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GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Mooers, Condition No. 15, the testifier had raised some concerns about the three public parking spaces. MOOERS:Yes. GALDONES:Is there any kind of rule of thumb thats being followed here to determine how many spaces should be provided, and do you have any history of how many people usually go through there, whether minimum three would be sufficient, minimum three stalls? MOOERS:Well, right now there is nobody going through there. I would point out that to the south of this project is the Kona Waterfront Project and on that south end there is a parking lot there; and Im not sure the number of parking stalls in that lot. I think its probably, what, 10 or 15. And I have never, I go by there quite often when Im riding my bike and I have never seen that parking lot full. And so thats immediately adjacent to this existing project. As far as the standard, thats probably a question for Mr. Yuen. I dont know why three, not four, not two, why any. I dont know where that number came from. GALDONES:Mr. Mooers, is it your intent to provide three or are you planning to develop more than three? MOOERS:Well, theres adequate room there. I think that the intention would be to build the three; and if it became a problem where theres three and people are parking outside to the road, then theyd probably have to be accommodated. But I, you know, I dont see the use of that area as being that excessive, just not my experience; and like I say I go by there nearly every day and Ive never seen the existing parking not have more than one or two cars there. ALAMEDA:Mr. Director? YUEN:As far as rule of thumb or normal, during the 1990s most of the SMA Permits would have one to ten ratio, one parking per ten developed units. I dont think thats enough, and a lot of it would depend on the kind of location. And this is not a high intensity use location and theres not a sandy beach there. Its a beautiful area, Im sure people like to go there and fish, or just to go down to the water. So thats where given that they are developing 11 lots we came up with three as a recommendation. There is a parking area immediately to the adjacent subdivision. And my expectation would be if the property thats to the north ever came in for an SMA Permit there would be additional parking required there. ALAMEDA:I see your hand up, Mr. Sacher, but, sorry, we cannot backtrack on testimonies. Mr. Mooers, do you have any additional -? MOOERS:No,Mr.Chairman. ALAMEDA:FellowCommissioners,doyouhaveanyotherthoughts? WATANABE:JustmyquestionwouldbetoMr.Graham.Areyoucomfortableordowe need to modify this viewplane issue any further? GRAHAM:Well, Im reasonably comfortable, Im certainly not totally satisfied; but I dontknowwhereelsetogowiththeviewplaneissueotherthanwhatwediscussed. 14