PD Background Report (PL-REZ-2022-000033)

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• The applicant entered into a new affordable housing agreement with the County of Hawai`i on January 10, 2022 to satisfy the affordable housing requirement for the entire project. Condition N: The applicant also requests to amend Condition N as follows (material to be deleted is bracketed and struck -through; new material is underlined): N. the roadways and stubout within the RM zoned area, as shown on "Figure 3 -Conceptual Building Layout" in the Final Environmental Assessment - Royal Vistas Housing Project dated September 2021, shall be constructed to dedicable standards with curbs, gutters, and sidewalks meeting with the approval of the Department of Public Works and shall be dedicated to the County of Hawaii upon completion. [ Where a roadway crosses a zone line or if a zone line should divide a roadway, the curbs, gutters, and sidewalks shall be provided for the entire right of the way and shall ntersection in order to avoid telescoping and to provide consistent improvement, J Condition N currently requires that the roadways and stubouts within the RM -zoned lands need to be built to county dedicable standards. The proposed amendment to Condition N would clarify that the main roadways identified in Figure 3 of the Final EA would be constructed to dedicable standards and ultimately dedicated to the County since the proposed alignments provide the opportunity for future connection to the larger area road network. The remainder of the roadways/driveways servicing the multiple family residential complexes will remain in private ownership and be built to non-dedicable standards. Finally, deletion of the language at the end of the condition regarding roadway telescoping will allow the applicant to avoid tearing up Kekuanao`a Place and re- constructing it to dedicable standards between its crossing at the Holualoa Ditch within the project site and its intersection within Kamehamalu Street within the Kona Vistas subdivision to the south. 2. Proposed Development: Although the current RM -5 zoning would allow the development of up to 585 residential units on the 67.162 -acre project site, the applicant -4-