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Stacy Higa, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 8 The project will, if developed, generate additional traffic in the area. Thus, the applicant submitted a Final Traffic Impact Analysis Report (TIAR) dated December 7, 2004 conducted by Austin, Tsutsumi and Associates, Inc. Primary vehicular access to the property will be from a new roadway intersection on Queen Kaahumanu Highway. A mauka-makai connector road between the Queen Kaahumanu Highway and the Mamalahoa Highway will be provided, meeting with the approval of the County. The applicant is pursuing an alignment which could connect north of Makalei Drive so that Makalei Drive would not have to be the only point of connection to the Mamalahoa Highway. The applicant proposes to request the County to limit motor vehicle traffic on Makalei Drive. The applicant also proposes to construct a public road connection from Palamanui Village Center and the main project access road to Kaiminani Drive. The Planning Director does not agree with the Department of Public Works' recommendation regarding the road connections to the north of the project site, except for the road that will connect to the Mamalahoa Highway in the future. The General Plan does not support urban expansion to the north, as lands to the north are designated Conservation and Extensive Agriculture in the General Plan. Furthermore, lands to the north are state lands designated Conservation and Agricultural, and development should occur on urban lands towards Kailua-Kona instead of away from Kailua-Kona. The General Plan maps do not show these roads as going past the subject property, and the applicant will be constructing a road from the Queen Kaahumanu Highway north of the airport with connection to the "Mid -Level" and other "K to K" roads. Therefore, a road system parallel to the Queen Kaahumanu Highway to the north of the property is unwarranted at this time. Impacts associated with this project development such as historical, visual, traffic, drainage and design concerns have been assessed through the Environmental Impact Statement which was accepted by the State Land Use Commission on October 7, 2004 and will be mitigated through conditions of approval. Therefore, the request would not unreasonably burden the public agencies to provide roads and streets, sewers, water, drainage, school improvements, and police and fire protection. The proposed change of zone would allow for uses which would complement the uses in this area. The subject request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statues, relating to Coastal Zone Management. The property is not located in the Special Management Area. The site is located mauka of the Queen Kaahumanu Highway, is not an oceanfront property, and will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. There is no record of a designated public access that traverses the property. According the applicants, no valued cultural, historical or natural resources exist on the property and there is no evidence of any traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights being