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GALDONES:Hold on, Norman.
<br />GRAHAM:I had just two things I wanted to bring up. First, I noticed, I never kind of
<br />noticed any sort of certification that the roads were okay. Usually, you know, when were doing
<br />a rezoning or something, you know, we have all these road conditions to make all the roads fit.
<br />And I look at what the Public Works puts in here and they never really say its okay or not okay.
<br />And I know when, you know, when I rode down from the highway on the site visit, I mean, it
<br />seemed like a reasonable paved road to me, but I dont know more about that. So I just wanted
<br />to ask the Planning Department if, in fact, they are in conformance with the fact that the roads
<br />are as they should be for a rezoning of this nature?
<br />YUEN:Yes. And particularly on the MG, and ML, and CV rezonings to RS. This
<br />is going to result in, counting the lots that are outside of the rezoned area, 11 residential lots.
<br />The rezoning will permit two, possibly three, residential lots in the rezoned area. You cant,
<br />rightnowyouhaveMG-5azoningthere;andyoucantputahousethere,butyou-.Andany
<br />actual industrial development would be subject to an SMA permit, but it is zoned Heavy
<br />Industrial. As far as the quality of road itself, its a nice, wide road. It does have a, I do know a
<br />little more about it than just that. The Public Works Department had some concerns about the
<br />sub-bed in approving the subdivision of whats called the Hawaiian Rainbows Project, which
<br />is mauka of the mill; and they did have an engineer go and examine the sub-bed. And I think
<br />they found quite a bit of, as would be the case of these plantation roads, quite a heavy sub-bed to
<br />it. It was a main mill road for decades where sugar cane trucks hauled down there. Currently,
<br />heavy coal trucks use it to serve the Pepeekeo Power Plant. If you were building this road today,
<br />there are a couple of, theres one curve on it near the top thats not the best, but not a highly-
<br />hazardous kind of situation. So, I mean, in terms of the width, its, Im not concerned about it
<br />supporting a few residential lots, lets put it that way.
<br />GRAHAM:Okay. Well, obviously your expertise is much better than mine, so Id
<br />certainly have no reason to question that. The second item I wanted to bring up, I know back
<br />when we did our original hearings like nearly a year ago, whatever, we brought up the coal ash
<br />left over from the power plant and its relationship to this stuff and all. And I think at that time
<br />you let me know that the, Im speaking of the Planning Director, that, you know, that was sort of
<br />being worked out at the time, and that when we came around to taking action on this that you
<br />would have a report on what the status of it was and all. So I dont want to see the leverage that
<br />the public has in the form of rezonings and SMAs lost if there is public interest still in what
<br />needs to be done with regard to the coal ash. So Id ask you to follow through, if you would, on
<br />just giving us as an update on things?
<br />YUEN:There isnt that much more to say on it. Theyre still discussing the,
<br />whats an acceptable disposition with the Department of Health. It looks like, I know that
<br />C. Brewers proposal is that they mix the ash with a soil layer and plant in it.
<br />GRAHAM:Is it your judgment, then, that the Department of Health has the authority
<br />and the ability in the current situation to bring this to an amicable resolution in the interest of the
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