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0! '- -9 a x T DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS COUNTY OF HAWAII ' r HILO, HAWAII DATE: February 16, 2012 Memorandum TO B.J. Leithead-Todd, Planning Director Planning Department FROM Ben Ishii, Division Chie Engineering Division SUBJECT Change of Zone Application (REZ 11-000148) Applicant: Millicent Towata Grand, Successor Trustee of the Lillian U. Towata Revocable Living Trust Location: Holualoa, N. Kona, HI TMK: 3/ 7-6-004:018 We reconsidered the subject application and have the following supplemental comments/revisions to our memo dated December 7, 2011. ROADWAYS Upon further examination of Old Government Road, we request that the applicant be required to dedicate a 12.5 foot wide portion of the property along the entire frontage of Old Government Road. The width is consistent with our policy of requesting'/2 of the difference between the existing right-of-way and the Subdivision Code standard right-of- way width of a minor road (50 feet). For consistency this request will also be made by DPW upon receiving future rezoning applications for other properties fronting this road. Consistency is not the only reason we are making this request. Please note on Exhibit 4, the intersection of Old Government Road with Mamalahoa Highway is an acute angle effectively forcing the pavement to the subject property side of the right-of-way to allow for turning movements. Any widening to allow for two-way traffic should be to the subject property side in order to facilitate turning movements. The additional 12.5 feet will allow for an additional 8 feet of lane width and a 4.5 foot shoulder, which we consider the minimum necessary to allow for two-way traffic. Having reached the above revised conclusion, we further wish to withdraw our ROADWAYS comment number 4, regarding provision for parking. Should there be any questions concerning this matter, please feel free to contact Kiran Emler of our Kona Engineering Division office at 327-3530. KE copy: ENG-HILO/KONA U ✓g