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SPRINGER:Thank you. I was comfortable with the recommendation for the <br />traffic flow as presented to us, but I'd like to hear the Director's response to Mr. Fuke's <br />proposal. <br />GALDONES:Mr. Yuen. <br />YUEN:It's not, well, I certainly can't agree to it without consultation <br />with the Department of Public Works. I don't think that they would be favorable to <br />this configuration either because we are actually -, their comments were to not have <br />access from Kwili Street at all. We, in our recommendation, provided some relief to <br />the Applicants for both this and the next property by having a right turn in from Kwili <br />Street. We -, so I have to stick with our current recommendation. And if, I think if <br />the Planning Commission wanted to entertain a significant change to that <br />recommendation, then we should bring in the Department of Public Works; and I don't <br />know if they're prepared to analyze this any differently. Alice, do we have any -, is <br />your -, do we have anything further from the Department of Public Works other than <br />their comment on this? <br />KAWAHA:No. But I did discuss it with Casey Yanagihara from the Traffic <br />Division, and he also said that the right-turn in would be okay. Because I asked him if <br />there are any other alternatives besides just not allowing any access off of Kwili <br />Street, so he said a right turn would be more appropriate. <br />YUEN:The problems with Kwili Street and this location are that it's a <br />major through road, as well; and so we want to try to limit accesses. It is true that the <br />Residential lots have driveway accesses on it. But Commercial or a Light Industrial <br />Zone will have considerably more traffic coming in and out of the driveway, so that's a <br />` <br />reason for restricting the movements in there. The, also -, it's also an odd -, Makaala <br />Street is, if you look at the map, is in an odd location with respect to these properties <br />and the entrance to the property. And if you've driven it, many people have been in <br />` <br />there, it's -, the side streets and the way Makaala comes in creates turning issues there <br />that would be made worse if you had people making left turns at Kwili -, from Kwili <br />` <br />Street at a slightly offset location from Makaala Street. <br />GALDONES:Commissioner Graham. <br />GRAHAM:I guess I'm still needing further clarification, both on the <br />recommendation and on what Mr. Fuke is proposing. It seems like there's two issues. <br />How do you get in? Do you make, allow to make a left turn as well as make a right <br />turn? As soon as I think of that, it makes me think how do you, in fact, prohibit a left <br />turn? It seems like that might be a little hard to do in practice. And then the second <br />part of that issue for me is how about the egress? Are we talking about only going in? <br />I think Mr. Fuke spoke of a full intersection, meaning that people can come out at the <br />same place and go left or right, although I'm not sure. But when he was speaking <br />about maybe only an egress on Hnano Street, I was thinking, well, maybe it's possible <br />7 <br /> <br />