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route for us to take would be to change the application some where and then send it out for
<br />comments. And if a TIAR is required, it’s required; if it’s not, it’s not.
<br />LIM: I think that would be our preference, is that we try to keep the application
<br />on track as is, and circulate the proposal to close off Kekela Street to the applicable agencies for
<br />comment, I think in particular Public Works, Department of Transportation, Highways, and the
<br />Fire Department, and see what they say. And I think after we receive those comments at least I
<br />believe the Director’s concerns would be addressed. We would, otherwise, and I guess we could
<br />work with him on revised conditions, if that’s appropriate.
<br />GRAHAM: I personally am comfortable with that. But Commissioner Watanabe,
<br />you’ve got a comment?
<br />WATNAABE: My question was then, Mr. Lim, it sounds to me like you’re agreeing to an
<br />extension of time for submittal then, because the recirculation certainly is going to take
<br />something in the neighborhood of 120 days anyway, right?
<br />LIM: No, we would hope -. We’re agreeing to a relative quick circulation. I
<br />think that they probably can get that done and we can come back to you guys at the next Hilo
<br />meeting, hopefully.
<br />WATANABE: Is that possible, Mr. Director?
<br />YUEN: I don’t think the next Hilo meeting. Norman, if we got a letter from them
<br />revising their application that said we now propose to come in with a right-in and right-out from
<br />Puainako Street only, we would send that out right away. And how much time would we be
<br />giving the various agencies?
<br />HAYASHI: Well, normally, we give the agencies 30 days to comment, except we give
<br />the State Department of Transportation 60 days in which to comment. But I think in this
<br />particular case it would be amendment to the application so we could ask the Department of
<br />Transportation to submit it, or all of the agencies to submit it within three to four weeks.
<br />YUEN: Yeah, I think we could do that, and then we would be looking at bringing
<br />this back for a meeting in Hilo in, skipping the next one and bringing it back at the next one,
<br />which is within the 90 days. Given the way, you know, frankly, Mr. Lim’s analysis, given the
<br />way that the Commission is split on this, it seems like unless something happens you’re looking
<br />at a split vote continuing onward, and so that you’d be here for 90 days, you know, best case
<br />scenario from today. So I think, as I said, you know, the right-in/right-out may be a great
<br />solution. I just don’t know as I sit here. So I think rather than a deferral for a TIAR specifically,
<br />you know, let’s try this later amendment, circulate it, and ask for 30 days, figure on coming back
<br />in 60 days. You know, as far as your situation, if the Department of Transportation comes back,
<br />I’ll have to be, you know, very candid about this, if they come back and say they still want a
<br />TIAR, then my conditions are still going to say you still do a TIAR. But I would still, like our
<br />present condition, I would not be holding, my idea is not to hold the application up but that there
<br />be a TIAR and that be a condition of approval. So that’s a little different than the motion that
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