2023-06-15 Leeward Exh B (Item !&2 Kaupulehu Land LLC)

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DEFRANCO: Thank you. Commissioner Mike. DELA CRUZ: Oh, Commissioner Vitousek asked to ask a question. But I do have one,just additional to the current structure that is already in the property. Are those currently occupied right now? Or I know you did some renovations on that. Is that currently occupied? METZLER: We have a family member living in one home and we rent the other. DEFRANCO: Any of the other Commissioners have questions? [Unintelligible crosstalk] Sorry. KNOWLES: Thank you Chair. Can you speak a little bit to the ongoing conversations with the Department of Transportation and your concern and your sort of thinking around on how best to address traffic concerns on the road. There are maybe 80 different driveways I think between Kamamalu and Mud Lane and I'd like to hear a little bit from you about what your plans are and where the conversations lie right now at the DOT. GARSON: Yes, so, we met with them in April and the conversation surrounded, so, the conversation surrounded the two access to the commercial versus one. Just backing up a little bit when this project was first, first, first conceptualized the applicant had gone to the South Kohala Traffic Safety Committee and there were actually three (3) accesses. One for each of the lots that are proposed for the commercial and so at that time it was the South Kohala Traffic Committee who said, go take a look at it and reduce the accesses. So, then it became two and so the South Kohala Traffic Committee was satisfied, and I think in the Background Report there's is a letter saying thank you for doing what we asked and taking a look at it again. Then Mamalahoa Highway was recently transferred back to DOT. So we're having this same conversation again about accesses and so it's just at this point it's the applicant justifying two versus one to the commercial portion. And our traffic consultant updated the TIAR so there's an addendum to it to try to give a little bit more background and justification for the two accesses. So, that's where we are. There hasn't been a decision on their part one way or the other and the other thing is I think there's a little bit of a misconception on their part because first they are saying subdivide it first and then come ask us about it. So, we had to recognize oh no, you know this is like, we need to do this before we get to that point. So, that's where discussion is. They haven't committed to allowing the two or one to the commercial. KNOWLES: Thank you. DEFRANCO: Yes. KERN: Madame Chair, I just wanted to really brief on the commercial design component side of things. So when an application comes in for commercial in the Waimea area, we send it to the Waimea Community Group. I just want to say Waimea Community Center, but Waimea Community Association and they review the design, and they give a recommendation back to the Director whether they agree with the design or want to see an adjustment and the concept is to keep it in the character of Waimea and so, that's a practice that we do. I just wanted 13 EXHIBIT B