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GRAHAM:I just have a question for Mr. Fuke. I think we understand the
<br />situation, and I think your representations, whatyouregoing to do, is kind of in
<br />conformance with the parking you have. Yet, were concerned to rezone that whole place
<br />MCX. Is there any particular kind of condition of the zoning that would sort of, we could
<br />add that would be in line with what you plan to do that would sort of minimize our
<br />concern about the parking issue?
<br />FUKE:Sure. While it may be redundant because, that was what I was
<br />looking at. You know, the staffs proposed recommendation calls for Condition No. J,
<br />The Applicant shall comply with all applicable County and State and Federal laws,
<br />which means the Zoning Code; and, as I noted earlier, the Zoning Code already requires,
<br />and which was corroborated by your Planning Director, that whenever you have any
<br />change in use, the applicant is required to come in for Plan Approval. And, at that time,
<br />you do the Plan Approval, go in for the Plan Approval, then you would have to, the
<br />PlanningDepartmentwillhavetomakeanassessmentontherequiredparking.And,so,
<br />if you want then probably the recommendation would be to say that All uses within the
<br />structure shall submit plans to the Planning Department for Plan Approval. And that
<br />way you can, the Department would be in a better position to honestly assess the parking
<br />requirements for each and every use.
<br />The other comment Id like to make is that I think that some of the concerns were raised
<br />about the, you know, the parking situation -. I think Commissioner Iwashita raised the
<br />concern about the parking situation, the existing parking situation in the Kaloko industrial
<br />area. I think a lot of that was predicated, because people came in, built up a shell, and
<br />their parking was predicated on one stall for every 1,000 square feet; and then the shells
<br />then became parceled out for office or retail use. And, so, you know, you will have not
<br />enough parking, you know, on the property site itself, with the few exceptions like the
<br />major ones like which are heavily retail-oriented to begin with, such as like Costco or like
<br />the one off of Hinalani Street where you have the credit union building where you
<br />already have the required parking. But it was in anticipation of a possible need for more
<br />parking that they didnt go in to say like Im going to have one stall for every 1,000
<br />square feet. They went in to say like one stall for every 400 square feet, you know,
<br />which was considerably more than what would normally have been if they came in
<br />straight out for a warehouse space.
<br />Mr. Rickenbach also noted to me while there was discussion on this matter that if there is
<br />an absence of parking, you know, he has one of two alternatives. One is, well, dont
<br />lease that area; while secondly, try to find properties within a 1,000-foot radius that
<br />would satisfy the required parking. And in anticipation of possibly that happening, he
<br />has had, you know, there is already on-going discussions with the adjoining property
<br />owner to seek an area that would be servicing possibly, if he needs to, his own parking
<br />requirements as well as other property owners within that radius to fulfill their own
<br />respective parking requirements. So that is an option that theyre seriously looking at but
<br />not necessarily exercising at this point in time.
<br />ALAMEDA:Commissioner Iwashita?
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