PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SLU-2021-001 and PL-REZ-2021-006)

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Hoary Bat may occur in the project vicinity. DOFAW also provided recommendations to mitigate impacts on these species. 20. Archaeological/Historic/Cultural Resources: No archaeological inventory survey was conducted for the project area. By letter, DLNR-State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD)indicated that no historic properties have been documented nearby and that the potential to impact significant historic properties is unlikely due to prior extensive land alteration associated with modern farming. SHPD also indicated that the subject property is outside the area known to contain segments of the Waimea Field System which comprises significant agricultural features. As such, SHPD stated no objections to the proposed State Land Use Boundary Amendment and Change of Zone. Additionally,the Planning Department has no records of historic resources on the property, and the property is not listed on the State or National Registers of Historic Places. 21. Public Access: There is no known public access to the mountain or shoreline that traverses through the subject property. 22. Traffic: A Traffic Impact Analysis Report(TIAR)was conducted for the project in February 2018 and updated in November 2020 by Traffic Management Consultant (TMC) (see Exhibit 6 of application). The updated TIAR was designed to update and evaluate traffic count data to establish existing traffic conditions, develop trip generation characteristics, analyze traffic impact on Mamalahoa Highway from two proposed access driveways, Ishihara Farm Road and at adjacent intersections in the project area (Waikelehua Place, Keaka Kea Place and Earl's Pa`auilo Store Driveway) and to provide mitigation recommendations to impacts identified in the study. The analysis of existing traffic conditions found that all of the studied intersections operated at an acceptable Level of Service (LOS) between LOS "A" and LOS "C". The TIAR assumes full build out and occupancy of the project by 2025, at which time it is expected to generate net totals of 33 vehicle trips per hour(vph) and 47 vph, during the AM and PM peak hours of traffic,respectively. The net AM and PM peak hour trips generated by the proposed project are not expected to exceed the fifty (50) vehicles per hour trip generation threshold established by the Concurrency Requirements of the Zoning Code. In 2025, the LOS is expected to degrade at most of the intersections, but will still be no worse than LOS "D." Based on the findings,the TIAR recommends the following traffic mitigation -6-