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<br /> <br />ARAI: The reason for the request on the makai, sorry, on the makai side of Komohana Street is <br />because it was within that same area that’s part of this rezoning request for the University <br />designation. There will have to be further discussion of this alignment mauka of Komohana <br />Street. But, at that part, we may want to take a broader look at it to see how the larger circulation <br />pattern is in this particular section of Downtown Hilo. <br /> <br />ONO: Okay, I’m just looking at it from a layperson’s view. That proposal is really not going to <br />have any benefit in the future if you remove the lower portion. <br /> <br />ARAI: That is, oops, sorry. You’re right, by removing this section down here, it further, I <br />would argue, debilitates the necessity of maintaining this upper portion here, although this upper <br />portion was, I believe, -. You see Nowelo Street here on the mauka side? This is actually going <br />to connect. If you look at the applicant’s master plan, Exhibit D, it does connect to a roadway <br />that is within the Sunrise Ridge, I think it’s Sunrise Ridge, Subdivision. So there is this proposal <br />for interconnectivity with an existing road within the Sunrise Ridge Subdivision. <br /> <br />ONO: Okay. I guess it seems to me that we’re doing it piecemeal. If your proposal were to <br />eliminate that upper portion it would make more sense to me to say okay. But for you to come <br />back later and say, you know, this is really, doesn’t fit, I have a hard time -. I guess what I’m <br />looking for is a broader plan to say that this is what we’re really looking at, rather than doing it <br />piecemeal and say we’re going to eliminate this portion and then come back five years from now <br />and say we want to eliminate the other half. <br /> <br />ARAI: That is a valid argument. And you may, you’ve -. I think some of you have experienced <br />specific amendments to the City of Hilo Road Map. I think you may recall the Stainback <br /> <br />Highway, we were looking at eliminating Stainback Highway. There was the one up Haleloke <br />Street off Akolea Road where because Haleloke Street was constructed we moved a proposed <br />roadway and scooted it further to the north to designate Haleloke as that interconnecting road. <br />Granted if, it can appear piecemeal at the time and we’re just, there are times when we just look <br />at it and try to resolve certain issues that arise as we address certain projects. This is just, <br />happens to be one of them. <br /> <br />I should note that if the Commissioners feel that this is sort of like parceling out and you’re not <br />too comfortable with it, I mean, you have the privilege of taking separate actions. I mean, again, <br />this is a proposal before you. You could possibly support one. We hope you would support the <br />University zoning district proposal. But you could also make a motion otherwise regarding the <br />80-foot roadway alignment. <br /> <br />ONO: One more question. The upper portion which I’m concerned about, who owns that <br />property today, the mauka side of that? <br /> <br />ARAI: This side here? <br /> <br />ONO: Yes. <br /> <br />ARAI: I believe that’s part of the UH -. <br /> <br />9 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br /> <br />