Works (DPW) recommends that the extension of Ahe Street through the proposed subdivision should match with the existing Ahe Street layout, which includes a minimum 30-foot-wide pavement, paved shoulders and swales, drainage improvements within a 50-foot-wide right-of-way, and any required utility relocation, meeting the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. They also recommend that the developer install streetlights and traffic control devices as may be required by the Traffic Division. DPW however, refrained from making a recommendation for roadway improvements to the Kikaha Street extension due to several factors including the property's boundary line not abutting the improved portions of Kikaha Street, the proposed subdivision layout not warranting the requirement of roadways built to dedicable standards since only 6 lots are proposed, and the proposed zoning designation not triggering the need for dedicable roadways.