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Communication 700 Bill 182 Page 4 of 5 Gimpel (Kona Traffic Safety Committee) and Mr. Charles Flaherty who offered comments. Written testimony was also received from Anthony Ching, Executive Officer, State Land Use Commission, expressing concerns relating to companion Bill No. 181. Ben Tsukazaki (attorney for applicant), Alan Dickler (applicant representative) and Makani Maewa, Director, Pacific Housing Advisers (affordable housing project experts), presented brief updates. Ms. Maewa presented an overview of the project regazding affordability configuration of the project, development timetable and Operational Program. Ms. Maewa noted a 55-year long term commitment to affordability, a stazt construction date of February 1, 2008 with the first 84 units completed in September 2008. Upon final completion, E.A.H. Management Company would manage the affordable housing project. Concerns raised by council members were as follows: • Adequacy of schools to accommodate all children who will reside in the proposed 306- unit community; • Adequacy of a recreational facility with one pool serving the approximately 900 people who will live in the project; • Whether the Department of Health approved applicant's wastewater treatment plan and the ability of the existing wastewater treatment plant to service the proposed project as well; • The Department of Transportation's disagreement that no mitigation measures aze necessary, the use of an outdated ITE Generation Manual in the TIAR which did not account for traffic increase due to the UH West Hawaii Campus or the Palamanui project, and the need for updated traffic study and traffic counts; • Adequacy of the number of parking stalls, the need for curb, gutter and sidewalks, and confirmation that water will be made available; • Affordability being perpetual as opposed to a 55-year term; • Executive Officer of the Land Use Commission, Anthony Ching's concerns regazding companion Bill No. 181: not to allow piecemeal development (the entire 50-acres constitutes a single development), the State LUC's jurisdiction over the proposed boundary amendment, that a Third Circuit Court ruling requires projects to be reviewed in an integrated and comprehensive manner by state and county agencies, and the potential violation of the "spirit and intent" of the State Land Use Law. • Subdividing a 50-acre pazcel so as not to fall within the 15-acre limit for matters that must be determined by and fall under the jurisdiction of the State Land Use Commission. • Energy saving measures being utilized in the proposed project, as described by Ms. Maewa, be included as a condition in the proposed Ordinance; • Addressing Department of Public Works' request for a Roadway Master Plan, its recommendation for extension of and access to Ane Keohokalole Highway (Midlevel Road), and installing or contributing to the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Kaiminani Drive and Mamalahoa Highway; PC 'Report No. 51