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800 feet away, you know for the Kupulau Street Extension would make that, might be
<br />questionable.
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<br />And, so I think that what the staff had indicated is that in conjunction with the General Plan
<br />update program right now, they’re evaluating the wisdom of maybe having two access points or
<br />maybe just consolidating that or having only a different access that would serve as original
<br />roadway that connects the upper Wāiākea Uka area to the Downtown Hilo and then to the
<br />Kaūmana area so that’s what’s being investigated. What the staff is proposing is, and which is
<br />acceptable to the Applicant, is that if they want to construct that portion of the Kawailani and
<br />Kupulau Street Extension now, then they can do that, but if on the other hand, you know this is,
<br />they can do that now, in spite of the fact that the decision hasn’t been made as far as where,
<br />whether they’re going to have any of these extensions or not. But, on the other hand, if they
<br />decide to wait, and the decision is made to maybe delete the Kupulau Street Extension as shown,
<br />then they would not have an obligation to construct. So that’s the way the staff’s condition is, is
<br />constructed right now, and the Applicant has no objections to that.
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<br />One thing I think like that should be made clear is that you know what the Applicant is, you
<br />know, based on the proposed condition is prepared to do is that number one, not to foreclose any,
<br />any future road options, regional road options in that area, so they’re willing to construct that
<br />portion of the, although if it’s undecided, that portion of the Kupulau-Kawailani Street
<br />Extensions within their property, acquire and dedicate to the County the portions that are outside
<br />of their property, one of which falls in the existing Sunrise Ridge Estate, I’m sorry, two of which
<br />fall within the Sunrise Ridge Estates, so they’re gonna acquire and dedicate those properties you
<br />know to the County. And then so what that does is that it creates the opportunity or gives the
<br />County the option for eventual connection if they decide to do that or not.
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<br />Finally, I think like, what I’d like to kind of also point out was that when they came in for the
<br />extension back in 2008, as I mentioned earlier, they had an obligation now to provide an
<br />affordable housing requirement which was absent back in 1993 when the, when the ordinance
<br />was initially opposed [sic], approved. So, in trying to address the affordable housing obligation,
<br />they worked out an agreement with the County, and the agreement was struck in May of 2012 to
<br />constructed 43 affordable homes in the Kaūmana area. It’s a project called Kumulani Gardens
<br />that’s currently, they’re seeking the appropriate construction plans and subdivision approval for
<br />that.
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<br />In relation to that Kumulani project, what they’re doing is, it’s not like a standard affordable
<br />housing project but they’re going to have a mix of affordable and non-affordable housing, so in
<br />conjunction with, with that overall concept, they’ve introduced a park, and they’re also going to
<br />provide curb, gutter, sidewalk, so it would not look like a standard affordable housing project but
<br />it’s gonna be more like a more, like a conventional project.
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<br />So, the getting some measure of relief in constructing the, the bridge, what we call the Kupulau
<br />Extension bridge, a bridge that may not materialize or have any function, would enable the
<br />Applicant to make the affordable housing program much more feasible.
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