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Non-Structural Measures: #2. Establish and maintain appropriate vegetative <br /> cover, #3 Enforce county grading ordinance to reduce erosion and sedimentation. #4, <br /> Enforce land use zoning to restrict future development within flood plain areas. #5 <br /> Initiate state/county tax incentives for keeping flood plain areas in recreational and/or <br /> open space use. <br /> Structural: #1. Require all new developments to dispose of their runoff on site. <br /> #3. Improve road culverts and bridges to carry larger discharge and provide additional <br /> ones where needed. <br /> Noting all of the details in the Study, one must be concerned at the potential for <br /> property loss within the new development as a result of 1) removing huge amounts of <br /> vegetative cover plus 2) eliminating much of the recharge by adding foundations and <br /> paving driveways and roadways of a sufficient width to accomodate the inevitable <br /> roadside parking and traffic passage. Makai of the developed area is the Queen K/ <br /> Kuakini intersection which could be impacted as well. . <br /> Wild life <br /> • Area is home to, and hunting grounds for, the endangered Pueo, Ground-nesting <br /> Owls and Hoary Bats, as well as many other forms of valued permanent and <br /> migratory wildlife. <br /> • Birds and animals do not limit their territory to human map lines. Conservation must <br /> be considered on a regional, not individual parcel, basis. <br /> • Only "native" plants are considered important in the developer plans, but all flora in <br /> the area are essential to valued local birds and animals. <br /> Traffic Impact - Neighborhood <br /> • Kona Three LLC has used low traffic periods for the timing of each new traffic <br /> study. <br /> • There will be at minimum, an additional 900+ vehicles making a minimum of 2 <br /> trips per day from Royal Vistas that will add to the already congested intersection of <br /> Lako with Kuakina/Queen K multiple times daily following the months/years of <br /> construction machinery daily passing in front of houses on Keau Street, Leilani, <br /> Sunset and Lako Street, which surround the property will suffer huge increases in <br /> traffic flow. Despite what the consultant from Stantec suggested, the <br /> available public transportation with its route on AM is an unlikely and un- <br /> workable alternative to private vehicle use. <br /> • Destruction of walkability/safety of Kona Vistas streets. People of all ages currently <br /> walk, push strollers, run, exercise pets, play ball and socialize, as well as do those <br /> who park on Lako to utilize the Walua Trail on a daily basis. This lower section of <br /> Lako is also a school-bus stop.in addition to the other stops within the community. <br /> Traffic Impact - Community <br />