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GRAHAM: Round-about. IWASHITA: At Kilauea/Puainako intersection. GRAHAM: I see. So then do you have any comments from what Director Yuen said a few minutes ago or -? LIM: All the comments that we got on the Puainako Street access from the Department of Transportation is, you know, submit the traffic report and we’ll tell you later. We were assuming that that’s going to be significantly less complicated than trying to make any proposal for a project access at Kekela Street; and that’s why we suggested the deletion at that point, just to alleviate the concerns both for the Commission and for the DOT. I understand Director Yuen’s hesitancy to say, okay, we’ll just make the decision here. But I think in part what else can we do? I agree with him that any access onto Kilauea Avenue is going to be less than the 1,000-foot distance of intersections that they usually want to see. So there’s going to be an access on Puainako Street; and it’s either going to be a right-turn in and right-turn out which prevents left turns going back to the mall, which is what we’re proposing, or it’s going to be a full access intersection which, you know, I don’t know what DOT is going to say about that. We feel like, you know, we want to move the project forward. You know, time, of course, means money to us; and we feel that we picked the least onerous access alternative and are willing to live with that to move forward. GRAHAM: Mr. Yuen? YUEN: I like to make timely decisions. I think we all do. But the building is going to be there a long time. And I like to be, you know, have some sense of where we’re going at the end of the Planning Commission and not have everything just completely open ended. So, you know, you change the proposal, send it to the Department of Transportation and the Department of Transportation says, oh, yeah, we think that’s a good idea, we don’t need a TIAR, fine. And if the Police Department and our Department of Public Works also looking at this have no additional complaints, then I’m fine with it. But for us to just sit here because of some desire that this be passed in a month, you know, two months, whatever, I cannot see making a decision on really the crucial aspect of the project for the sake of making a decision at this meeting in a compressed timeframe. GRAHAM: Commissioner Watanabe? WATANABE: Can I float a suggestion here? Why don’t we try to float a motion based on the existing recommendation and see where we go from there? Because it’s my belief that the applicant is suggesting a change that the Director is less comfortable with based on the assumption that there may not be support for this. And I don’t know if requiring a TIAR is another motivating factor, but certainly given the circumstance I think our requiring the TIAR is justified. And so I would suggest that we entertain a motion to approve the, oh, favorable recommendation based on the current or the existing proposal from the Director. EXHIBIT B 18