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<br /> June 1, 2006 <br /> Board of Directors <br /> Page 5 <br /> per cent grade.' <br /> Our information is that Malcalei Drive was thereafter constructed as a 50- <br /> foot wide road with a ma3dmum grade of 18%. <br /> In 2003, after Hilvhilu had acquired the property, Planning Director Chris <br /> <br /> Yuen wrote to Guido Giacemetti of Island Advisors, Inc., regarding Hiluhilu's <br /> request to defer dedication of Malsalei Drive to the County. Mr. Yuen stated: <br /> As we have discussed, I believe that decisions made in the previous <br /> administration that allowed the development of Maltalei Dr. with a 50' <br /> r.o.w. and a steep grade in certain sections clearly were inconsistent <br /> with Ord. 93-45, but these earlier decisions do not excuse <br /> performance of the remaining conditions of the ordinance. Clearly, <br /> the condition in Ord. 93-45 requiring that an 80' r.o.w. be extended <br /> to the Queen Kaahumanu Highway if there was any development in <br /> the Conservation District, meant that there was supposed to be an <br /> 80' r.o.w. in the A-3a area which could then be extended... . <br /> In a letter dated July 8, 2004, Mr. Kuba of DPW provided c~mmenta on an <br /> environmental impact statement preparation notice for Hiluhilu's Palamanui <br /> development. Mr. Kuba wrote in part that: <br /> Malcalei Drive, which is proposed in this study to provide the maulsa <br /> connection to Mamalahoa Highway through Malralei Subdivision, was <br /> not designed and constructed to County collector street standards. It <br /> is constructed to local street standards with a 50-foot wide right-of- <br /> way, maximum grades of 18% and with individual parcels felting <br /> direct access from it. Construction of University Drive from the <br /> Airport Access connection as Queen Kaahumanu Highway to <br /> Mamalahoa Highway, bypassing Malralei Drive is recommended. <br /> According to a May 31, 2006 article appearing in the Weat HawaiS Today, <br /> Mr. Kuba reiterated these concerns in an October 24, 2005 memorandum to Mr. <br /> Yuen. The article states in part: <br /> "Malralei Drive was not designed or approved as a (connector) street," <br /> Kuba wrote. °'It has 18 percent grades, a 50-foot wide right-of-way <br /> and individual lots taking direct access from it We also have some <br /> doubts about the feasability of designing an intersection at the <br /> immediate end of Malcalei Drive, which presently ends on a 15.7 <br /> percent grade.° <br /> West Hawai i Today, "Palamanui faces sew challenge,° at page 1. <br /> 613197.1.83541 <br /> <br />