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recommendation to the County Council with Conditions B and C revised, a new Condition M, <br />and realphabetizing of the remaining conditions. <br />The applicant, Janice Oshiro, and her representative, Sidney Fuke, were in attendance. <br />Mr. Fuke stated the staff’s background report was excellent. He said the applicant will make no <br />physical improvements to the building itself, continue the residential use of the property for a <br />minimum of five years, and create a parking area to accommodate the needs of the Bay Clinic <br />and possibly the Hawaiian Eye Center. He said the applicant is requesting the improvements <br />proposed be required when there is a commercialized use of the structure, or there is a new <br />development on the property, or within a 5-year period, whichever occurs first. Relative to <br />Conditions E (access to the project site shall meet with the approval of the Department of Public <br />Works) and H (Street lights and traffic control devices shall be installed if required by the Traffic <br />Division of the Department of Public Works), he suggested the Commission consider the <br />following addition, “…prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for any commercial <br />uses of the building or in conjunction with the improvements outlined in Conditions F and G.” <br />Director Leithead Todd felt at any point the property ceases to be residential and starts having a <br />commercial use that some improvements and possibly moving the driveway should be occur. <br />She also felt that the Department of Public Works should look at the issue of whether the <br />entrance for the business should be off Kamana Street rather than Kinoole Street since there is <br />more traffic on Kinoole Street and the entrance would be very close to the existing intersection. <br />Mr. Fuke said they have had a number of discussions with Public Works about relocating the <br />driveway from Kinoole Street to Kamana. He said conceivably when the building is torn down <br />and they construct a new structure they would be able to wrap up their construction financing <br />with the curb, gutter, sidewalk, and relocation of the driveway, which is why they are suggesting <br />the improvements be tied in with that activity. <br />Mr. Woodward agreed with the Director that constructing a parking lot will increase traffic into <br />the area even if the applicant does not build a new structure, and the proposed driveway should <br />be relocated if there is an increase in traffic. <br />Commissioner Iwashita agreed with the Director and said that if the parking lot is to be used <br />right away relocating the entrance and making the proposed improvements should be done <br />simultaneously. <br />Mr. Fuke said one representative of Department of Public Works did conclude that given that <br />there already is a dedicated left turn on Kinoole Street and given the proposed number of parking <br />stalls, six or eight, it should not really compromise the effectiveness of that particular <br />intersection. He added that the engineer commented that if there is a need for added mitigation, <br />it comes more in terms of exiting the property and trying to make a left-turn at that intersection <br />that is signalized. <br />1 <br /> <br />