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Commissioner Ikeda, I totally respect the fact that you were on Council at the time and were
<br />addressing residents' concerns. I hear often on a lot of projects that existing subdivisions have
<br />open areas and as new projects are coming in, it's fairly consistent that residents just don't want
<br />to see that increased density so we've often get—we want to preserve the open space. We don't
<br />want more dangerous roads, and at some point, that's the role of government to be able to
<br />understand and balance the needs of kind of higher planning principles, you know, hence why
<br />we have a lot of codes and zoning and building things. We're trying to guide things into the
<br />right place, and so I can respect that. At some point, the residents were really concerned for this
<br />connectivity, but that's why I'm trying to also push it. Not just on one road but disperse it
<br />amongst a few different roads. And, I also just firmly believe that unless you live right in those
<br />subdivisions that are connected, it's not, it's not a shortcut across this project to get to the other
<br />parts of Mohouli and Komohana. I don't see folks necessarily using it as a shortcut. Wiliwili, in
<br />fact, which is one of, the middle road, when you come off of Komohana heading south onto it,
<br />right at the turn, it's a very narrow County road still, and complete streets, you know, talks about
<br />having smaller roadways, you know, where you actually don't want to create wide roadways.
<br />That allow for speeding cars and stuff And, so, to a certain extent, it's not it's not an
<br />alternative route where people are going to like be able to get across, you know, across this area
<br />very quickly. Uluwai right now has speed bumps throughout it right now, and so people don't
<br />use that section to—to take shortcuts through the neighborhood right now.
<br />So, II respect that you were there, and you're still trying to honor what you heard back then. I
<br />have, I'm trying to come from a place of, of planning principles.
<br />CLARKSON: Any further questions for staff? If not thank you, Maija. Will the Applicant or
<br />their representatives please come forward? Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm
<br />to tell the truth on this matter before the Planning Commission today?
<br />FUKE: Yes, I do.
<br />MATSUURA, P.: Yes.
<br />CLARKSON: If you would please introduce yourself and then proceed.
<br />FUKE: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Excuse me—my name is Sidney Fuke. I'm a
<br />planning consultant, and I've been kind of assisting with this project from its inception. Seated
<br />to my left is the prime mover, basically the visionary of this project, Dr. Peter Matsuura, and he's
<br />here to answer any other questions that I won't be able to kind of answer.
<br />But, first of all I'd like to extend our appreciation to the staff because I know the staff was kind
<br />of strapped for time in finalizing this report, and so you got it like last night or this morning, and
<br />likewise for ourselves, too, so that's why there was a lot of scrambling in trying to have it
<br />weighed in with the Applicant.
<br />Overall, like in reviewing the staff's report and the Background, the Applicant had reviewed it as
<br />well and found them generally acceptable. There are a few exceptions which I'd like to go over
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