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When questioned on the details of infrastructure plans for the development and the impact on the surrounding neighborhoods, Mr. Teramoto stated that sewage lines would probably merge with those on Punahele Street, and now I see that they are talking about Ponahawai, and that adequate dry wells and other drainage mechanisms would be in place to prevent adverse effects to the adjoining areas below the project site. There were tentative discussions on their ingress-egress proposals, particularly a signalized ` intersection meeting Puuhonu Way at Komohana, and now I see that that also has been addressed, and another possibly meeting Wiliwili Street in Lower Kamana. We also discussed several Hawaiian hawks which lived in the proposed development area. These hawks are endangered and have been there and were probably joined by another family a of hawks that had lived in the area between Punahele and the original Ponhawai Medical Buildings that were driven out by construction in that area. These birds and their offspring are ` enjoyed a lot -, by a lot of us in their daily cruising over thelai and the project areas. During the second meeting we were in informed that a maximum of 600 single family homes were planned. A few home owners from Sunrise Estates were also in attendance and stated that Steve Yamashiro had said a minimum of 600 homes were planned. Mr. Teramoto then informed us on matters of drainage, traffic, etcetera, previously questioned, were again discussed, that his company would provide minimal infrastructure and allow the subdevelopers to refine the specific needs of their own projects. He further stated that his company was seeking a blanket type variance on the project that would encompass a maximum, the maximum allowable number of structures and 10-story building heights and probably take around 10 years to complete. Most of us left the second meeting with as many questions, if not more, as the first meeting, and a deepening sense of frustration. It doesn't appear that the developer group has any real plan on how they will address this huge project and its adverse impact on all the surrounding areas. There is no real plan presented on the traffic impact to an already congested area. Most of us on Komohana and Kamana had a short respite from the noise, exhaust fumes, and lines of cars when Mohouli Extension opened. With the project's proposal to establish a link a with Wiliwili and Ponhawai Extension link to Mohouli Extension, traffic impacts would be considerably, considerable to the relatively quiet neighborhoods. There is no real plan on water diversion and containment because the developers are unfamiliar with the amount of water and its flow through the terrain. And this was evident when we asked them questions about how they wanted to do things. We got the usual proposed drywells and containment, and these are of little comfort to us who live below Komohana since we have development at our backs with the surgery center and we could also be adversely affected by a domino effect when it adversely affects those projects. As one of four families who have a development directly against our backyard, I can tell that developers will say one thing to secure your support for their project and then do what is 11