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Aaron S.Y. Chung, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii Page 9 The applicant submitted a draft TIAR prepared by Fehr&Peers(June 2017)with the amendment application in 2017.The TIAR analyzed potential project-related traffic impacts and operations at three intersections: (a) Puainako Sheet/Kilauea Avenue, (b) Puainako Sheet/Kekela Street/KTA Shopping Center east driveway, and (c) Puainako Street/Kanoelehua Avenue.The Report concluded that the level of service(LOS)at the two study areas: (a) Puainako Street/ Kilauea Avenue, and (b) Puainako Sheet/Kanoelehua Avenue intersections operate at an overall desirable (LOS "D" or better) during both peak hours. The Kekela intersection currently operates at LOS "F" in the P.M. peak hour and is anticipated to still operate at LOS `B" or "F" in the future (5-, 10- and 20-year forecasts) without the proposed project.Due to the modest scale of the proposed project,the addition of hips from the proposed project would not further degrade the current LOS `B" or "F" operations.The TZAR further concluded that both project driveways are anticipated to serve relatively low traffic volumes during the peak hours, therefore, no operational issues are anticipated at the Puainako Street or Kekela Street driveways. The applicant is not proposing any modification of the "right-in, right-out" access from Puainako Street,and will be required to construct improvements on the Puainako Street right-of-way meeting with the approval of the DOT. Therefore, according to the applicant, deletion of this condition will not release them from complying with the DOT's construction I requirements imposed under Condition G,which states that "[ajcess to the project site ftom Pitainako Street shall be limited to tight-in, right-out movements only, and shall meet with the approval of the Department of Transportation. The applicant shall construct any improvements on Pitainako Street as required by the Department of Transportation. " Planning Director's Recommendation for Amending Condition E: The Planning Director does not support this requested amendment for a number of reasons. First, in their response to request for comments on the application, DOT-Highways Division (DOT) objected to the applicant's request to delete Condition E, stating that they did not consider the applicant's justification that Condition G,which requires the applicant to construct improvements on Puainako Street as required by DOT to be sufficient.They further cited several deficiencies in the 2017 draft TZAR submitted with amendment application, stating that, at a minimum, subsequent TIARs should include a discussion of a development's impact on Kanoelehua/Puainako Street intersection and Kekela Street/Puainako Street intersections and should include an inked