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community, as well as to share what this project was all about with the community. It was very well
<br />attended. And as a result of that meeting we kind of went back to the drawing board, made some
<br />adjustments to the basic application, and then filed the application. But we know that subsequent to
<br />filing the application there was still a lot of work that needed to be done. So we then actively met with
<br />different members of the community, people who would be directly affected, especially by the
<br />driveway, and came up with some different mitigations which we’d like to then kind of share with you.
<br />Most of these mitigations have been incorporated into the Planning Director's recommendation, and
<br />there were others that were not. But, nevertheless, the applicant has already made representations to
<br />the Community Association that whether applicable or not, I mean, incorporated or not, that it is
<br />something that they will nevertheless adhere to.
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<br />During the course of the meetings with the community, as well as their representatives, some of the
<br />things that they brought up -. And Mr. Ono you are correct. You know, you live in that area, I live in
<br />that area, so we all, and the Planning Director also lives in that area. We drive there up and down, you
<br />know, so many times. So we are very familiar with a lot of the traffic safety-related issues associated
<br />with Kaumana Drive, particularly like, not necessarily only in this area but many areas along Kaumana
<br />Drive. So some of concerns that the community had raised was that how do you address like
<br />preconstruction, construction, and after it is done. So like what we had agreed to do is, okay, like, you
<br />know, during the preconstruction, before we actually have, mobilized the equipment on the property
<br />then we would have a meeting with the community to essentially let them know that, look, it is going
<br />to start a certain, certain time and this is how are going to address like the interim drainage issue, these
<br />are where the signs are going to be put up, what are our hours of operation, so on and so forth. So we
<br />will give the community at least that opportunity to kind of weigh in, be aware of what is going to have
<br />happen, you know, rather than just the next day seeing a bulldozer on the property.
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<br />The other thing we wanted to do is to make sure that, you know, if the community had raised it and
<br />said like, well, you are going to have a lot of trucks going in and out of the property, then at the same
<br />time, they're going to try to negotiate a left turn into the property traveling mauka, then, what do you
<br />do? And so we said, okay, this is what we’ll do, we will address the off-site infrastructure work as a
<br />first priority. So we would do the left turn lane and all of the other mitigations, which I'll discuss later,
<br />initially, and then we'll have to have that done before they start working on the vertical. The reason
<br />why we said that before they start working on the vertical is that that's, you know, when you have the
<br />carpenters and those technical people coming in, then that is where you're going to have more and
<br />more traffic, employee traffic, coming in, as opposed to the site work. We know that there is a lot of
<br />time that is going to be needed associated with the site work, and so we’re saying, well, that can be
<br />done concurrently. So there is a condition that the Director had incorporated which was our
<br />representation to the community that we will have all of these things done before they start on the
<br />vertical. In addition to that, we talked about other things dealing like how to increase traffic safety in
<br />this area by installing like traffic calming device, whether it's a, you know, the speed radar signs, signs
<br />we see, or flashing lights, or whatever have you. But over and beyond that we were talking about also
<br />like making improvements to existing driveways in that area. I will discuss it more deeply but –.
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<br />The other thing that we talked about with the community and which they had agreed, the applicant had
<br />agreed to do is that, you know, you have a lot of employees so is there a way that you can kind of
<br />stagger their shifts so that it doesn’t conflict with the a.m. and p.m. peak hours. So what they’ll do,
<br />they’ll adjust it so that their schedule will be like their a.m. peak will be at 6 a.m. in the morning.
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