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Street is that if you dont, if the customers cant come in from Kekela Street its true then people <br />are not going to turn left off Puainako Street and go into Kekela Street. You can get people that <br />will make a u-turn, etc. It really depends on how attractive the particular, what is developed on <br />the site. But thats the idea behind it, you know, is that people will come up, that the customers, <br />if you dont have access on Kekela Street you wont turn left across Puainako Street to get to this <br />project. People will just come up Kanoelehua. Otherwise, yeah, they will have the opportunity <br />to turn left and then come into the Kekela Street intersection. A u-turn would not be legal at the <br />Kekela Street-Puainako Street intersection <br />DOMING:I can see the rationale, Mr. Yuen. And I think probably living in there, <br />you know, if Kekela Street is blocked then theyll be hardly any traffic or any increase of traffic <br />within that street going to their subdivision; and I think thats one of the, perhaps, reasons why -. <br />YUEN:I should also mention though that the existing, there is a commercial area <br />acrossthestreet,onKekelaStreet.Andsopeoplegoingtherearegoingtoturnleftacross,you <br />know, as they do now, turn left across Puainako and go in there. And that you could, if you <br />really wanted to get to this new commercial area when you are already heading down makai <br />down Puainako Street, you could turn left on Kekela Street, go into the Firestone and come back <br />out. You know, theres only so far you can go with this. <br />GOMES:Can I -? <br />GRAHAM:Mr. Gomes, go ahead. <br />GOMES:I think the Polices concern was the left turn off of Kekela Street onto <br />Puainako, is that correct? Not left turn off PuainakoStreet onto Kekela? <br />DARROW:It just mentions already, lets see, ‚Congestion at this intersection already <br />make a left turn from Kekela Street onto Puainako both difficult and hazardous.ƒ <br />GOMES:Yeah. Cause then youd be crossing two ways of traffic versus coming off <br />Puainako. There are always breaks in that light and a stacking lane there now, which shouldnt <br />impact too much. <br />GRAHAM:Were going kind of free form with the talk here. Itd probably be better <br />to try to go a little more formally so that the recording is more easy. Mr. Domingo, I might just <br />toss in what I remember from the process so youd understand how we came to today. <br />Previously the applicant had recommended those two intersections and the Planning Department <br />had proposed the two intersections, one on Kekela and one on Puainako; and the Planning <br />Department had recommended that we give a favorable recommendation when we send it to the <br />Council, but that there would be a traffic impact analysis report prepared and that would be the <br />basis for working out the traffic issues. And at that time in the January meeting the Commission <br />was not comfortable, was not completely comfortable with having all the major issues worked <br />out later through a Traffic Impact Analysis Report, so we were kind of wanting to know more <br />about the traffic before we passed it on favorably. And then based on that the applicant agreed <br />that, didnt agree, the applicant proposed that he remove the Kekela Street intersection to <br />simplify it. And the Planning Director felt that if the project was changed in that way, rather <br />than us just acting on it, he would recommended that he send up that information to the agencies, <br />5EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />