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The Honorable I Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 6 noise. Additionally, the Planning Department's landscaping requirements will further minimize the effect of lighting, noise, odors and dust by providing buffers along the project site perimeter, as required. The Project District will be provided with all essential utilities and services. The applicant is required to enter into a Water Development Agreement with the County Water Board in order to provide water to the site for the proposed development. The agreement will identify source, transmission, storage and booster pump facilities that the applicant may be required to construct. Similarly, the applicant is required to provide a sewer study and any facilities required by the Department of Environmental Management to connect the development to the County sewer system. Electrical and telephone services can be made available to the project site. Many public services, such as parks, schools, police and fire are available and adequate to serve the project site. The primary access will be from the planned Ponahawai Street extension. Therefore, it should be pointed out that the basis for supporting this request is that approval of this Project District would facilitate the completion of the Ponahawai Street extension; thus, improving the negative traffic implications if the project were granted without the condition to construct the roadway in its entirety. A condition of approval is included that would require the Ponahawai Street extension to be constructed from Komohana Street to Mohouli Street within 10 years of the effective date of the ordinance approving the request. In addition to constructing the Ponahawai Street extension, a condition of approval will require the applicant provide further traffic impact analysis reports and construct any improvements required by the Department of Public Works as the project is developed. In addition to construction of the Ponahawai Street extension, this will provide further traffic mitigation for the project's impacts on the surrounding area, community and region. The applicant is proposing to connect to the existing streets to the north of the site for emergency vehicle access only. These narrow streets dead-end at the project site and are located within established single-family residential neighborhoods. According to the applicant, these residents have expressed concern with opening these streets to through traffic for non -emergency vehicle access. Therefore, a condition of approval will require that these streets be used for only emergency -vehicle access. In addition, the Planning Department will review an overall master plan and site plans for each phase of development to ensure the following: