2024-02-01 Windward Exh B (Item #2 Manono Corner LLC)

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LIN: Okay. Ms. Matsumoto? Okay, if I could swear you in. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter before the Windward Planning Commission? MATSUMOTO: Yes, I do. LIN: Okay, please state your name, where you reside, and you can start. MATSUMOTO: Okay. LIN: Thank you. MATSUMOTO: Good morning. My name is Robin Matsumoto, I'm a Civil Engineer 5 with the Department of Public Works, Engineering Division. I reside in Hilo. So, regarding the recommendation from Public Works. Just based on the standard of the road it's determined to be a Collector Road. So, it has a higher density than just minor roads. So, it's our policy to recommend right in, right out. We don't want cars turning left into these properties. So, it's strictly based on the road and not that necessarily the property itself. We talk about drive-thru establishments as well unfortunately we don't have any provisions in our code right now to address those issues. So, that's another concern of ours as well. So at least we would have some restrictions. I see in the Planning Director's recommendation he is recommending that it just be with the approval of the Department of Public Works because I know as many times policy changes as well. So. LIN: Thank you very much. Commissioners any questions for DPW? FUKE: Mr. Chairman — LIN: Go ahead. FUKE: —just to add to that. We've had some informal discussions with, well I've had with Robin and basically the thought was currently the traffic studies are not required if your projected volume is less than 50 in. In this situation you're given the size of the property. It doesn't meet that threshold. However like as we were talking about it there are certain type of uses drive-thru being one of them that has a tendency to if you don't like make sure that everything is internalized at least within the property that you have like a backup and all you need to do is just look at like Cruisin Coffee over here or Starbucks, McDonald's on Kilauea, no, Kino`ole. You see that kind of potential, so the thought was if there are going to be, if the proposed use, say if the zoning were approved. That if for any use, if the zoning were approved then the next phase is you have to still secure Plan Approval. At which time then the uses going to have to be confirmed to be permitted or not and that setbacks are all according to the code as well as the parking. So, the thought was if you're going to have certain type of uses which could have like the spill over into the public roadway area then there should be like a special traffic assessment done with appropriate mitigation. At which time then Public Works can make a decision whether to allow a left turn or not allow a left turn. So, and so maybe in addition to having a condition that would address specifically what you call a drive-thru there might be other type of uses like what you just pointed out like if it's going to require like storage that generates like those Matson container kind of 17 EXHIBIT B