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PC- 41 Page 3 April 1, 1997 Because the subject property was formerly cultivated in sugar cane, no endangered or threatened species of flora or fauna nor any archaeological sites are anticipated to be found. The subject property has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. Your Committee concurs with the following reasons by the Planning Commission and the Planning Director for recommending a favorable consideration for the change of zone request: 1. The zone request confr~rms with the goals, policies and standards of the General Plan. 2. The zone request is consistent with General Plan Land Use pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map which designates the area for Industrial Area. 3. All essential services and utilities, including water, wastewater and roadways will be provided. Your Committee raised its concerns regarding the State's proposed overall traffic pattern for the proposed Keaau bypass road especially in relation to its turning movements on to Milo Street. Based on the applicant's Traffic Impact Analysis, prepared by M & E Pacific, Inc. dated September 1996, the proposed Keaau bypass road is not expected to have an adverse traffic impact on the neighboring roadway system. The proposed Keaau bypass road will help decrease traffic on the existing roadways and traffic operations are expected to remain the same. The Traffic Impact Analysis states that the Keaau bypass road would divert over half the traffic traveling on the Keaau-Pahoa Road and Mamalahoa Highway between Hilo and Puna as forecasted in the Traffic Impact Analysis Report for Keaau-Pahoa Road, Keaau Town Section, prepared by Barton-Aschuman Associates, Inc. dated 1993. The Keaau bypass road will also provide another outlet for the Milo Street residents to the roadway system. It was assumed that one-third the traffic currently entering/leaving Milo Street on Old Volcano Road would be diverted to the bypass road. Milo Street would cross the bypass road and go further makai. The State DOT also indicated that the intersection should not be signalized with no turning movement restrictions. Your Committee approved Bill No. 67, but later reconsidered it at the end of the agenda. Your Committee then amended Bill No. 67 by including conditions and language used consistently in similar industrial and agriculturally zoned bills such as complying with Chapter 205, HRS, and the standard archaeological conditions. Other amendments relating to roadway improvements included the following: PC REPORT NO.: 4 ~