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residents in trying to see what can be done to ameliorate or address, you know, their particular
<br />concerns. A lot of the concerns dealt with the representations or lack of representation on the
<br />part of the landowner, the developer, the caretaker of the property, but notwithstanding that, you
<br />know, there are other kinds of concerns that were raised, so we try to package a series of
<br />proposed mitigations. We came up, you know, and at that time, the Planning, the then Planning
<br />Director initially recommended approval but then subsequent to receipt of public hearing, came
<br />up with a recommendation for denial. It went before the Planning Commission, and I'm not
<br />exactly sure whether the Commission actually took action or not because right around that time,
<br />on behalf of the Applicant, the Applicant decided to withdraw that application and said basically,
<br />we need a little bit more time to see whether we can work it out. And rather than just kind of
<br />dragging it on and on, the application was withdrawn.
<br />Now, you know, here we are, you know, back in 2014, two years ago. You know, I guess the
<br />Applicant wanted to renew their request and then they asked me to kind of reach out again to the
<br />neighbors and see what can be done, and I've tried over the last, you know, two years to see what
<br />can be done.
<br />I think one of the issues is like when you deal with an area in transition whether it's like this
<br />particular area which is an area in transition. It's Medium Density designation. Or, if you look
<br />at like a very comparable areas like in the Waiakea House Lot area, you know, you do have areas
<br />that are coming in for Commercial or Mixed Commercial Industrial, and you do have areas—you
<br />do have some neighbors or residents coming in to support; others who object. But, nevertheless,
<br />at the end of the day, you know, the Commission just looks at the fact, look at the fact, and then,
<br />arrive it's, you know, arrive at its decision. Whenever you're dealing with areas in transition as
<br />in this area, you know, it's very sensitive, so hopefully, you try to see whether conditions can be
<br />developed to address and mitigate the concerns.
<br />But, before going into that, I think I'd like to just kind of punt for the moment and let Ms.
<br />Shiroma, you know, on behalf of the Applicant really speak to as far as why this additional
<br />parking is needed and what its implications—if they don't have it, what its possible negative
<br />implications may be.
<br />SHIROMA: Thank you. So, the additional parking lot is really for the employees so that
<br />patients can park closer to either the surgery—to the surgery center. And, as a patient of, my
<br />PCP is in the surgery center and also being a patient of the surgery center, it's very difficult at
<br />times to find parking, and when you're looking to go for surgery, you're having to walls quite a
<br />ways to just find a parking stall and walk in. Or, if you're gonna go and see your PCP, it isif
<br />you have an illness or if you're the older population, it is, it can be very difficult for them to
<br />actually get in to see their doctor and to get to their appointment on time.
<br />So, it's definitely hindered our ability to get into, see our doctors quickly and efficiently,
<br />especially with that older population. We've had some complaints within one of our other
<br />buildings down our orthopedic center where patients who just have had either knee surgery or
<br />hip surgery have had difficulty finding a stall and then they're trying to hobble in to go see their
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