PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SPP-2023-000038)

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Akoni Pule Highway driveway access from 20 feet to 60 feet during the operation of the transitional medical clinic. Access to the workforce housing will be from the proposed Maluhia Road driveway and will include the Akoni Pule Highway driveway once the driveway improvements have been completed. To minimize impacts to Maluhia Road, a condition has been added to require that improvements to the Akoni Pule Highway driveway be completed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the permanent medical clinic. A Traffic Assessment Report(TAR) for the proposed Hamakua-Kohala Health Wellness Center dated November 2022 was conducted by the Traffic Management Consultant(TMC). The TAR included traffic counts and studied the impacts of the proposed project on two (2) intersections in the vicinity of the subject property. According to the TAR,Maluhia Road and Akoni Pule Highway driveway currently operate at a Level of Service "B" (control delay is not significant). The TAR concluded that at full buildout in 2025,the Akoni Pule Highway driveway could be expected to operate at a Level of Service "C" during the AM peak hours and a Level of Service "B" during the PM peak hours while the Project's Maluhia Road driveway is expected to operate at a Level of Service "B" during both AM and PM peak hours. The TAR provides several recommendations to mitigate traffic impacts including providing adequate site distance, road widening, and a stop-control at the tee-intersection of the Maluhia Road driveway and Maluhia Road. The Department of Public Works recommended that access to Akoni Pule Highway, shall meet with the approval of the Department of Public Works-Engineering Division and shall include adequate site distances. DPW did not provide recommendations on the Maluhia Road access because it is a private easement, rather than a County roadway. According to the applicant, the property is currently served by an existing 8-inch waterline along Akoni Pule Highway fronting the property, and an existing 5/8I'-inch meter. Additionally,the applicant stated that the existing meter is sufficient to service Phase I of the development, however, it is insufficient for Phase II and Phase III. According to a memo from the Department of Water Supply,the existing 5/8I'-inch meter is only suitable for one single-family dwelling with an average daily usage of 400 gallons -6-