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<br />ISHIBASHI: Thank you. If you can state your name and address for the record please.
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<br />TOMA: My name is Roy Toma, and I live on 44 Hale Nani Street in the back of the
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<br />development. On January 31, on Friday, I was on the corner of Hualālai and Kapiolani Street
<br />mauka, taking traffic count. During the hours of 7 to 7:15. Now when I say traffic count, I’m
<br />talking cross, crossroads. From 7 to 7:15 , there was 105 cars; 7:15 to 7:30, there was 152 cars;
<br />then on 7:30 to 7:45, the busiest time, was 170 cars involved in that area; and finally at 7:45 to 8
<br />o clock, it was 153 cars. Total of 580 cars in that area alone for one hour, plus one bicycle was
<br />going Puna side. So right now, we accept the 2.5. The bad part about it is there’s no exit road on
<br />this new development. It’s in and out of Hualālai. With this density, the traffic is going to be
<br />tremendous. We will not be able to get in and out of Hale Nani Street. So as I say, if you folks
<br />need to deny this new change, and leave it at 2.5. Thank you.
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<br />ISHIBASHI: Thank you, Mr. Toma. Any questions for the testifier? Ok, thank you, Mr. Toma.
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<br />KISHII: Oh, my name is Leatrice Kishii. I live on 30 Hale Nani Street. And I, excuse me, my
<br />main concern was the traffic and it has been discussed so I don’t have anything more to add
<br />except that the, like he said, there’s no, there’s only one outlet, in, for that 88 ah, what you, 88 ah
<br />units. So, I would think that, that a, like I said, like he mentioned the traffic going be the main
<br />problem. It’s actually up, you know there’s an S turn over there. There’s a blind corner two
<br />ways. Now when I’m going leaving for to go out, I have to slow down before I reach the corner
<br />because people are coming in, instead of staying on their side of the line, they’re right in the
<br />middle. So if I was, kept on going, I would be, have an accident. Now, there haven’t, I have
<br />lived there for 44 years. Now, they haven’t been—a—any major accidents except for one driver
<br />that plowed into the neighbor’s fence, but aside from that, there hasn’t been any accident, but if
<br />we have those 88 units plus, 88 or so many cars, I would think there would be accident, and that
<br />would be his fault. That’s all I can say.
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<br />ISHIBASHI: Thank you, Mrs. Kishii. Any questions for the testifier, Commissioners?
<br />Anybody else from the audience would like to testify over this issue?
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<br />Ok, this is--our main concern was trying to address the issue that the community had, that’s why
<br />we had, you know had extended this vote, trying to get the feedback and mana‘o from all of you,
<br />and give Mr. Tai the opportunity to try and fix, or at least address your concern. So, that’s what
<br />we wanted to do. Ok, seeing no questions, you may be, you may be seated. Thank you so much.
<br />Mr. Tai? I had one question in regards to the parking.
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<br />TAI: Oh yes.
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<br />ISHIBASHI: You know from your first phase, the first plan you had to the second, what, the
<br />parking changed?
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<br />TAI: No, it would comply with the parking requirement, it’s 1.25 per unit—one thing that I
<br />should clarify, this, because this is going to be, the entire project is going to be affordable
<br />housing, between 60 to 100 percent, these are smaller units. They’re mainly one bedrooms and
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