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Pete Hoffmann, Chairman <br />and Members of the County Council <br />Page 8 <br />to the land within the proposed development area. The project site is not adjacent and/or <br />proximate to the shoreline. As such, gathering of marine life, fishing and coastal access <br />is not an issue. <br />The applicant submitted a study titled Biological Surveys of TMK(3) 7-3-10:003, <br />OSl, 052, 053 and 054, as well as Portions of the Proposed Homestead Road Conduced <br />for tke Lokaki Kau Development, North Kona District, Island of Hawaii, by Reginald E. <br />David of Rana Productions, Ltd., dated July 13, 2006 (Appendix A of application). <br />Findings in this study were similaz to another botanical survey conducted of the area in <br />2003 by Char & Associates. No plants currently listed as threatened, endangered, or <br />proposed for listing under either the Federal or State of Hawaii endangered species <br />programs were recorded by this or the 2003 survey. No native faunal species were <br />recorded during the course of this survey. The report concluded that given the findings, <br />the proposed development of the site is not expected to have a significant negative impact <br />on floral and faunal resources in the area. The study did however, provided a <br />recommendation that native dryland plants be considered for the proposed landscaping, <br />particulazly with the common azeas. The study further recommended that any external <br />lighting required for the development of roads be shielded to minimize the threat of <br />disorientation and downing of Hawaiian Petrels and Newell's Shearwaters, as well as to <br />lower the ambient glare caused by unshielded lighting to the astronomical observatories <br />located on Mauna Kea. <br />A report titled Lokahi Kau Subdivision, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, Revision to Tra~c <br />Impact Analysis of December 2005, TMK: (3) 7-03-010: 003, dated January, 2007 was <br />prepared by Witcher Engineering, LLP (Appendix E of application). The traffic impact <br />analysis report (TIAR) also examined the impact of the development of the adjoining <br />108-unit Seascape Condominium project and its impacts relative to four intersections: a) <br />Queen Kaahumanu Highway and Kaiminani Street, b) Kaiminani Street and Kakahiaka <br />Street, c) Kaiminani Street and Mamalahoa Highway, d) Kaiminani Street and Ane <br />Keohokalole Street. The study concluded that "although Kaiminani Street is impacted, it <br />is not greatly impacted by the development even with a 3.5% growth factor factored into <br />the future traffic movements. No turn lanes aze justified. With the widening of Queen <br />Kaahumanu Highway in the future, mitigation measures will be taken at that <br />intersection." <br />There will be several potential accesses into the project area from Kaiminani <br />Drive. Kakahiaka Street provides a direct route from Kaiminani Drive. There is also a <br />makai route that goes through the Lokahi Kau subdivision, which was developed by the <br />applicant. This connects with a portion of the future Mid-Level Road (also known as the <br />Ane Keohokalole Highway) which the applicant has constructed to connect the lower part <br />of the Lokahi Kau subdivision with Kaiminani Drive. Traffic can take the loop road <br />