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been the fair share contributions,but that obviously doesn't add up to the amount that we need to actually get that done. Is there a mechanism such as the creation of an improvement district that would— MATSUMOTO: That I'm not sure. I don't know the details of that. VITOUSEK: Okay. Does anybody from County Planning Department know if such a mechanism exists for creating an improvement district where that can be funded by some of these projects that have created this need? KERN: Yeah, Mr. Chair, Zendo Kern here. There is the possibility for an improvement district; it would have to go through the process and get, you know, approval from the community. I don't have the exact percentage off the top of my mind. It usually starts with a Council action. But that possibility does exist. I think one of the challenges here is the jurisdiction with that being a State road. I, from my understanding is that they are a bit more open to the conversation now than it was previously, and so I think getting the working group moving forward and actionable I think is probably one of the best first steps, because it may be able to resolve, may be able to get some federal money. If not,maybe the conclusion is an improvement district of sorts. So I'm happy to help, yeah, I'm happy to help. VITOUSEK: Terrific. The, you know, critical path item one is the updated traffic impact analysis report, and maybeI don't see that there was any updated traffic impact analysis report done as part of this application. Is that correct? JACKSON: That's correct. There wouldn't have been a trigger for it because traffic studies are typically triggered if there is going to be 50 or more peak-hour trips. VITOUSEK: Fifty or more. JACKSON: Yes. This would generate about seven peak-hour trips. VITOUSEK: Okay. And then I guess the question for the applicant is if you guys have considered maybe doing this traffic impact analysis report as, in lieu of the fair share contribution, so that it could get that ball rolling, and providing one of the critical path items directly where I think would go farther than just writing a check for the fair share contributions. FUKE: Well, Mr. Chairman, I think that, you know, the County already has like about 677,000 dollars, you know, in the bank. So I think it would be, you know, very money well spent if the County were to appropriate the funds, the needed funds, to do the traffic assessment or the traffic study. That study will then determine, you know, possibly like mitigation, whether it's going to be short-term or interim mitigation, to, you know, the so-called the BMW version, which is probably like a traffic light. The traffic light might be kind of problematic largely because it falls under the jurisdiction of the State, and we know how the State is averse to having any signalized intersection, you know, along their portion of the highway. If you look at this intersection as opposed to like an intersection at the Ka`iminani-Mamalahoa Highway, I would venture to guess that you have more movements at that intersection than you do at the Kaloko intersection, and 9 EXHIBIT C (DRAFT)