PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-REZ-2021-006)

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(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 Mdmalahoa 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 measures: 1) The median taper on the left-turn lane on eastbound Mdmalahoa Highway at Keaka Kea Place should be restriped to extend the two-way, left-turn lane from Earl's Pa`auilo Store Driveway to the beginning of the left-turn lane at Keaka Kea Place; 2) Minimum 100-foot spacings should be provided between the intersections on Mdmalahoa Highway at Waikelehua Place, the west and center driveways, and Earl's Pa`auilo Store Driveway/Ishihara Farm Road; 3) A minimum of 25 feet distance should be provided between the edge of the circulatory road and the future widening of the travel way on Mdmalahoa Highway; and 4) A traffic signal warrant analysis should be considered at the Mdmalahoa Highway intersections at Waikelehua Place and at Keaka Kea Place by the Year 2040. The Planning Director supports adding a condition of approval that requires the recommended traffic mitigation measures from the TIAR to be completed prior to final plan approval for any use in the CN-zoned area, since the proposed commercial development will have the most impact on traffic conditions. According to the Department of Water Supply (DWS), water for the proposed project can be made available from an existing 12-inch waterline within Mdmalahoa -6-