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memorialized, and based on that, the intervenor is withdrawing their request for a contested case
<br />proceeding in this matter. So that basically brings you up to date. So currently we, there is no
<br />petition for intervention formally before you; that has been formally withdrawn. And at this point,
<br />if the Commission would desire, I could go into a presentation that I provided at the last meeting for
<br />the benefit of those Commissioners who were not in attendance at that meeting.
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<br />GIFFIN: I would appreciate that, and I think they would as well.
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<br />ARAI: Okay. If I may direct your attention to the presentation screen. We are looking at the area
<br />and vicinity of Keauhou. This being the proposed Ali‘i Highway, which is the broad white line
<br />running through the middle of your map, Ali‘i Drive is off to your left running along the coastline.
<br />And in this area here indicated by the RS-15 zoning is the, I’m sorry, off to your left of the
<br />proposed Ali‘i Highway is the Keauhou View Estates Subdivision, White Sands Subdivision here
<br />located closer to Ali‘i Drive, and this is the – and I just went blank, my apologies – this is a Towne
<br />Development project by which you see the existing alignment of La‘aloa running in a left to right
<br />direction in this location here. I believe this is Ali‘i Heights – it’s slowly coming back to me, my
<br />apologies. The existing alignment of La‘aloa Avenue, which is in this proximity here runs roughly
<br />4,000 feet, and has been constructed and exists on the ground within the 60-foot wide right-of-way.
<br />This section of La‘aloa Street was built with the development of all these adjoining subdivisions,
<br />which follow along that alignment and which utilize that alignment for access. The scope of
<br />today’s request is really in this segment here that does not exist on the ground, and what that would
<br />accomplish is to provide connectivity between where La‘aloa currently terminates, extending to
<br />Kuakini Highway. Once that is accomplished, that will provide for interconnectivity between these
<br />major collectors, or connectors, from Ali‘i Drive all the way to Kuakini Highway.
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<br />This is an aerial photo. Again, Ali‘i Heights Subdivision here, Keauhou View, White Sands. Ali‘i
<br />Drive is here along the coastline, and La‘aloa Avenue is in this vicinity here, if you follow my laser
<br />pointer, and it terminates in this proximity here.
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<br />This is a depiction of the Kona Community Development Plan showing the proposed connector
<br />roads in this particular area. Ali‘i Drive is located here along the coastline, the green line here
<br />representing the proposed Ali‘i Highway, and this is Kuakini Highway, which then dives down
<br />toward Ali‘i Drive along Kam III Road. The project site is located in this vicinity here, and you can
<br />see where the roadway plan in the Community Development Plan shows the extension of La‘aloa to
<br />connect to Kuakini. This is the Concurrency Zone – and I’m sorry, without my glasses I can’t see
<br />that far, my apologies – but it is located in the concurrency area, and I believe it’s this brown-
<br />colored area here, which – I’m sorry, my apologies, I just can’t make it out.
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<br />Again, the applicant is requesting an SMA use permit for the extension of La‘aloa Avenue as a two-
<br />lane roadway within a 60-foot wide right-of-way for approximately 1,900 feet to connect to Kuakini
<br />Highway. Currently there are no connector roadways mauka-makai that exist between Kuakini
<br />Highway and Ali‘i Drive for approximately 3.5 miles between Royal Poinciana to the north and
<br />King Kamehameha III Road to the south. The project will, if approved, provide a needed connector
<br />between Ali‘i Drive and Kuakini Highway and reduce traffic congestion in the area, serve as a
<br />major evacuation route, and finally, shorten travel distance for residents and visitors. The following
<br />is proposed to be constructed: two eleven-foot wide travel lanes; concrete curb, gutter and seven-
<br />foot wide sidewalks; eight-foot wide concrete curb median; bike lanes, both mauka and makai; four
<br />traffic calming speed tables, two mauka bound and two makai bound; drainage improvements, catch
<br />basins, drywells and other related improvements. Kuakini Highway intersection improvements will
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