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becomes more prudent to have the Applicant in conjunction with the actual occupancy of the
<br />building, you know, put in their respective, do their respective share of improvements way up
<br />front. You know, at that time, and not kind of like defer it at some point in time. So, if you look
<br />at, as Director Kanuha accurately pointed out, if you look at the House Lots area, particularly on
<br />Manono Street, you know, there was a generally commitment or understanding, you know, based
<br />on the General Plan that the whole area will be eventually commercialized, and so there were
<br />conditions imposed on all of the respective developers in that area that you put in curb, gutter,
<br />sidewalks. As you can see, on Manono Street and even portions of like where Big Island
<br />Candies is for example, and even on Kanoelehua not Kanoelehua but Kekuanao`a Street where
<br />the new Urgent Center is gonna be, you can see curb, gutter, sidewalks coming up over there.
<br />And that that, the curb, gutter, sidewalks section was imposed and made as a condition of the
<br />zone change and part and parcel of the occupancy of the building.
<br />And, so the theory behind that approach was that if there is a clear understanding that there's
<br />gonna be commercial activity, you know, in that whole area even though the zoning is currently
<br />residential, that at some point in time, it will be commercial, and so over a course of time, you
<br />will have curb, gutters, and sidewalks, you know, in that whole area unlike the Pahoa Village
<br />area, is kind of questionable.
<br />I think the Director accurately pointed out, and as you look at the General Plan map, there is
<br />some question as far as whether there should be further commercialization on the mauka side of
<br />Kilauea. On the mauka side of Kilauea, the staff pointed out on the General Plan Land Use Map,
<br />it's Low Density Residential, and so while you do have like one or two commercial zoning in
<br />that area, there is still an issue relative to the General Plan as far as a continued pattern of
<br />commercialization—commercial zoning rather, you know, on the mauka side, and so perhaps
<br />that's the reason why the Council came up with that type of alternative versus a clear standard of
<br />putting a curb, gutter, and sidewalk.
<br />Having said that, the Applicant, you know, is, was prepared to accept the, you know, the
<br />condition as proposed by the Director. However, in the light of consistency, it would be more
<br />prudent to go along with what the Commission had just recommended for the other application.
<br />HENKEL: Thank you. Are there any questions of the Applicant? Thank you, Mr. Fuke. And, I
<br />have no one signed up for public testimony, so I'll look for a motion to close public testimony.
<br />MIYASATO: I make a motion to close public testimony.
<br />CLARKSON: Second.
<br />HENKEL: It's been moved and seconded to close public testimony. All in favor say, "aye."
<br />COMMISSIONERS: Aye.
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