2013-08-01 Windward Planning Commission Transcript Kuwahara

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ISHIBASHI: Go ahead, Commissioner Gonzales. GONZALES: Maija, the Malama Market, the Woodland Center and the Auto Parts Store, were those, would you even know, were they once agricultural lots too that were permitted? COTTLE: Yes, they were, yeah. I believe Malama Market property was rezoned back in, I think Malama and Woodland were both rezoned back in the early 90s. Pāhoa Auto Parts may have been the late 90s. GONZALES: Okay, thank you. ISHIBASHI: Commissioner Henkel. HENKEL: What’s the timeframe of this construction? COTTLE: The applicants are proposing to start construction upon approval of the zoning and receiving any permits that they need. Right now their timeframe I believe is, let me check here, they’re estimating completion of construction as soon as early 2015. GONZALES: Okay. And off-hand do you know the timeframe of the construction of the roundabout that they’re going to be building on the Bypass Road? COTTLE: The most current information we have is fiscal year 2013, which for the State runs from August of this year to July of 2014. GONZALES: Okay. COTTLE: So it is possible that the two projects could overlap a bit. We’ve actually included a condition in the Change of Zone to account for any overlap that may occur so that the applicant can coordinate with DOT and Department of Public Works to ensure that the traffic flow isn’t hindered during construction. And that would be Condition O. The background report also refers to that. The top paragraph on page 6 mentions that the applicant has agreed to do the following as needed to reduce traffic impacts due to the State’s roundabout project, that would be delaying construction of improvements on Pāhoa Village Road. So the applicants propose to just do the work on Kahakai Extension so that traffic won’t be affected on Pāhoa Village Road, or expediting the installation of a traffic signal. DOT has informally told us that it would be beneficial to them to have the traffic signal installed because they need to detour traffic through Kahakai Boulevard. So they were planning on installing a temporary traffic signal. And also, the applicant may have to detour their construction traffic, so either use the Pahoa Village Road entrance, or the Kahakai entrance, depending on how traffic is being detoured through that area at the time. GONZALES: Thank you. ISHIBASHI: Okay, thank you. Any further questions, Commissioners? We have two public testifiers. Should we do them first? Okay, we can have the Max Newberg and Mark Hinshaw. 4 EXHIBIT A