|
monument sign on the highway on the corner, on the Hilo makai corner of the property,
<br />and yeah, it's nice because it's visible on Highway 19. 1 mean not only are we going to
<br />serve the community but also the people that drive, you know the Hamakua coast to get
<br />to work, the tourists that go to Akaka Falls.
<br />Chinen (John): I think we're the only commercial building that's actually elevated
<br />above the highway yet we're on the highway. So, you know how you have Kimura's,
<br />the post office, going to the meetings, there's so many complaints about the post office
<br />and that small store because, and we live on the downside so I deal with that everyday
<br />too, yeah, and it's dangerous. If somebody were to veer off the highway, and people
<br />double park and they don't even go into the stalls by the post office, so it could be a
<br />real big problem. But our establishment is actually elevated above the highway, so the
<br />driveway is on the street on the top, and if a car ever came off the highway, it would
<br />never hit no one anyway, it would hit the embankment.
<br />Chinen (Julia): So, there's a turning lane coming from Honoka`a, and there's one
<br />coming from Hilo onto Ka`akepa. So, you turn up Ka`akepa as if you're going to the
<br />credit union on the top, but you take the first right on Kumula, we're right across from
<br />that volunteer firehouse. The next is the retirement, and then across is that federal
<br />housing that goes up. We're going to be accepting SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition
<br />Assistance Program), EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer), we're going to do some
<br />specials for the elderly because they're right across the street, and maybe do even
<br />food delivery in the mornings, lunch, and dinner, so yeah, we want to be very connected
<br />with the community.
<br />Nishimoto: Commissioner Nishimoto, I don't have a question but I have a comment,
<br />congratulations, it sounds awesome.
<br />Chinen (Julia): Thank you.
<br />Nishimoto: It sounds as though you're going to need more than 37 parking stalls.
<br />Chinen (Julia): Well, we hope so, we hope so, yeah.
<br />Chinen (John): The parking lot is pretty big, yeah it's a pretty big parking lot, I was kind
<br />of surprised when I saw it, the building is pretty big, I'm kind of surprised. I don't know if
<br />you guys drove up there but it's big. So, the parking lot is a pretty nice size parking lot.
<br />Chinen (Julia): So, I think contacting Ed Sniffen about the highway traffic, I was
<br />concerned about the downside Pepe`ekeo, thinking that okay well go up to the store
<br />and go get milk, and just crossing that whizzing you know of Highway 19, it just it would
<br />concern me, and even us when we would go across the street across the highway,
<br />we would have to run, okay go now you know it's like. So now like he said, they have
<br />agreed to put the humps and the delineators, and then it goes in stages like he said.
<br />So, if they deem that that's not sufficient though, they'll keep going you know, we'll see.
<br />But we just all these things, you know yes, we want to sell and we want to you know, we
<br />want the business to prosper, but it's like you have to think about all the affects around
<br />MINUTES - LIQUOR COMMISSION MEETING - THURSDAY, MAY 11 2025 - HILO PAGE 21 OF 63
<br />
|