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Communication 376 <br /> <br /> Bill 96 <br /> Page 4 of 5 <br /> appeared to testify, but were unable to do so because these doctors and their staff are very <br /> stressed and busy. Ms. Van De Car noted that the subject property is vacant and that the people <br /> who park there are not patients of Punahele Professional Building or its employees but aze <br /> people who are not authorized to park there. <br /> Council Member Yagong stated he's trying to make sense out of the fact that while applicant <br /> states 31 of its current employees aze forced to park off-street, adding 20 more parking spaces for <br /> its employees will still result with an 11-stall parking stall deficit and therefore 20 additional <br /> parking spaces will not add more patient pazking. Mr. Yagong also stated that at first glance the <br /> application seemed to make sense and appeared an easy thing to accomplish. However, hestated <br /> that when he reviewed information from the past he was very bothered because there appeazed to <br /> be a very big disregard to rules and to following conditions of rezoning. He noted conditions <br /> should be satisfied and followed by applicant as a matter of fact and should not have to wait until <br /> a complaint is filed. <br /> Council Chair Pete Hoffmann's concern was whether the complex, as designed, had exceeded its <br /> capacity as it relates to pazking and the nature of commercial enterprises and impacts of <br /> businesses having changed, now draws a much larger crowd demanding greater pazking. <br /> Director Yuen stated there is one classification with some guidelines relating to different types of <br /> commercial uses but that from an administrative point of view there is no specifics relating to <br /> this situation to determine what happened. Mr. Yuen could not say whether the Department did <br /> not review the plans properly, but said it most likely had the number of pazking stalls called for <br /> in the code. Mr. Yuen stated that because of the type of activity taking place at Punahele, there <br /> isn't enough parking stalls. Mr. Hoffmann stated he would support Mr. Ikeda's position and <br /> strongly recommended a further attempt at resolution among the neighbors and applicant. Mr. <br /> Ikeda stated that he had a meeting last week with Dr. Takase, Ms. Nancy Cabral and Ms. Cheryl <br /> Reis however, their positions are quite far apart. <br /> Council Member Bob Jacobson stated that considering the knowledge of the people who own the <br /> subject property they should have known better and should have followed the law. Mr. Jacobson <br /> noted there seems to be a lot of assumptions already in place with regard to this application and it <br /> bothered him a great deal. Mr. Jacobson stated he could not see how the rezoning would resolve <br /> some of the complaints. <br /> Council Member Brenda Ford noted that for a building size of approximately 25,000 square feet <br /> of rentable space she estimated that the current code requirement is approximately 1 stall for <br /> every 400 square feet, noting that a building of this size would require approximately 60 parking <br /> spaces. Mr. Yuen noted that the national parking standards for medical buildings have not been <br /> looked into. <br /> Council Member Stacy Higa stated that he won't be supporting the rezoning because where the <br /> Gushiken and Reis residences are located, it's all residential. Mr. Higa said even if he wanted to <br /> help the doctors and provide more parking, it could be a parking lot today but later on, who <br /> knows what it could end up being. Mr. Higa stated he sympathizes with the people who use the <br /> Punahele facility but he does not want another entrance on Punahele Street. Mr. Higa inquired <br /> PC Report No. 30 <br /> <br />