PD BACKGROUND REPORT (SPP-21-228)

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Drive intersection, with the installation of a roundabout and other operational and multimodal improvements. Traffic on Orchidland Drive is made up primarily of residents of the area and users of the shopping/commercial area east of the parcel. The proposed use would generate an increase in traffic to the subject site. A Traffic Impact Analysis Report (TIAR) was completed in October 2020 by Island Engineering, LLC. The TIAR concluded that travel demand management strategies planned by the applicants including offsetting school start time and inter-campus shuttle vans would mitigate impacts due to the proposed development. In addition to requesting the preparation of a TIAR,the State Department of Transportation (DOT) suggested incorporating Travel Demand Management strategies, such as adjusting school day schedules to avoid peak hours of traffic and encouraging the use of carpools. Peak traffic due to the school use will occur primarily at the hours of 8:00 to 8:30AM and 2:30 to 3:OOPM, mirroring the start and end times of the school day. These peak periods are at the shoulder of peak AM traffic and outside of peak PM traffic times. Also, HAAS currently offers intercampus transportation between its various locations in Hawaiian Paradise Park and Pahoa village. This service accommodates about 25% of the student body. These Traffic Demand Management strategies will serve to mitigate the potential impacts from the proposed use on area traffic concerns. In a letter dated July 28, 2021, DOT reiterates their previous comments from May 6,2021, that the revised Traffic Impact Assessment Report is acceptable, no improvement to the State highway right-of-way is required by the applicant, and the HDOT plans to construct a roundabout at the Orchidland Drive and Kea`au Pahoa Road intersection to improve traffic conditions. PUBLIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES 25. Access: The subject parcel is accessed via Orchidland Drive, approximately 1,000 feet west of the intersection of Orchidland Drive and the Kea`au-Pahoa Road. The project does not propose to take access from 34th Avenue. Orchidland Drive is privately owned and maintained by the Orchidland Community Association (OLCA). Orchidland Drive is a 60- foot wide right-of-way with a pavement width of approximately 28 feet at the intersection with Kea`au-Pahoa Road. The pavement width narrows to approximately 24 feet at the point of access to the subject parcel. The applicant is proposing a U-shaped one-way -5-