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enclosure that it’s in, once the doors are closed, even when I’m inside the building and – we’ve
<br />needed air, you know, for nail guns for construction of this building – you can barely hear it even
<br />from inside of the building. So as far as being in another house, let alone ours, the noise is very
<br />minimal. I’ve stated to the Waimea community that I can limit my use of impact tools, if it was
<br />necessary. Nowadays, for a lot of vehicles, it’s often impossible, or not allowed to use impact tools
<br />on the vehicles. I don’t do any bodywork at all whatsoever; so there are no grinders in my toolbox,
<br />there are no sanders, as far as pneumatic noise. Any other shop noise that would be heard by our
<br />neighbors would only be bringing in and out the four vehicles a day, you know, if even that – that’s
<br />a maximum I’m allowing, you know, if I do get granted, to move through the shop per day.
<br />CAITANO SR.: That addresses the noise factor. The traffic, yes, there is a concern about traffic.
<br />There is no left-turn lane over there. So exit and entry of our street, traffic would increase definitely
<br />– but by how much? I mean he is a one-man operation and he’s maxed out at four cars a day to do
<br />service. So he can work on, say, maximum four or five cars a day, going in and out our street,
<br />which I think might add like ten minutes maximum to the traffic level going in and out. Chances
<br />are he won’t even do four cars a day, but -.
<br />CAITANO JR.: I’d like to add to that again, really quick. Another service to help, prevent added
<br />traffic to the road – me and my dad working together on this construction of the building, have
<br />come up with a few ways to limit the traffic;we would create pick-up and drop-off of customer
<br />vehicles. So, whereas a lot of shops will have constant traffic coming in, riding up and exiting,
<br />customers picking up their vehicles, we would actually work together to, our contacted customer –
<br />and a lot of times, nowadays, people can’t, they work six days a week, it’s hard to find time to take
<br />off a full day, you know, supporting a family, half day, full day to wait at the shop and wait until
<br />your vehicle is finished – so we would actually contact the customer and pick up their vehicle from
<br />their work. So this is me driving in and out their vehicle, not multiple customers coming in and out
<br />a day; this is me myself or my dad driving one vehicle in and/or out, you know, to limit traffic on
<br />our road and on the highway.
<br />CAITANO SR.: In short, yeah, we will increase some of the traffic on our street, but traffic would
<br />be off peak hours; we wouldn’t be moving cars during the school traffic or the afternoon traffic. It
<br />will more likely be in the middle of the day, early afternoon.
<br />Third concern is the appearance of ag land. Like I mentioned earlier, if we get approved, the whole
<br />front of my property, the whole half acre in ourfront, is going to be flowers, probably. Waimea
<br />Design Committee said, you know, we suggest and we recommend you do some planting – that’s a
<br />nice way of saying you will. And I will. Thank you.
<br />HOUSEL: Thank you. Commissioner Bowman.
<br />BOWMAN: Just a quick question. I’m glad you clarified about off-peak traffic, picking up the
<br />cars. You mentioned that you may be doing vehicle checks, safety checks. That would increase the
<br />traffic, right?
<br />CAITANO JR.: Correct.
<br />BOWMAN: Do you know how many places in Waimea do vehicle checks? Just out of curiosity.
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