2013-12-05 Windward Transcript - Jordan

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FUKE: You’re the Planning Director. I’m only kidding. I would think like in years past, like this similar kind of concern was raised. There was a resolution that was passed by the County Council I think at one point in time that the area be, a certain portion of house lot the General Plan be amended. And so if I recall correctly, and I’m not really testing too much my memory now, but then that whole area, the existing General Plan is, you know, is what was like way back when. And then because of the concerns raised by a number of residents, you know, about commercializing of that area then the Council passed a resolution. And then the General Plan was amended to create like only certain areas to be set aside for Industrial, certain areas were going to, I think like this pocket of the Waiākea House Lot area was going to be kept in Low Density Residential. And then in the most recent General Plan Amendment it went through the review, then it went back to the old, you know, the original map. I mean generally I think that’s how I kind of understood. So the short answer to your question, Mr. Director, is probably, again, like if the members wish, if the residents in that area wished to not see any commercialization in that area, the best bet would probably be to petition the Council again and to ask that the General Plan for this area be amended from Medium Density to Low Density. But as long as you have the Medium Density area, subject to infrastructural issues, you know, probably as in this case here, you know, you would lend support for a Neighborhood Commercial zoning, but definitely not Industrial. ISHIBASHI: Any further questions, Commissioners? Go ahead, Commissioner Moses. MOSES: Chair, you know, I see the memorandum from the Department of Public Works; and in that they comment for our consideration that street light and traffic control devices may be required. And as we heard from the residents that this is really a need, and your applicant also sees that. So are we able to put that as part of a condition, you know, moving forward any type of approval pertaining to zoning in this area with the agreement, of course, of the Traffic Division, Department of Public Works? FUKE: I think that if you look at the staff’s proposed Condition E it already requires that the applicant provide an additional five-feet section, five-foot section fronting his property, her property, and constructing curbs, gutters and sidewalks. Of course it’s not going to stretch the entire length of Laukapu Street cause no individual property owner can do that. But in this situation here there’s an incremental improvement, you know, like a “fair share system” where she would be responsible in providing that curb, gutter and sidewalk system. The traffic light system what I understood Public Works was referring to was not like signalized but then if there’s a need when you put in your curb, gutter , sidewalk for like a street lamp in that particular area, then that’s also part and parcel of that whole requirement. ONO: Mr. Chair, question? Chair? ISHIBASHI: Go ahead, Commissioner Ono. 9 EXHIBIT A