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PC-9 Page 2 February 6, 2001 At the January 23, 2001, Planning Committee meeting, the matonty of the speakers testified m favor of the development Wntten testimony from Garv Leah Barfield opposed the protect because of the ~mpendmg traffic problems, and the need to support the existing shopping center by enlarging and modernizing it instead of bwldmg another one Carl Okuyama testified that he has a petition with over 1,700 names supporting the Gateway Shopping Center and recommending that the County Council approve the requested zoning contingent upon the proposed development be located in the Kea'au Town or an area adtacent to Kea`au ballpark The petition also cited that the "Puna residents need more retail variety, and services from businesses, professionals, and government" This measure was again deferred because Bill No 195, Draft 2, was circulated, and Committee Member Curtis Tyler felt there was not ample time to digest the changes The irregular shaped subtect property, owned in fee by the applicant, is located adtacent (on the Kea`au Town side) of the Shipman Business Park and to the west of the Volcano Highway-Kea'au Bypass intersection The applicant ~s proposing to develop approximately 16 acres into a shopping center with up to 118,000 square feet of retail floor area on the northern half of the subtect area The balance of the protect area is proposed to be developed as a mixed-use commercial/light industrial area with approximately 100,000 to 12,000 square feet of floor area Approximately two (2) acres of the protect area will also be developed into a road that would extend the Kea`au Bypass through the protect area, and would be dedicated to the County upon completion Plans provide for approximately 1.000 parking spaces for the shopping center development, whereas the Zoning Code requirement is one stall per 300 square feet of retail area Parking for the proposed mixed-use commercial/indusirial section of the property has not been determined at this time A Traffic Impact Analysis Report (TZAR) for the protect area w•as prepared by Randall Okaneku, P.E , of The Traffic Management Consultant, dated April 5, 1999 The Volcano Highway and Kea`au Bypass intersection is presently m the process of being signalized The applicant is coordinating with the State Department of Transportation the proposed improvements and agrees to pay for the additional design and construction costs According to the report, the exrstmg Volcano Highway and Kea`eu Bypass intersections are expected to operate at near capacity with or without the protect The Department of Transportation prepared a "Island of Hawaii Long Range Land Transportation Plan", which recommended that the Volcano Highway be widened from four to six lanes between Kea'au and Makalika Street and widened from two to four lanes behveen Kea'au Town and Mountain View Shipman is proposing the following traffic improvements I Provide an exclusive tight turn lane on southbound Volcano Highway to the proposed Road A 2 Provide an exclusive left firm lane on the northbound Volcano Highway to the proposed Road A 3 Provide athrough-only lane to Road A from Kea`au Bypass 4 Provide a separate left turn, through, and tight turn lanes on Road A at Volcano Highway intersection 5 Propose tight-in only and tight-in/tight-out tummg movements to the Volcano Highway from Lots A and B. subtect to approval of the Department of Transportation PC-9