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from an engineering point of view, there is no basis to require a left-hand storage lane at
<br />this point. So we'd like that to be deleted.
<br />The second part of this is that, again, if there are future uses proposed down the line, and
<br />which may very well generate significant, significantly more traffic, then as we covered
<br />before in Condition E, there would need to be a revised traffic impact assessed, I mean,
<br />traffic impact analysis report. And so our proposal is that in the event that revised TIAR
<br />is prepared for any additional commercial uses that may be proposed in the future, the
<br />Applicant shall also provide any traffic improvements that may be deemed necessary
<br />from, by the Department of Public Works and as warranted by the revised traffic impact
<br />analysis report, subject to a schedule that may be approved by the Planning Director and
<br />Public Works. So basically what we're saying there, if there's
<br />the future, additional uses, there'd be a further traffic study. If that traffic study indicates
<br />that traffic improvements are required, Public Works gets to decide what those would be,
<br />you know, what are the most necessary improvements, and can requ
<br />Applicant would be required to construct those improvements in a schedule that is
<br />approved by both the Planning Director and Public Works. Okay, so that's the thrust of
<br />that one.
<br />The last condition is J, and this deals with a specific improvement along the Mmalahoa
<br />Highway and Konawaena School Road. This is the curb, gutter, sidewalk improvement,
<br />specifically. And all we would ask there is that, again, that language be substituted to
<br />allow the schedule for when those improvements will be installed, to have that schedule
<br />be subject to the approval of the Planning Director and Public Works.
<br />I think as you have seen in many situations, you know, sometimes curb, gutters, and
<br />sidewalks can be put in, but they are, they lead to nowhere. And so it can become a
<br />really, an additional cost that's put up upfront which does not improve the public health
<br />and safety and sometimes really can create a problem depending on the financial
<br />circumstances. In this particular situation, the curb, gutter, and sidewalk improvements
<br />exist on the corner of the Mmalahoa and the Konawaena School Road, on this property
<br />or adjacent to this property. Those improvements extend a bit from the intersection. But
<br />as you get above this property on Konawaena School Road, on the same side of the
<br />property, there are no curb, gutters, and sidewalks. There's a sidewalk on the south side
<br />of Konawaena School Road. So there is a way for people to, students to walk back and
<br />forth to the school on a sidewalk. Also, along the highway, you know, on the mauka side
<br />of the Mmalahoa Highway, there are currently no curbs, gutters, and sidewalks.
<br />And all we're saying is rather than require all of those improvements on the Applicant's
<br />property to be put in before he can actually occupy the visitor center, why not subject that
<br />to further discussion with the Planning Department and Public Works as to a schedule on
<br />when those improvements can be put in or should be put in. In many situations,
<br />improvements can be bonded so that they, so there's an assurance, a financial assurance,
<br />that they get put in at a certain time. And we'd like to leave that discretion to the
<br />Planning Director and Public Works as to how much is needed up front versus how much
<br />can be constructed later.
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