2012-11-15 Leeward Exh E - DPW Laaloa

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reduce their travel time. It will assist emergency responders, with also providing options in routes. And last but not least it will connect neighborhoods to each other. So here is a depiction of the existing Kona streets. As you can see here, King Kamehameha III and Royal Poinciana are there, and as you can see, where La‘aloa Avenue is situated right in the, almost in the center, will provide a nice little connection from the ocean to the mountain again. We did have some photos that our engineer took. I’ll go through them really quickly. First photo depicts Area A that’s not part of this application, but it’s at the Ali‘i Drive-La‘aloa Avenue – oh, no, that’s not, sorry. Okay, that’s at the end, so – let me see, Picture B, here – so this is at Kuakini Highway, looking ocean way to where we want to connect to La‘aloa, and that’s what’s there now from Kuakini. Also, another picture, C, this is looking in the Kailua-Kona direction from Kuakini. And then the next picture I have is Picture D, looking at the Keauhou direction up there, so it would connect here. So this is where the intersection improvements that are part of this application to tie in with Kuakini would occur. Here is the proposed layout for those intersection improvements at Kuakini Highway. As you can see, there is a deceleration lane and an acceleration lane for traffic to get onto Kuakini Highway. There will be a median, and then we are going to have the through lanes of traffic to keep the vehicular traffic moving. So how did we determine what to build in this process? We had a Context Sensitive Solution report, we had those typical design standards, and there were public meetings and discussions to gather input through our consultant, which was CH2M HILL; they talked to the general public, they got feedback and input. There was an advisory group formed that also provided input. And then agencies, all the ideas and information and input gathered there was then taken to the County agencies that has some regulatory function, and it was also discussed there. And so the information was gathered, advice and the wish list was drawn up, and then it was forwarded to the County agencies, government agencies, for a final recommendation. And the final decision rested with the County of Hawai‘i based upon meeting requirements and what we can afford to build and what we need. So within the process, there was, the advisor group, there were at least 17 issues identified. There were at least 18 people who resided in the area that were part of the advisory groups. There were five group meetings between August 23, 2006, and May 23, 2007. And these were the five top rank issues from the Context Sensitive Solution groups: traffic calming, a connection to Kuakini Highway, addressing the speeding potential issues, sidewalks, and then, of course, sensitivity to any cultural sites. So there is, specifically, as to the two questions that were presented at the last meeting, for an overlay, I do have the image. (Copies were distributed to the Commissioners.) So what you have before you is a letter dated November 15 to the Planning Commission. Attached to it as Exhibit 1 is an overlay of the Ali‘i Drive-La‘aloa Avenue intersection. So this is in response to the specific question at the last meeting about what the intersection looks like now and what the potential proposed design would be. So the blue lines, as you guys can see, indicate the property lines and the limits of the right-of-way, and the black lines within that indicate the proposed design, so the lane markings and the flow. So as you can see, the proposed design stays within the right-of-way, and does not require any additional property acquisition. GIFFIN: Okay. And, Brandon, I’m sorry to interrupt, but this is what was agreed to by the potential intervenor and you people and all of that. That was what was agreed to? 5 EXHIBIT E