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CPR unit 2. So both meters are straddle both sides of the existing driveway on unit 1. And there <br /> is a water, there is an easement, utility easement, that runs along `Ouli Street, and from that <br /> water meter there is a long waterline [to the applicant] is it above ground or? <br /> MCCULLOUGH: [Inaudible short response to Mr. Arai] <br /> ARAI: Well, anyway, there is a long waterline that goes to serve the existing house on CPR <br /> unit 2. We understand that the Department of Water Supply wanted the applicant to relocate its <br /> meter to the frontage of its property, and I didn't, unfortunately, I didn't take the measurement, <br /> but it's quite a distance away. But the actual water main, from our understanding, is located <br /> along the southern boundary of the project site to your left where unit 1 house is located, so <br /> basically, to relocate the meter, all you are simply doing is extending the water of lateral, not the <br /> water main, but the water lateral all the way to unit 1 frontage. There is no waterline along `Ouli <br /> Street. Mr. McCullough has been speaking with a water service technician from the Department <br /> of Water Supply who works in the area, and from our indications they felt it was not practical to <br /> simply relocate a water meter by simply extending the water lateral and, which has no effect on <br /> the water main which remains on the left side of the picture. So we appreciate the Director's <br /> condition; the applicant will comply with the requirements of Water Supply whatever they may <br /> ultimately be, but the condition as written, we appreciate because it gives that deference to the <br /> Department of Water Supply and their ultimate determination. <br /> VITOUSEK: Okay. <br /> ARAI: And I should note that once the zoning is approved, the applicant will have to go through <br /> the formal subdivision process, and both Water Supply and Planning Department will chime in <br /> once again, and they will ultimately determine what is reasonable or not. <br /> VITOUSEK: Okay, thank you. [To Commissioner Knowles] Sure. <br /> KNOWLES: I also wanted to ask the Planning Department about in contemplating, you know, <br /> how frequently this seems to be happening, these conversions to smaller lots. What is your, what <br /> are your considerations regarding increased density in this area and the impact of that going <br /> forward if people continue to seek these sorts of redistricting requests? <br /> VITOUSEK: Deputy Director? <br /> DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chair. In the General Plan update in 2005 the Planning Department <br /> and the Planning Director looked at areas around the island that were, the General Plan was <br /> identified more as orchards or agriculture in areas that really didn't have significant soil or lands <br /> to be able to produce income-producing agriculture, and so what they did was identify <br /> subdivisions around the island—I'll give you an example, Paradise Park, Orchid Land, Hawaiian <br /> Ocean View Estates, Anekona, and Kanehoa—and they changed the General Plan from whatever <br /> that was, orchards or intensive agriculture, back then to Rural, with the understanding that it <br /> would allow these, number one, to have the ability to come out of the Agricultural District so <br /> there wouldn't be this requirement of having to build a dwelling and produce agriculture. <br /> Because in this particular situation, as well as the others, the soil type is mainly E which is lava <br /> 7 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />