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KERN: Thank you very much. Yeah, I'm Zendo Kern; reside in Kurtistown area. I'm
<br />representing Ed Torrison. Ed Torrison had plans to be out of the country during this meeting,
<br />and the plans were made before we got notification of this here. So, he would otherwise be here
<br />sitting next to me, and he, you know, wanted me to apologize for that. It was just something that
<br />he couldn't get out of it. If he was going to Oahu, maybe he could change it, but it was out of the
<br />country.
<br />So, I'm here to answer any questions. I can do a little bit of background on this project if you'd
<br />like. Sure? Okay. You know, I once sat up there right as a Planning Commissioner for quite a
<br />few years. Chaired it. Also sat on the Council. So made a lot of challenging decisions, and saw
<br />a lot of things come through. Some things I felt were really simple. Some things were a little
<br />more challenging, and some things were just flat wrong.
<br />So, now me being a planning consultant, I look at things when they first come through as sitting
<br />on that side of the table. How does this look? How does this feel? How would I feel if I were
<br />sitting in that position as a decision -maker? This one is, it's a little unique. It sits right there.
<br />It's got residential around it, and its right there sandwiched in between Waianuenue and
<br />Kaumana Drive. And it's—and, it's tight. I looked at it, and I said you know what? I do think
<br />that this would actually be a good spot for an office building. Would I want a home there?
<br />Would somebody else want a home there? It's not that desirable. You're literally sandwiched
<br />between Waianuenue and Kaumana Drive. So, from a single-family resident standpoint, it's not
<br />a very desirable location. With an office building of having it look single-family, plantation
<br />style, that to me actually—you know what? That makes sense. It still leaves the visual
<br />appearance of a residential feel, and it actually creates a buffer to the residences that are right
<br />behind it. If you're coming up, it creates a sound buffer and a visual buffer. Landscaping is a
<br />ten feet requirement so there would be a 10 -foot landscaping buffer between this property and
<br />any of the other properties. An in sense, it would, like I say, it would kind of give it that
<br />additional buffer.
<br />I noticed some concern from some of the surrounding property owners on traffic. That's a
<br />legitimate concern. Having been through and talked with, you know, the Director and seeing the
<br />comments that were coming through and talking with my client, I said, you know, it makes sense
<br />to have right turn in and right turn out only. No left-hand turns. Traffic's going to flow smooth.
<br />Now, if it was a single-family residence, you get left hand turns. Who knows how busy it is?
<br />You know, so many people are living at that house, right? They have kids, teenagers, all the way
<br />up through, and these days—this day and age with economics being challenging, a lot more
<br />people still, you know, are staying in the same household out of the economic situation. You
<br />could have 3-4-5-6 cars going in and out there a day. Easily. And they're all making left-hand
<br />turns.
<br />Subsequently, too, if we go to a multi -family situation which still keeps it residential, I believe
<br />that would actually create more traffic than a small office building. Not to mention what—and
<br />there possibly would be a condition of no left-hand turns on there, too, but maybe not.
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