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not finalized its building permits. I cannot, and maybe Corporation Counsel, Deputy Corporation <br />Counsel, Mr. Torigoe, could speak to this, but because a special permit doesn’t encumber that <br />adjacent agricultural building, I don’t believe it’s proper to include a condition in this permit that <br />forces the applicant to resolve an issue that is outside of the project site; we can only deal with the <br />area affected by this special permit application. I have spoken to the applicant and he is well aware <br />of the comments by the Department of Public Works regarding the outstanding building permits. <br />But while we can do something to address the proposed converted structure, I don’t think it’s proper <br />to deal with other deficient structures, maybe I should say. <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: And just another clarification point, just for my understanding. The real property <br />tax assessments, what happens to that, if you have an unpermitted facility that is being used for <br />commercial use? I don’t know whether the tax records show that as being an actively used building <br />because it has never been given occupancy. <br /> <br />ARAI: The Real Property Tax Division does rely quite heavily on permits and actions by the <br />Planning Department because we do tend to copy them. And at that point they can then update or <br />assess values for the property. Whether it has been done in this particular instance, I do not know. <br />However, I also understand that appraisers from the Real Property Tax Division do go out from <br />time to time and physically assess, and if uses are occurring on the property, they may adjust their <br />assessed values appropriately. <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: Okay, that’s fine, I guess, that’s -. <br /> <br />ARAI: Okay. <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: I know I -. Let me ask just one more question – this is my day to ask questions, I <br />guess. But I’m a little bit familiar with the site there and the roadway and everything. I’m <br />concerned about, I’ve always worried about access out of the left turn. And I noticed it in the Police <br />Department, they didn’t report a concern about that; they were more concerned about gravel and, <br />you know, debris being carried on the road. But that left turn has got to be a killer there. And <br />nobody seems to be concerned about that. I think the speed limit is 45 through there, and people do <br />move through there, so -. <br /> <br />ARAI: We, when assessing this, we didn’t, we weren’t presented with an impression that the <br />number of vehicles coming to and fro from the proposed project would be significant, meaning it <br />would have a direct impact to the functionality of traffic running along the Māmalahoa Highway. <br />Bear in mind it’s sort of like all relevant. This is an agricultural piece of property. As you can see <br />from the photograph I have up on the screen, a lot of ag is probably being conducted, and while I <br />don’t have specific numbers, I can only imagine that there are a lot of agricultural type of vehicles <br />going to and fro onto the highway and off from the highway. Now, it is true that maybe left turn <br />movements may be difficult, given the volume of traffic along the Māmalahoa Highway, but that’s <br />probably the case for every use along that highway, along every road that accesses the highway. <br />And I don’t see that this particular use by in and of itself is so detrimental to this situation. So I <br /> <br />hope that answers your question. <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: That’s fine. <br /> <br />4 <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />