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what these folks will be doing out there with nobody to monitor or follow what they're doing.
<br />Thank you.
<br />HENKEL: Thank you. Commissioners, any questions of the testifiers? You may be seated.
<br />AWONG, D.: Thank you.
<br />HENKEL: Would you care to respond to the testimony?
<br />KERN: Yes, thank you for the opportunity to respond. Okay, to try—first of all, I wasn't able to
<br />get it out. I'm going to email it to Planning right now. We did receive another email of support
<br />from one of the neighbors. I can read that to you real quick. It says, "To Windward Planning
<br />Commission. Please be advised that as neighbors of Rick Cabados and Katy Joy Freeman who
<br />own Celestial Sanctum Retreat Center of Hawaii, we support and concur, with concurrence of
<br />their plans and efforts to establish the bed and breakfast business entity on their property located
<br />at the address of the subject parcel. We are neighboring owners of Lot No. 343(B), Parcel 1-8-
<br />020:109 [sic] of Luna Ikena Road." And, that's from Michael and Deborah Pettitt. So, they're
<br />in support of it as well.
<br />First off, on the run-off issue, the Applicant has to comply with State Department of Health. So,
<br />currently, the place has cesspool. So, any improvement that he makes, he's actually going to
<br />have to put in septic systems, wastewater septic systems that meet with the State Department of
<br />Health. So, that should basically cover the runoff, and as any development goes, you have to
<br />keep your runoff on your property. If it goes off your property, you're in violation.
<br />As far as traffic goes, obviously it will be an increase in traffic. The Applicant is amenable to
<br />putting in, you know, speed bumps in front of the property, a couple of them to make sure that
<br />they're, that traffic would be slow if there is any of these issues. `Cause it's really, we're not
<br />trying to, the Applicant isn't trying to, you know, create a problem. So, here we have some
<br />issues, and we can potentially solve them, so a speed bump would be agreeable.
<br />The other issue as the testifier had mentioned is coming off of the highway to Luna Ikena Road.
<br />It's tight. It's small. It needs some improvements. So, per the conditions, the Applicant has to
<br />do what the State DOT requires, and that is, it's going to have to—the present driveway does not
<br />meet the current standards so lane widths and shoulder widths are too narrow, so pavement and
<br />the pavement structure is unknown. So, he's basically going to have to re -do that and create a
<br />driveway, and okay, they say it's driveway sight distance is probably okay, needs to be verified.
<br />Turning radius is too tight. So, they recommend constructing a 22 -foot wide, two lanes, with 4 -
<br />foot shoulders and a 25 -foot turn curve radius. It also requires that they put a streetlight in. So,
<br />there'd be a streetlight and not a traffic signal but a streetlight to light the intersection, and the
<br />intersection would be improved to what the State would be okay with. So, that would eliminate,
<br />you know, traffic being backed up. It will allow whatever types of vehicles need to get in there.
<br />So, as again, the Applicant is fine with putting in speed bumps in those areas of concern, and the
<br />other issue that Commissioner Clarkson had brought up, and I think got a little bit more clarity
<br />on that is well the Applicant is going to improve, make a substantial investment to improve the
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