2014-04-03HEARINGTRANSCRIPT-PD INITIATED USE 12-034 & AMEND USE 12-034

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STROUD: I’ll be brief. Relative to the concern about smart signs. We don’t care one way or another whether we put smart signs in or not. We left that decision to the engineers, to Department of Public Works. It certainly would have been a much cheaper option for us to have just dealt with that issue and put smart signs in rather than doing the widening, the control measures that are going to be implemented on that road in order to straighten out, increase the sight distance. We as well as some of the property owners, gave up property in order to be able to straighten out that roadway and improve the sight distance. We still don’t care about the smart sign issue. If a decision was made to install those, we’d be happy to go ahead and do that, but we don’t make the decisions relative to what happens with the road, the road design. I’ve got Yen here who is with EPI, the civil engineering firm that worked with the road department, and that came up with the design that they now are using. So, if you’d like to ask him any questions regarding about that, please do. GONZALES: Mr. Henkel. HENKEL: Would a temporary stop light like they have up on you know some of the bridge work on the Hāmākua side be effective in mitigating some of the traffic problems? FANG: My name is Yen, Yen Wen Fang. I’m with Engineering Partners. I guess I— GONZALES: Yeah, do you swear to tell the truth before the Planning Commission today? FANG: I do. GONZALES: Thank you sir. FANG: Probably will be good, but you know, that type of measure would definitely cause a even bigger congestion because it’s going back up cars when you have actually, have a light because traffic officer there can see how many cars are coming and you know changing the direction a lot quicker than just something on a timer yeah. GONZALES: Mr. Henkel, I remember when this came before us the first time, and I—you know, we told Mr. Thiel he could go home, but I almost want to say I remember he said it was a little too steep coming down the hill to put a light there. HENKEL: Okay, thank you. GONZALES: Any other questions for this gentleman? It’s nice to hear that you’re not opposed to the smart signs. Thank you. Mr. Arai, where am I going with this now? ARAI: I think the best way to handle this is, you heard from the applicant, you heard from the community, you heard from Public Works, and now it’s time to probably deal with each item individually, first and foremost being the compliance issue. And once you determine the compliance issue and any measures that you feel is appropriate due to the non-compliance, then you can address the amendment as well. And as Maija mentioned to you, the Director has 18 EXHIBIT F