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KAWANO: Okay. <br /> VITOUSEK: Next, we have Myron Lindsey? Is Myron online? <br /> LINDSEY: Yes, thank you, Commissioners, can you all hear me? <br /> VITOUSEK: Yes. <br /> LINDSEY: Okay, thank you very much. Sixth generation Lindsey's of Waimea. First <br /> Lindsey's to come into the State of Hawaii. Presently I reside in Waimea below I don't know if <br /> you know the Merriman's Restaurant area whatever. But my biggest concern at this point and at <br /> this time is the traffic. Waimea is an artery. It's major artery for transportation between the east <br /> and west. We have 2 ports, 1 in Hilo and 1 in Kawaihae. Which we really should be thankful <br /> for because it brings in our goods, consumer goods. The challenge with that is presently as it is, <br /> we have containers that are being shuttled between east and west, Kawaihae and Hilo on a daily <br /> basis, including evenings and nights. Constant trucks running at a high rate of speed in this area <br /> from the Police station and all up and throughout their destination. So, this is a big concern for <br /> me, I have a property directly across the street from Mr. Metzler and I'm very concerned about <br /> this traffic increase. Right now, it is pretty unbearable and there's no, how should I say there is <br /> no control of monitoring the speed in that area. I was told by a reliable source that works at one <br /> of the ports that a trucker out of Hilo is compensating his drivers well, per load. <br /> So, the more loads you make during the course of the day, the more you get compensated <br /> between east and west, this is just an incentive for more traffic at a high rate of speed in that <br /> particular area. So that's one of my biggest concerns as we go forward what we need to do really <br /> Commissioners is to really have a comprehensive impact statement. A study and I'm pretty sure <br /> we have some studies on record, but we're at a point right now, where the State is not going to <br /> have a bypass road like they were looking at going through Hawaiian Homes Land. I've been on <br /> several committees in Waimea with the Hawaiian Homes Association in addressing this issue of <br /> a bypass road alleviating the traffic through Waimea but that's not going to happen really. So, <br /> what's going to take place in the next five (5), ten (10), fifteen (15), twenty (20) years let's <br /> project out and see what's going to take place. Like Ms. Davenport said, we need to keep this <br /> area Ag and Mr. Kawano said we need to keep this area Ag. I know the original owners that <br /> own this farm and that's one of my biggest concerns. The other concern that I have is really <br /> having a zone in Waimea for businesses. I don't think we should have any more businesses, <br /> commercial businesses from the Police station going east towards Honoka`a. This was all Ag <br /> land in the past and I think as much as possible we need to keep this Ag. <br /> So, anymore commercial I don't look upon it as good growth, so to speak. We should have our <br /> business zones in Waimea going towards the airport, I know we're going to infringe on maybe <br /> Parker land, but it should be in that area towards the airport. Basically, that's my biggest <br /> concern is this increase of traffic, safety for the motorists and pedestrians and the people living <br /> alongside the highway. My property if I do build my living room will probably be right at the <br /> setback. Okay, which a bus, the main artery, or the main road. You have trucks with high rate <br /> of power now. The trucks today to give you an idea what you're dealing with as far as trucks. I <br /> 4 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />