2019-02-07 Hearing Transcript - Wailani Development Amend REZ 10-117

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The other one is like—about Ponahawai Street, the Ponahawai Street Extension right now, just for your information is, the call is for an 80 -foot wide right-of-way. Just to give you a sense of perspective of 80 -foot wide right-of-way, 80 -foot wide right-of-way right now is the Mohouli Street Extension. A 60 -foot wide right-of-way, if you're familiar in Hilo, if you just go right up on Kukuau Street, whether it's a Sunrise Ridge or Sunrise Ridge Estate, that's a 60 -foot wide right-of-way. If you look at Kukuau Street, you know, like Sunrise Ridge, Sunrise Ridge Estates, the 60 -foot wide right-of-way has about 24 -foot wide pavement, and the balance is like all paved section. They have paved swales. And, look at that street. That street is—you can see right now, the people walk along those areas, they bike along that area, and it's just like you don't need to have curb, gutter, sidewalk, but it still functions in that same way. The current condition says, no Ponahawai Street has to be developed by the Applicant, 80 -foot wide right-of-way, that means and up to four lanes with curbs, gutters, and sidewalks, and you know what? It has to be completed whether you develop the project or not. It has to be completed within 20 years. So, they're looking at it, the developer is looking at it, upon advice they're saying, how can we make a commitment to construct an 80 -foot wide roadway with curbs, gutters, and sidewalks whether we do the development or don't do the development for three quarters of a mile. He said it's too expensive. We can't handle that. We can do that, on the other hand, if you allow us to construct at least a two-lane roadway and paved swales similar to what they have like now on Kukuau Street. That way the cars can go, move up and down the street, and if and when somebody wants to have like improvements beyond that area, whether it's the government or other fair share funds that come into being, then so be it. Classic point is like why, why is government requiring this developer, a local developer, consisting of family members, to have an 80 -foot wide right-of-way similar to Mohouli Street with curb, gutters, and sidewalk except that Mohouli Street Extension was constructed with all public funds and no curb, gutters, and sidewalk. Where's the equity? So, what we're suggesting is that fine, the developer would set aside an 80 -foot wide right-of- way. Let them construct a 60 -foot wide roadway within that area, and let them be also time specific. They are willing to accept that. However, as it relates to that portion on the Komohana Street side, because this is the Komohana Street and Ponahawai Street, the lower portion of the project that is where you're going to have a lot of activity, where the proposed supermarket and the proposed pharmaceutical company wanted to relocate. So, we're saying that at least at that point, you can have that four -lane roadway, and you can have curbs, gutters, and sidewalks, because that's the way that the engineers had already designed and planned. But, don't make that a requirement necessarily to stretch, you know, three-quarters of a mile all the way up when you don't have anything happening in that area. So, what we've passed out, this morning, I think, what the staff passed out, our language that essentially addresses those two requested amendments. One saying that on the curb, gutter, sideway requirement for residential area, just let the Subdivision Code prevail. And, relative to the Komohana Street, excuse me, Mohouli Street Extension, generally along those lines of what we're saying, getting back to the curb, gutter, sidewalk requirement, if you EXHIBIT B 14