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MTY Of Mu Harry Kim ~y~ •:~;y'~ Mayor ~•e,•N'Y1 rl ~ County of Hawaii Mayor's Office • 25 Aupuni Street, Rm 2l6 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 , Phone (808)961-8281 February 28, 2006 TO: Stacy Higa, Council Chair FR: Roy Takemoto RE: Kailua Village Bypass This memo provides information on how the County would move this connector forward should KPC Villages' rezoning be approved. 1. Extent of land acquisition. The right-of-way is at least 60' wide. Additional area may be necessary beyond the 60' for slope easements. Based on a preliminary alignment by DPW, a remnant may be created on KSBE property between the northern boundary of the ROW and Coconut Grove. The County should also acquire this remnant for public parking and/or to provide alternative access to Coconut Grove to replace their current access on Kuakini that may be too close to the proposed new connector (see figure below). 2. KSBE commitment. Based on a phone conversation with KSBE (Jeffrey Mau), KSBE has a potential buyer of the property that intends to do a commercial development. A commercial development will require rezoning (currently zoned RM-1) and SMA permit. A rezoning condition could require dedication of the right-of-way. 3. Relationship to mauka segment of connector between Kuakini and Hualalai. Even if the mauka segment is not constructed, the proposed connector would provide an alternative for northbound traffic along Alii Drive that would presently have no choice but to continue along Alii Drive to Hualalai before being able to turn mauka to Kuakini to avoid clogging Alii Drive all the way to Palani. By constructing this makai segment, the potential to connect to Nani Kailua is preserved. The mauka segment to make this connection to Nani Kailua is challenging due to topography and possible archaeological sites. Nevertheless, if possible, the Nani Kailua connection provides amauka-makai connection from Alii Drive to Queen Kaahumanu. 4. Timing of design and construction. The next steps are as follows: a. Procure planning/design consultant. We would need approximately three months to prepare the scope of work and select a consultant to do the preliminary engineering and EIS. The scope of this study would be the makai and mauka segments of the connector. CIP funds are in place to begin immediately. b. PER/EIS. The preliminary engineering and EIS would take about a year. c. Construction documents. The detailed design would take about 8 months. The scope of work would be limited to the makai segment (between Alii Drive and Kuakini). Construction cost estimates would be prepared to determine the amount of construction funding required. d. ROW acquisition. The detailed design would determine the exact land area to be acquired. The ROW would then be subdivided and acquired. The appropriated $1.5M should be able to take us at least to this step. Comm. No. 3 b2.21 Raf. To: Fr Ref. Date '