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October 13, 2006 Letter to Hawaii County Council SUBJECT: Response to Comments on Bill 251 and Status Report Page 3 of 5 14, 2006). We will have to complete water facility improvements as required by the DWS for these additional water units, and we intend to work with DWS, the Kanuha'ohana and Malulani Gardens to bring the existing Malulani Gardens private water system onto the County grid. The costs of this system are quite substantial, and we intend to dedicate the system to the County DWS as part of our infrastructure contribution in accordance with the County's desires. The issue that seemed of most concern to parties was the access of the waterline. The mauka property owners made it clear that they did not want that waterline coming down their roadway, even if it meant an upgrading of their PVC line system. We are in agreement with their desires, and will be bringing the water down from Mamalahoa Highway either in a new waterline that we will lay on Dr. Tallan's property (he is in agreement with this plan) or down the existing County owned waterline under Hiona Street, a public road that borders other property we own. I believe that the mauka property owners understand and accept these options at this time. D: Cul-de-sac Several parties are concerned about cul-de-sac safety issues. The current plan has Kona Coffee Estates accessing through both Malulani Drive and Henry Street via Hale Kapili Street, but the planned 113 units have a single major road access above Lowe's until such time as the mid-level road and Hienaloli extension are built. We plan an emergency access to Mamalahoa Highway through Dr. Tallan's property, but this road will be used in emergency situations only. r The Planning Department has not been overly concerned about this matter, as there are many (and much larger) cul-de-sac situations on all of the islands (Waikoloa Village; Kaloko mauka; North Kohala to name a few). We are prepared to build the mid-level road to provide another access if necessary, but this has been opposed by Malulani Gardens' residents, even though it will also alleviate their own cul-de-sac issues for their 121 unit project on a cul-de-sac. E: Emergency Access Emergency access was mentioned d by several parties as a safety issue, and we agree. Several of the mauka property owners wanted to make sure that such access was not on their access road, and we have no intention of using such an access road. As mentioned above, we intend to install an emergency access to Mamalahoa Highway from the upper potion of Kona Coffee estates through Dr. Tallan's property. This access could be used in emergency situations where the lower road may become blocked, and we intend to register this access with the emergency service providers and mark it with a colored road reflector. R Traffic Related Issues Traffic is by far the most often mentioned concern by both nearby residents and area residents. The ' KCE project has been designed to accommodate the roadway patterns laid out by the State and County, with the main accesses being from Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway and Palani Road via Malulani Drive and Henry Street/Hale Kapili Street. The project has future additional access points via the mid-level road and the Hienaloli Road extension, but the completion of those roads will be in the future. Working closely with State DOT-Highways and the County DPW, we have been involved in the