2019-04-18 Leeward Exh A (SPP 19-205)

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site and drainage, that's a drainage way anyway and that's where water comes, I'm not sure that that's something that this particular condition would address. CARR SMITH: Understood. So perhaps it's an opportunity for a friendly good neighbor to talk to Department of Public Works about any drainage in the big picture of that area. UNGER: Yeah, at some point I defer to Public Works, Planning, Applicant, neighbors, you know, going through these issues, especially if the proposed project is outside of the drainage area and the conditions are already existing. CARR SMITH: I'll be supporting the motion, obviously, I seconded it, but I think it's responsible improvement for an ag parcel. VITOUSEK: Agreed. I think that, you know, agricultural processing areas and destinations for agricultural goods are a huge need in the community to encourage agriculture more broadly. UNGER: I agree also. I'll be supporting the motion. I think we all, as Commissioners, we all have these concerns about traffic, drainage, flooding, but in general I like the project where it's located. It is in the urban expansion area, so we could be talking a completely different project and we're not. So I'm also in favor. SHIMAOKA: Yeah, my only comment is that this has been an ongoing issue for years as far as the threat of flooding and all of that, and so will the project cause it to get worse? It doesn't seem like it to me. So I guess, something like Commissioner Carr Smith said, that I guess maybe all the parties involved need to collaborate on how they can, you know, prevent any kind of problem here on this property. KAY: Mr. Chair? UNGER: Yes. KAY: If I may. I'm sorry, if there's other comments. The proposed language for Condition 8 just saying "all existing and new" and then leaving it as is, doesn't really provide guidance to the applicant on the, kind of the timing of all of this. So I do have some language that I kind of just jotted down. I don't know if it's appropriate for me to introduce that or UNGER: Please share. KAY: Okay. It can say, "All existing and new driveway connections," and keep it there, at some point the language that I have is, "Prior to issuance of Final Plan Approval the applicant shall submit a sight distance analysis for review and approval by the Department of Public Works. Any improvements required by the Department of Public Works related to that shall be constructed prior to Certificate of Occupancy." It just points out that, you know, if the intent of the condition is to have them do a sight distance study now, the way that it would have been written probably wouldn't have guided that and directed that. So I just wanted to bring that up for consideration. 14 EXHIBIT A