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The Honorable Chairman Holeka Goro Inaba and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii December 27, 2024 Page 6 Based on the preceding, the proposed RS-10 zoning conforms to the goals, policies and standards of the General Plan and the South Kohala Community Development Plan. All utilities and services are available to the site. Proposed access to the subject properties is from Waiula Drive, a County -owned and maintained, two-lane roadway with 50-foot-wide pavement (12-foot-wide travels lane and 13-foot-wide paved shoulders) within a 50-foot-wide right-of-way. A condition of approval will require the applicant to comply with. DPW requirements for connection to and work within the County right-of-way. There is a secondary emergency access through a gate at the eastern terminus of Waiula Drive at the Anekona Subdivision, which connects to Kanehoa Street. This road offers an additional route to Kawaihae Road for emergencies. The gate can be opened by the Fire Department or Civil Defense during emergencies. Internal roadways will be built to non-dedicable standards as outlined in the concurrent PUD request and the applicant proposes to dedicate the roadways to the County once constructed. Despite the preceding, DPW reccomends that the applicant provide improvements to project street frontages, including but not limited to concrete sidewalks, drainage improvements, and any required utility relocation, meeting with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Thus, while DPW supports some of the deviations from subdivision code requested in the PUD application (grades and curves, alternative pavement design/thickness, and shallow drainage facilities) but does not support relief from minimum right-of-way and pavement widths and relief from the requirements of curbs, gutters, and sidewalks. If these exceptions are granted, DPW is not willing to accept dedication of the roadways as they would not meet dedicable roadway standards. Section 25-2-46 (d) (1) of the Zoning Code requires a Traffic Impact Analysis Report (TIAR) for rezoning applications that could generate 50 or more peak hour trips. While the proposed 43-lot project does not meet this threshold, the applicant voluntarily submitted a TIAR, completed in January 2024. The report, prepared by a Traffic Management Consultant, analyzes current and future traffic conditions at two key intersections: Kawaihae Road/Waiula Drive and the internal roadway/Waiula Drive intersection. It notes that Kawaihae Road currently experiences significant traffic during peak hours, while Waiula Drive sees much lower volumes. The TIAR projects the proposed development will add 35 AM and 45 PM peak - hour trips. By 2028, traffic conditions at the Kawaihae Road/Waiula Drive intersection.