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OKA: Good morning Chairman and Planning Commission Board. I would like to address the
<br />idea that, of the recommendation from the HP, HP, HPP Board about entrance to the church on
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<br />23, as our attorney has mentioned, there is a very bad blind spot. Working at the parsonage and
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<br />coming out on 23, more than once I’ve had to hit my accelerator very hard to, to avoid cars
<br />coming over the hill. I’m concerned for our parishioners coming out of there. That is one
<br />concern that I have. The other is the HP, Hawaiian Pacific, I mean, Hawaiian Paradise Park
<br />Baptist, oh boy, forgive me, the recommendation from HPP--HPP Board gave us--asked that we
<br />use the driveway closer to the boundary lines going Hilo side of the, of the house. That’s only
<br />26 feet from the house to the fence line, which would mean we would really be right on the fence
<br />line if we put a road in there. I don’t think it’s fair to the neighbors to have traffic going by
<br />there. If we go the other way, the Puna side of the house, it would, there is more room, but the
<br />catchment tank is, is protruding into that, into that area and would make it somewhat difficult
<br />putting a road in there. As our attorney explained, we have purchased the property on Kaloli and
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<br />24. We have plans of building a new facility there. And so that we would like to eventually,
<br />down the road, put the driveway coming in from there. We hate to spend the money of putting
<br />two driveways in. We are a small church. There are only approximately six families right now.
<br />So, financially what’s going on with this Special Use Permit, we will be required to put in a new
<br />septic system, at a cost of approximately $8,000 and a new catchment system to be built at a
<br />price of approximately $8,000, plus grading, and all the necessary things to get done. So that
<br />puts a heavy burden on the small congregation that we have at the present time. Once we have
<br />more congregants, and we plan to build the new church, you know, the feasibility of putting in a
<br />driveway is no problem. We were given the funds to buy this property from the Hawaiian
<br />Baptist Convention so God blessed us with property to build on.
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<br />MIYASATO: Thank you. Commissioners, any questions for the applicant? Thank you.
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<br />OKA: Can I say a few more things? The traffic for the Sunday services, we have probably,
<br />maybe five, six cars that are using that entrance and exit at the present time. If you had a family
<br />in there, I think you’d have more traffic going in and out of there at any one time, so you know,
<br />it’s only once on a Sunday morning that we are using it with heavy traffic. On Wednesday, there
<br />is only probably 3 cars that come, so it’s not like we’re putting a heavy burden on Kaloli at this
<br />time.
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<br />MOORE: And also I’d just like to point out that in the Planning Department Exhibit 5, which is
<br />from the Police Department, they, the Police Department, stated that they did not anticipate any
<br />significant impact to traffic and/or public safety concerns.
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<br />MIYASATO: Thank you.
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<br />OKA: Thank you.
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<br />MIYASATO: We do have one testifier that signed up, June Conant. Could you please raise
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