2019-02-07 Hearing Transcript - Wailani Development Amend REZ 10-117

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constructing the Ponahawai Street Extension and the reason the Director does not support this is that the whole purpose of project district zoning is the ensure that the whole community is developed cohesively and that the road network that's developed is done to accommodate the entire development rather than, you know, your conventional zoning where you come in and just zone little pieces at a time. And, the Director is also not supportive, excuse me—of deferring constructions of sections of the extension by individual developers. When the original project district zoning was granted in 2010, the basis for supporting that zoning was that it would facilitate the completion of the Ponahawai Street Extension. The Director is concerned that after the initial phase of development is completed, the project may stall for several years until water and wastewater capacity is increased because at this time there are only 200 water units for the first phase of development. After that, extensive improvements would need to be made. This could mean that the Ponahawai Street Extension may not be built for several years or decades. The Director also does not agree that requiring the Applicant to construct the extension to County dedicable standards with curbs, gutters, and sidewalks is in excess of the impacts of the development. This is a very large development area for Hilo. And, the Applicant has not provided any evidence to support the claim that this requirement is not proportional to the impacts of their development. Ponahawai Street Extension is identified in the General Plan as a secondary arterial requiring a minimum 80 -foot wide right-of-way, and this is to provide much needed connectivity between the Kaumana community and Downtown Hilo. So, as a compromise, the Planning Director with the support of Public Works recommends, excuse me—the Applicant construct the entire Ponahawai Street Extension with paved shoulders and swales—this is similar to the Mohouli Street Extension—within ten years from the effective date of the amended project district ordinance. The addition of concrete curbs, gutters, and sidewalks can be constructed incrementally as adjacent bulls lots are developed by individual developers. According to Public Works, they felt this compromise will provide much needed connectivity in the area and ensure the safe design and cost-effective construction of the extension. So, these are the Director's proposed conditions for Condition O and P to address the provision of an 80 -foot wide right-of-way, as well as the improvements as I just mentioned, and these are also shown in your Recommendation Report if you want to review them more closely. The reasons for the unfavorable recommendation for Condition Q, Condition Q had to do with allowing direct driveway access onto the arterial roadways. One of the main reasons is that Public Works is not supportive of amending that condition. They don't support allowing driveway access onto the arterial roadways. They feel like allowing these accesses would reduce the effectiveness of the road as an arterial roadway, which is meant to move traffic through an area quickly from one section of the community to the next. DPW is supportive of allowing road lots onto these arterial roadways with their approval. This is similar to the future road lot across from Pu`uhonu Place that the Applicant already received preliminary subdivision approval for. The current Condition Q already allows for road lots with EXHIBIT B 7