2019-06-06 Hearing Transcript - Autozone Parts REZ 06-052

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And, then, finally, we updated Condition R which allowed for an administrative time extension as is our standard practice after the Applicant comes back for a time extension. Any additional time extensions would require coming back to the Planning Commission and the County Council. So, those are the changes to the conditions in addition to the changes that we talked about before. I'd be happy to answer any questions on those you have. CLARKSON: Any further questions? If not, thank you. KAY: Thank you. CLARKSON: Will the Applicant or their representative please come forward? Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter before the Planning Commission today? LIM/RASHID/CHASTAIN/QUINTERO: I do/yes. CLARKSON: Thank you. Please introduce yourself and proceed. LIM: Good morning, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. I'm Steven Lim from Carlsmith Ball. With me today immediately to my left is Mr. Sohrab Rashid the author of those many Traffic Impact Analysis Reports. To his left is AutoZone's Michael Chastain, who is the real estate manager for the company, and to his left is Jose Quintero, who is the former Kona store manager, now the newly appointed district manager. So, thank you very much for hearing us. We have received and agree with the Planning Director's Background and Recommendation Report. As a practical matter, we, I think we are all in agreement with the Director in terms of the—you know, our initial request was to waive the TIAR, but because of the events that came about after that where the, KTA had their issue, we, we just haven't formally withdrawn that, but essentially, we agree with the Director's recommendation. The latest TIAR is May 20, 2019. That was after the KTA issue came up, so we revised it, because how it came down was right -in, right -out, a little bit restrictive on the 2017 report. The 2018 report was a full -access driveway which would have been better for us, but because KTA raised an issue, we went back, essentially back to the 2017 TIAR and updated the report to the May 20th, 2019 report. So, that report has already been submitted to you and to the Department and to DOT. I'll have Sohrab discuss, you know, where that is, and how we expect that to come down. We'll also have Michael speak to you about, a little bit about AutoZone, who they are and where they are in Hawaii. So, I'll turn that over to Sohrab first. RASHID: So, yeah, I don't want to—we've talked a lot about TIARs today. I don't think I need to go over this a lot. I do want to just talk a little bit about the material differences between the TIARs, and there really isn't much between the May 20th, 2019 report that Steve just mentioned and the previous version. We actually did the analysis assuming a right -in, right -out and then worked with DOT to get full access approved. So, the only "mitigation" or change in the EXHIBIT A 13