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problems which held up my vote last meeting. And we also have commentary or response from the Police Department which says The deletion of the project access at Kekela Street should . mitigate the traffic safety concerns which were posed by the original site plan So from my own perspective, I would like to forward a, I would be in favor of a favorable recommendation here if it stipulated that there would not be access to Kekela Street in conformance with what the applicant is now presenting before us. But other than that I think I couldnt, rather, I dont feel comfortable just waiting on the whole program to see what comes from the Department of Transportation, in the same way myself and a few others didnt feel comfortable the last time. Commissioner Watanabe? WATANABE:When I came to this meeting I assumed that we were going to eliminate, I think thats Condition F. Condition F was it? Yeah, I think thats Condition F. But based on what the Director indicated, you know, and hes concerned about whether its practical or not, but he also indicated that the Council has the ability to change conditions here except for the actualzoning.So,youknow,ifyoureinagreement,inmyopinion,ifyoureagreementwith the project itself, even if we eliminated it they could add it back in, etc. So Im not certain that we have full control over that or as much control as youd like to have over that. YUEN:Yeah. You know, I dont feel strongly about, you know, if the Commission wants to take out and say theres no access to Kekela Street. Its true that I hadnt really focused on the left-turn out on Kekela Street and its true that having no access to Kekela Street eliminates that as an issue from the project. There are still left turns from, you know, the other commercial areas. But this is actually a larger commercial area than the one that exists . nowSo, it is considerably larger. I dont have a big problem with it. Then if it turns out that the Puainako only access doesnt work, then they have to come in with an amendment to the rezoning ordinance. GRAHAM:Commissioner Watanabe. WATANABE:Yeah. However, rather than, you know, creating a situation where they may have to come back because we were so specific in our conditions, and especially since we dont presently have the TIAR, I think Id feel pretty comfortable going forward this way. And, you know, there already are people making a left turn from Kekela onto Puainako. Yeah, Im sure the residents are. This may increase it somewhat. But, on the other hand, people tend to avoid difficult left-turns. So it is more likely that they will make a right-turn out of Kekela so that they dont have to, you see what Im saying? The Police Department is concerned if someone is absolutely determined to make a left turn, which is very difficult cause it traverses two lanes; but most people are going to make a right turn because they dont want to be in that difficult situation. And so I think that the problem is going to resolve itself. GRAHAM:I might comment I do have a suggestion from Mr. Torigoe here to try to kind of breach the middle of our issue here in regard to No. F. He suggests perhaps we preface it by saying, No project access from Kekela Street shall be allowed unless recommended by Department of Transportation. And then it continues, Access from Kekela Street, if any, shall conform to Chapter 22, etc., as Condition F. WATANABE:I feel comfortable with that as a friendly amendment also. 14EXHIBIT A