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angularity that you can put into the driveway ramp that will provide some hint to the driver that they
<br />are not really going to be able to make the movement and so -. Yeah, the sidewalk width is not
<br />huge there, and so that is going to be difficult. We’ve always had some difficulty trying to work in
<br />our restrictions like that in a sidewalk design, especially given the narrow width of the sidewalk
<br />that’s available, probably only about eight feet or so there. And so, yes, it’s, I think it’s going to be
<br />an engineering problem to make sure that people get the hint properly. And, but signage is probably
<br />going to be the way that it is done. And you are always going to have somebody that tries to defeat
<br />the system. But that is why we put in, for the left turn provision from Kuakini, we tried to make
<br />sure that the applicants would be, if Public Works required it, be required to put in some kind of
<br />barrier in Kuakini to prevent left turns in to the project, which they are not proposing at this time.
<br />Yeah, as far as their designer coming back to us with any solution to what we made a comment on,
<br />that hasn’t happened yet. I’m interested to see what they’ve come up with as far as, even a
<br />passenger car template on that. I think that, when Kuakini is widened, that we will be putting that
<br />makai lane – in other words two through-lanes, one of them will be a shared through/right – one of
<br />those lanes is going to end up being actually closer to the sidewalk than it is now. The through lane
<br />that’s there now is spaced somewhat away from the curb and gutter and sidewalk; there is a striped
<br />area between the through lane there and the sidewalk. And when we do our widening and put in the
<br />additional through lane, we are going to end up moving the makai lane closer to the curb, which
<br />again is going to create more of an encroachment condition for somebody making that turn, right-
<br />turn movement 180 degree out of that establishment. So I do take exception to that at this point
<br />without getting better information from it.
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<br />GIFFIN: Daryn, is there, you know, knowing all of this, is there something that we should also
<br />include in verbiage?
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<br />ARAI: My philosophy – and I hope that philosophy doesn’t run counter to the Director’s
<br />philosophy, but – but, like zoning, like use permits, we are at the level of a special management area
<br />review. All we expect from the applicant is a conceptual project plan that gives us at least some
<br />idea of what is being proposed so we can assess it for impacts to the coastal resources of the area.
<br />There is going to be a lot that’s going to occur after this process, should you approve this SMA
<br />permit. They are not going to do, or put a lot of resources into detailed engineering and whatever
<br />else that is necessary, if they don’t have the entitlements in place. It just makes sense. So in my
<br />opinion, you should be rested assured that from this point on, should the use permit be approved,
<br />they will go through a lot of engineering analysis, design coordination with Public Works;
<br />everything has to be done and meet with approval of the County before they can actually implement
<br />it. And I would rely on that process, rather than trying to design and engineer something in what is
<br />basically just a permit to determine if there is any environmental impacts. So with that being said,
<br />if the Director wishes to jump in, by all means.
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<br />GIFFIN: Bobby Jean?
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<br />LEITHEAD TODD: Well, you know, we already had one case where we denied an SMA based on
<br />traffic issues and that got overturned up above, because they basically said that that was not the
<br />focus of an SMA; the SMA is to be looking at whether there is environmental impacts, and on
<br />cultural resources, on the shoreline resources, and whether you’ve got historic sites, you know,
<br />those are the kinds of things that you are supposed to be looking at. The traffic aspect is really more
<br />when they come in for approval with Public Works in terms of what Public Works will require
<br />them, taking into consideration the site and the plan. And my recollection, isn’t that site dug down
<br />a little? Isn’t there a, is there a drop?
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