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VITOUSEK: I would, I would love to hear a response from the developer, the applicant.
<br /> CARR SMITH: Okay. Go ahead, Mr. Col6n.
<br /> COLON: Hi, well, I would like to point out to the commission that we actually did build the first
<br /> segment. The, we spent five and a half million dollars to build the road from Ka'iminani into the
<br /> campus that will ultimately be connecting with the Ane K. So we've actually done that; we've
<br /> actually done a public benefit to the community by building a road that is very widely used. And
<br /> I'm told that the—every time I drive on it, there's families, kids,jogging on it, walking on it, so I
<br /> fully, I definitely know it's getting a lot of use, not just, and not just for cars. And again, our
<br /> request is, it is, it stands what it is. And, and we recognize this is a difficult process we are going
<br /> through. We've been through it before. We know we still go to County Council after this. But
<br /> again, we feel that the 22 million dollars that we spent is, that certainly is all the funding that we
<br /> have authorized from our owners, and in terms of anything that goes beyond that, we certainly
<br /> don't have, you know, anything more to add than what's in the existing application.
<br /> CARR SMITH: Mike?
<br /> VIOTUSEK: Sure, I just want to clarify. Nobody is questioning what you guys have done. We
<br /> know that you've put in a tremendous amount of time and money into public benefit, and the
<br /> community definitely appreciates that. So we are not talking about what you've done to date;
<br /> what we are talking about is what is obligated to be done in the future. And you have this
<br /> obligation hanging over you in that Road I construction, which is going to be massive. And all
<br /> I'm suggesting is that maybe that tremendous, huge obligation could go towards something that
<br /> would better serve the community and might even end up being less expensive than putting that
<br /> giant road snaking all the way down.
<br /> CARR SMITH: Thanks, Mike. Barbara, go ahead.
<br /> DEFRANCO: Yeah, I didn't really hear you respond to the question that Mike is, I mean,
<br /> Commissioner Vitousek is asking. So if you went back to the state and were able to take that
<br /> commitment out, could you, could you go into an agreement to do something else? I mean, are
<br /> you looking at that?
<br /> COLON: We, like I said, we have no authorization to go - - -beyond - - - what's in this request
<br /> to amend the conditions of zoning right now. This is all we have.
<br /> CARR SMITH: Mike.
<br /> VITOUSEK: I mean, you know, I understand where we are now, with the requirement coming
<br /> from the LUC, but I guess what I'm asking is if you guys could at a later date, after all this has
<br /> been settled, because we don't have the power to override the LUC now, discuss it internally,
<br /> figure out if that's a possibility, and if the feasibility is there, if it's more of a benefit for you
<br /> guys, if it's less expensive to construct that section of Ane Keohokalole Highway than the Road
<br /> 1, would you guys internally discuss that and consider that? Because it's not something we can
<br /> do now.
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