2012-02-16 Leeward Exh A - Towata Grand

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WHITTEMORE: Okay. ARAI: Yes, it is an old roadway. The properties were developed with structures built many years ago. Just to let you know, if – I believe it is, I just switched the photograph showing looking north along the Old Government Road – if I’m not mistaken, this is the home where, and maybe Ki or someone can correct me, but a portion of the roof sticks into the right-of-way. So the right-of-way is really somewhere in here. WHITTEMORE: Okay, so 25 feet, if I’m looking at the, I’m just curious, from this roadway, how much mauka into the Towata property does that go? And then you’ve got another eight feet on top of it, right? So -. ARAI: Well, right now Public Works is asking for a total of 12.5 additional feet. Just to let you know, I’m not sure if it’s in this particular location, but the road sort of like slowly meanders mauka, and doesn’t, it’s not situated in the middle of the right-of-way. If I were to go to the subdivision map, you can barely see the pavement in the right-of-way, and you can see it’s sort of like scooting over mauka and gets really close to where the property line is. So looking here -. LEITHEAD TODD: Go back, Daryn. Back. There. No, stop. There, yeah. WHITTEMORE: So it looks like that house on the corner is right, totally an encroachment almost. ARAI: Yeah. WHITTEMORE: If you look at, not just the overhang, but the -. Okay. ARAI: And this map here, it barely shows down here, and this exhibit is within your file as well, it shows the corner of the building and where it’s encroaching into the right-of-way. So, to clarify, the Condition E, as it stands right now as recommended by the Planning Director, requires, or is recommending eight additional feet to be added to the existing 25 feet on the mauka side to accommodate additional roadway improvements. Public Works just submitted a memo to you this morning, asking that instead of eight feet they will prefer to have 12.5 feet to provide for a transitioning, given that the road does meander within the right-of-way, and especially to accommodate anticipated turning movements. Just to note, the typical local street section in the Subdivision Code requires 50 feet right-of-way; that’s the standard for a local street. Twenty-five feet, if you take 12.5 on one side, 12.5 on the other, you end up with the standard 50 feet, and that is the basis for the recommendation that’s being offered by Public Works right now. WHITTEMORE: Okay, thank you. GIFFIN: Are there any more questions of staff, Commissioners? If not, I would like to call on the applicant or the applicant’s representative, and/or the representatives of the applicant. Could you please raise your right hand, both of you? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Leeward Hawai‘i County Planning Commission? GOODENOW: I do. TOWATA GRAND: I do. 5 EXHIBIT A