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Dru Kanuha, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 4 similar goals as the General Plan regarding preservation of natural resources and native species, as well as watershed protection. With implementation of these conditions, the request will conform to the goals and policies of the General Plan and Kona CDP. All utilities and services are available to the site. Access to the subject property is from Hao Street from Kaloko Drive, which are County roadways. Hao Street is a 20- foot wide paved roadway with grass shoulders within a 60-foot wide right-of-way. Kaloko Drive is a 22-foot wide paved roadway with grass shoulders within an 80-foot right-of-way. Kaloko Drive intersects with the Mamalahoa Highway, which is a State highway, as a T-intersection configuration without channelization improvements, approximately three miles below the property. The Department of Transportation (DOT) has previously expressed concern about the numerous rezonings in the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision and the cumulative impact of these changes on the intersection of Mamalahoa Highway and Kaloko Drive. In prior rezonings within the subdivision, the DOT has stated that the intersection must be improved due to the additional traffic and activity on the roads from the cumulative effect of the land use change, and recommends the following: • Illuminate the intersection at night • Channelize turning movements at the intersection • Other safety improvements The DOT has further stated that the intersection improvements should be made at no cost to the State and requests that plans for improvements within the State highway right-of-way be submitted to the Highways Division for review and approval. The Depaitment of Transportation, Depaitnient of Public Works, and the applicant have all acknowledged the need for improvements to the Mamalahoa Highway-Kaloko Drive intersection. The roadway improvements are essential since similar change of zones may occur throughout the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision and the creation of additional home sites would place an increased burden on traffic at the intersection. Previous rezones in the subdivision have included a condition of approval requiring that the fair share fee paid for regional impacts to transportation,park,police, fire and solid waste facilities be allocated for the County and/or State to improve the Kaloko Drive- Mamalahoa Highway intersection. The current fair share fund balance for this intersection is $578,764.24. A condition of approval will be included to continue to require fair share fees be contributed to improvement of this intersection for the additional lot the applicant is proposing to create.