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Ordinance No.08-131 1. Kona Community Development Plan(KCDP)adopted by Ordinance 08-131: The Transportation and Land Use section of the KCDP fall under Chapter 4(Goals,Policies, Objectives and Actions.) These sections refer to specific concurrency requirement within the Kona Urban Area(KUA). The KUA is comprised of Transit-Oriented Development Urban Villages (TODs)as well as Concurrency Zones. The proposed development lies within Concurrency Zone L and is subject to the following: "The legally binding policies in this section,as defined irn4.0 Goals,Objectives, Policies and Actions, do not override or invalidate existing zoning. Such legally binding policies, however, shall be implemented with new changes of zone, time extensions on existing zoning requiring County Council action, state land use boundary amendments, and Special Management Area(SMA)permits. Per Hawaii County Code Section 25-2-46, rezoning within the KUA shall comply with the Official Concurrency Map,which identifies the road segments to be constructed concurrent with occupancy of units as the minimum"area mitigation." The Official Concurrency Map assumes: • The widening of Queen Kaahumanu Highway to four lanes from the Kona International Airport to Henry Street. • Concurrency Zone L requires that the following roads be constructed before occupancy of units: o 30A—Kahului-Keauhou Parkway(Lako Street to Kuakini Highway) o 31 —Lako Street Extension The State of Hawaii Department of Transportation(DOT)has confirmed that the widening of Queen Kaahumanu Highway from the Kona International Airport to Henry Street will commence in September 2015 and take approximately 2 years to complete. Goodfellow Bros., Inc. has received Construction Notice to Proceed from the DOT. Completion of Queen Kaahumanu widening will coincide with the occupancy of the 58 single-family residential units slated to be constructed. Although Kahului-Keauhou Parkway and the Lako Street Extension are noted as priorities for construction,the proposed alignment of each was preliminary at the time the KCDP was finalized. Applicant respectfully asks to be excused from the requirement of Concurrency Zone L to construct the Kahalui-Keauhou Parkway as it has been indefinitely placed on hold due to the discovery of significant archeological findings. Per Kason Pacheco of the County of Hawaii Department of Public Works, a private developer of property surrounding the proposed Lako Street Extension has retained a consultant and working on a survey so as to begin civil design. The private developer expects construction to being within a year. 4