2016-10-06 Hearing Transcript - Robert & Carol Oshiro REZ 16-208

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We also have in the Recommendation Report, there is in our General Plan a direction to widen and provide curb, gutter, and sidewalk improvements along Kilauea Avenue from Haihai Street to Ponahawai Street, so that's again kind of our purpose for putting those in with the understanding that the County Council has the authority to change or add a condition later on should they decide to do so. HENKEL: Okay, thank you. Mr. Clarkson? CLARKSON: I'm still somewhat confused about this whole thing. The Condition G requires the subdivision of ten feet. Dedication—it doesn't say who to dedicate to but presumably to the County, and then description of improvements. Isdo these improvements mean that for this, in front of the subject parcel, Kilauea will be improved to whatever its future improvement would look like? Are they going to basically widen Kilauea road? Put in sidewalk, curbs, and gutters? And so for however many hundred feet it is for this one acre parcel, Kilauea will be widened? KAY: If the improvements are done prior to occupancy, that's correct. NISHIMURA: And, I'd like to point out that it would be the only parcel that has that improvement currently in that block between Kahaopea Street and Puainako Street. You know, and that, in my mind, it presents an issue of safety because, you know, you're gonna have a short section of the road that's wider than every place else. HENKEL: So, to clarify in my mind, you're asking us to amend Condition G toto defer that until the County widens the whole area or includes the whole area rather? NISHIMURA: That would be the Applicant's preference. And, again, you know, they are willing to pay their fair share, whatever the pro rata share is determined to be at the time that the County moves ahead with those improvements. HENKEL: Okay. CLARKSON: So, is this—is this a relatively new procedure? I mean, I'm aware of requiring setbacks. For example, there was a setback on the previous application from a prior activity so that no buildings or other improvements could encroach on an area that might be later condemned and—and by the County and made into a roadway surface. But, now, in this application, a condition is being made to actually improve the roadway to its final width rather than just allow for that possibility at a future date. KAY: That's correct, and this is consistent, again, with the Iida—with the other application that we heard before. We passed it out of this Planning Commission with that condition in place, and at Council, they decided to change it. We could at the—at the desire of the Commission come up with some language to try and send it up that way, but we're just again staying consistent with what we've done before. Again, based on what we heard, a commentary from Public Works and also given our requirements in our General Plan. 5 EXHIBIT C