2019-06-20 Leeward Exh A (SPP 17-195)

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study. And the traffic study, the updated traffic study was done, and that study basically concluded that the Level of Service at the Puapua`anui intersection and the Ho`omama Street intersection would still be retained at Level of Service A, you know, with or without the church. And at the primary intersection at Puapua`anui and the Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway Extension, the Level of Service would still be retained at B. Part of the reasons is that the activity time, usually Level of Service is related to the A.M. and P.M. peak hours, like in this situation over here the primary movements do not occur during the A.M. and P.M. peak hours. There is no question about it that when you introduce any new activity in this area, you will have cars, you will have cars. So the question is like whether the volume, you know, compromises the Level of Service, and from a technical standpoint, it does not. Notwithstanding that the applicant was very sensitive of the concerns that were raised, and as a result, as mentioned in the initial presentation, they looked at alternative access and that alternative access would come in from Hualalai Road, and also, there would be a dedicated construction access from Hualalai Road as well. And both of those are reflected in the staff's condition based on the representations that we had advanced to the Planning Department. On the issue of speeding, we would, we would kind of maintain that, you know, if you are coming in from Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway and you are making a left turn into Puapua`anui, it's only a short drag and it's only like, it's the first intersection, so, you know, there is really very little opportunity to speed; it's one block. Likewise, if you are exiting the church and you are making a right turn, it's only one block, you know, to the Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway. If you are going to go on Hualalai Road, you are going to go off on Hualalai Road and the secondary access, so you are not continuing up and speeding on Puapua`anui Road. So, I think that while the concern of speeding is there, if, you know, with this project, I don't think you would be attributable to the operations of the church, as much as people within the community or people coming in from the Hualalai, you know, mauka section and using Puapua`anui as a secondary access to Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway. So, thank you very much, Mr. Chair. CHURCH: A couple questions here. One of my concerns is water. And, I'm, from personal experience, having a hard time with the Fire Department responding with things that require sprinklers for instance, and also the Department of Water Supply, and they seem to be really bogged down. As we know from personal experiences, how many times have these water pumps that are serving our area been up and down, been replaced? The pumps go in and are hooked up wrong, and so these things get delayed and delayed. So, I think that the water availability to me would seem to be a major issue. That would be my first question. FUKE: Sure. I had discussions with—and it's kind of reflected in staff's report—with the Department of Water Supply on that, because each of the property currently is allocated like two water units right now. And I had some question as far as the availability, you know, of water for our project of this nature. So in discussions with the Water Department, we looked at actual situation not only of the Living Stones church in Kailua-Kona. The Kailua-Kona situation, the use of the water is a little higher than normal because they use it for landscaping. So the more comparable one, primarily for potable purposes, related to the LDS church in Hilo off of Ponahawai Street and it's a very sizable church with a lot of—I don't think they have 600 parking stalls, but—they do have at least like about 150 or 200, and their average daily water use was like less than 400 gallons a day. So, based upon that, and, you know, we did the calculation, 17 EXHIBIT A