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Mr. C. Kimo Alameda, Chairman And Members of the Planning Commission Page 2 March 30, 2006 still enforce these even if the requirement was not in the General Plan, but that the General Plan would be another obstacle if a better solution was found. This made sense to me and I agreed to introduce an amendment deleting this course of action. At the same time, the written rationale for the amendment does say that the conditions of the rezoning ordinances remain in place. Unfortunately, but understandably, some members of the public have taken the proposed General Plan amendment as a retreat from the concept of a parallel route for traffic in Waimea. In addition, to date, I have not been shown any plans by Parker Ranch for a way to have this alternate route without implementing something like the road called for in the rezoning ordinances, and it seems that it would be very difficult to do so. The County has a contract with Parsons Brinkerhoff, an engineering firm, to specifically look at traffic circulation within Waimea, including the connector road concept. They expect to have preliminary findings by mid-summer. Because of this pending study, and because of the public concern about the amendment, I ask the Planning Commission to defer action on this proposed General Plan amendment at least until the Parsons Brinkerhoff study has given its preliminary findings. If the study reaffirms the basic concept of the type of connector road called for in the rezoning ordinances, I will withdraw the proposed General Plan amendment. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, CHRISTOPHER J. Y* N~~ Planning Director CJY:syw p:wpwin60*\1ettmX20061pc gpwnmdr t 3-30-06 cc: Parker Ranch Trust Waimea Community Association Department of Public Works Parsons Brinkerhoff Mr. Wayne K. Awai (via e-mail) Ms. Margaret L. Becka Ms. Victoria L. Dunn Ms. Margaret Wille i