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COTTLE: And just, the idea was to allow the expansion of commercial uses that are already here in <br />the Village to extend up just right along Village Road towards Malama Market. <br />Pāhoa <br /> <br />ONO: Okay. <br /> <br />COTTLE: So the conflict between pedestrians and residences from the commercial business, it would <br />still be mainly focusing on keeping the commercial businesses right along Village Road fronting <br />Pāhoa <br /> Village Road. So eventually, you know, the CDP calls for curbs, gutters and sidewalks for <br />Pāhoa <br />pedestrians. As the land is developed pedestrians would be able to have those sidewalks. <br /> <br />ONO: Thank you. <br /> <br />KERN: Any other questions for staff? I’ve got a quick question. If you’ll give me an example, using <br />Hilo for the example, could you give me an area in Hilo that’s zoned Medium Density Urban and then <br />an area zoned High Density Urban? <br /> <br />COTTLE: You’re talking about the GP designation, not the zoning? <br /> <br />KERN: Yeah, or just an area that’s in Hilo that would be Medium Density that’s already built out and <br />then an area that would be High Density. <br /> <br />COTTLE: Okay, so the area along Kilauea closer to town is High Density Urban; and then as you go <br />along Kilauea and Kinoole Streets further out towards Puainako, it becomes Medium Density. And <br />then as you go even further out, it becomes Lower Density. <br /> <br />KERN: Okay. Thank you. Any other questions for staff? Seeing none, Madam Director, do you <br />want to make any comments to this? <br /> <br />LEITHEAD TODD: The principal concerns that we had in the area was, you know, I think part of it is <br />like when we had gone through the special use permit for the Charter School off of the Bypass. You <br />know, they had gone through great lengths to have the students dropped off in town and then <br />Pāhoa <br />taken by bus to the Charter School because of the concern over left turn on the Bypass. And what we <br />wanted to do was to try and prevent additional development along that Bypass that would then create <br />more traffic along the Bypass, more turning, and particularly left turns. Cause, you know, this area has <br />been noted, until the State comes in and does some improvements there, there have been a high <br />number of accidents in this area. So you want to minimize left turns as much as possible. And so by <br />taking the Urban Expansion on the Hawaiian Beaches side of the Bypass and taking it to Extensive <br />Agriculture reduces the potential for those types of conflicts in traffic. And it’s also consistent with <br />community vision in the CDP that tries to concentrate your commercial development along your Old <br /> Road, running from Village down, to the Malama Market area. <br />PāhoaPāhoa <br /> <br />And then we also recognized that as Puna is, in terms of population, probably the rapid, the fastest <br />growing region in the State, you have a need not just for Commercial but you have a need for Light <br />Industrial. You’re going to have a need for car repair because people don’t want to bring it in all the <br />way into Hilo, you want to be able to drop it off. And you also want to try and create more job <br />opportunities closer to home so people don’t have to commute to jobs in Keaau or jobs in Hilo. And <br />‘ <br /> 4 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> <br /> <br />