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v The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 3 the Kona Country Club mauka golf course to the north and east (zoned Open), open space zoned A-5a west and south of the site, and a future accessiroad on the south. The primary access to the project site is from the Mamalahoa Highway Bypass. An existing permitted access connection is available on Mamalahoa Highway Bypass for the property and lands mauka of the Kona Country Club Golf Course. This access connection coincides with an existing unsignalized, channelized intersection and the location of a portion of the project site. The applicant proposes to improve the access from the highway intersection to the proposed residential portion of the project site. The Department of Public Works recommends the construction of a collector roadway from the Mamalahoa Highway Bypass to the project access to County dedicable standards. The DPW further states that "the profile of the road shall anticipate the widening of the bypass to the 120-foot wide, 4-lane configuration..." This recommendation will be included as a condition of approval. Austin, Tsutsumi & Associates completed a traffic assessment for the project in February, 2009. New vehicle trips are anticipated to peak at 10 vehicles per hour during the AM commuter peak hour of traffic and 16 vehicles per hour during the PM commuter peak hour of traffic. The study concluded that the project would generate a low volume of traffic and would have minimal impact on existing local roads. Additionally, the study concluded that the project does not meet the minimum criteria of 50 peak hour trips specified in Section 25-2-46 Concurrency Requirements of the Hawai'i County Code regarding the preparation of a Traffic Impact Assessment Report. The project is estimated to generate fewer than 20 peak hour trips and a Traffic Impact Assessment Report is not required An Archaeological Inventory Survey was conducted by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i in December, 1992 and revised in September 1994. During the survey, twenty sites were located within the project site. These sites included a temporary and permanent habitation, agricultural features, trails and burials. The State Department of Land and Natural Resources - Historic Preservation Division (DLNR-HPD) issued a letter dated November 7, 1994 accepting the report's findings and recommendations, which included the preservation of four possible significant sites: a burial site (Site No. 7610), a platform with a possible burial (Site No. 7671), a permanent habitation site (Site No. 7803), and a temporary habitation site (Site No. 7682). These sites will be preserved in the buffered landscaped areas of the proposed development. County water is available to the project site via an existing 12-inch waterline in Ali'i Drive located makai of the property. All wastewater will be disposed of into the sewer line owned by the Keauhou Community Services Inc. The applicant will construct