06-01-2022 Applicant Response to Director's Recommendation (PL-SPP-2022-012 )

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Mr. Dean Au, Chairperson and Members of the Windward Planning Commission Page 4 of 5 June 1, 2022 its drivers to yield to public traffic if they come into a situation where they are in a tight area or unable to safely pass public traffic. c. The Police Department has commented that it does not anticipate any impact to traffic and/or public safety concerns and has no objection to the proposed quarry project. d. The Applicant understands the importance of safety along Ho`olaulima Road, and will never seek actions that would compromise the public's welfare and safety, especially with the mix of public traffic due to the County's recreational and transit facilities that use the same roadway. The Applicant simply requests that specific restrictions on the types of vehicles permitted along Ho`olaulima Road not be hard-baked into the Special Permit, for the reasons explained above. e. Continued use of rock haulers currently utilized by the Applicant limits trips along Ho`olaulima Road to 3-4 trips per day. Restricting use to "street legal" trucks will likely double the number of vehicle trips per day, increasing the overall vehicle load upon Ho`olaulima Road. The use of smaller trucks will likely quadruple the cost of the quarried material which will then push the overall price of the Applicant's products significantly higher, thereby impacting their customers, which includes various government agencies and the general public. f. Over the years, Ho`olaulima Road has been widened to provide for the safe passage of both larger vehicles, such as rock haulers and County buses, and passenger vehicles. The Applicant is willing to work with the County to provide additional pavement widening between the quarry site and its processing facilities if deemed necessary to minimize potential conflicts between the Applicant's rock haulers and passenger vehicles. 2. Use of other similar vehicles by existing and past County operations. a. When the County landfill was open, the County's Solid Waste Division used their payhauler trucks to transport material obtained from the Applicant's processing facilities as cover material for the landfill, traveling over a portion of the same route along Ho`olaulima Road that the Applicant has always used between its processing facilities and the existing quarry. The Applicant has always been willing to meet with County officials to address any concerns, if it was made known to the Applicant. But as previously stated, such concerns about roadway damage