2013-08-01 Windward Planning Commission Transcript PD UH

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off to either Puainako or Mohouli; and they don’t want to deal with the major traffic that the University generates. So, that being said, if the 80-foot right-of-way gets deleted at least get some comprehensive plan to alleviate traffic on Mohouli, and maybe not just a road widening. So, you know, I know Mohouli had a plan at one time to add another turning lane that goes down to Kumukoa and another turning lane up by the Mohouli-Komohana Extension. But now that means if I want to come out of my driveway I’ve got to cross three lanes of traffic instead of two. So it really doesn’t alleviate anything for me. It’s just kind of, you know, makes the traffic go faster through the residential neighborhood. I do understand that, you know, I live on a busy road and I’ve got to deal with that, the consequences of that. You know, I purchased my home there. But I also do believe that the University has a responsibility to mitigate some of the traffic that they generate. And I love the University. You know, I’m an alumni, I graduated from there. And, you know, it’s not, I’m not testifying against the University by any means. I just would like to see a better traffic plan where they connect their upper campus to the lower campus parking areas instead of shoving the traffic off to the side roads to get to the parking. And that’s it. ISHIBASHI: Thank you, Mr. Santiago. Any questions for the testifier? Okay, thank you. Any further testifiers from the public? Anybody interested? Okay, if we can have-. ARAI: Mr. Chairman, and I note that there doesn’t appear to be anyone else from the public who wishes to testify. But I would like to also mention that while this is a Director-initiated effort there are representatives from the University of Hawai‘i in attendance, should you feel that, you know, you have any questions specific to maybe their planning efforts for the UH campus itself. I should also note that in response to concerns about the proposed elimination of the 80-foot wide right-of-way through the main campus that we are offering, we appreciate and understand the concerns being expressed. But we also wanted to draw your attention to Exhibit D as in David that was made a part of the report that was provided to you. It does, while it is a preliminary master plan, it does show some preliminary vision on how -. ONO: This map? ARAI: That’s right, the colored map. It does provide some indication of how the University is looking at tying in the roadway networks within the area, within that main campus, as well as the upper campus that is on the mauka side of Komohana and which is not a part of today’s request. I can also direct you to comments from the State Department of Transportation which was also made a part of your background report. One moment, and that was Exhibit G as in Gary. And while they did support and had no objections to the proposed change of zone request, they are asking that the UH conduct a more comprehensive traffic impact analysis as development proceeds within, upon its lands. And over the years, everything that you see existing on the UH campus right now, as these facilities are constructed, they have to go through an environmental assessment at the very least because it’s using State lands. It’s using State funds; and that’s a trigger for an environmental assessment. So every time a project is proposed, they have to do all 6 EXHIBIT B