Laserfiche WebLink
are working on a Hawaiian section, a 50-acre native, I assume that youre very aware of the <br />dangers to our, you know, native plants. I wasnt aware before that you, anyone at the Garden <br />was. And having had some negative experience with other botanical gardens, I was naturally <br />concerned. But thank you for clearing that up. And -. <br />SPRINGER:Thank you, Commissioner Siracusa. Commissioner Salavea, does that <br />address your concern? <br />SALAVEA:Yes. Thank you, Madam Chair. <br />SPRINGER:Youre welcome. Any other members of the Commission? <br />Commissioner Watanabe. <br />WATANABE:I have a question for either one of you. You know, as you know there <br />havebeensomelettersrecommendingagainstapproval;andsomeofthedissentionisbecauseof <br />the traffic that may be increasing to the road. And from Mr. Hayashis description, it seems that <br />new entrance will be constructed later on in this process. Would you all have any objections to <br />creating it sooner since then the traffic to your facility would be only like 500 feet, yeah, from <br />the highway? <br />N. ERICKSON:I might address that. We intend to improve Palm Avenue so that it is, you <br />know, a hard surface, and the right-of-way down to the highway. The question, I think, that has <br />been at the Directors mind is the sight distance turning on and off of the Highway. And right <br />now theres foliage, vertical and horizontal curves that restrict sight distance; and so some of <br />those issues weve brought engineers from Oahu and locally to discuss if you have specific <br />questions or concerns. <br />WATANABE:Yeah, I understand there are two issues as far as traffic is concerned. Its <br />sight distance being on the Hawaii Belt Road, right -. <br />N. ERICKSON:Yeah, but off of Leopolino Road is -. <br />WATANABE:But, well, let me put it this way. As far as Palm Highway, youre going to <br />improve that but its not going to be for traffic -? <br />N. ERICKSON:Oh, it will indeed. In fact that will be the ingress and egress to this <br />project, and not onto Mamalahoa Highway, directly off of Palm Avenue onto Leopolino Road, <br />thats correct. <br />WATANABE:But that is not planned to be done until -. <br />N. ERICKSON:No, it is. Thats part of this project. <br />WATANABE:But not until a later date? <br />N. ERICKSON:No, no, thats one of the first things were going to do, and that is -. <br />13EXHIBIT C <br /> <br />