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ALAMEDA:Other Commissioners questions for Mr. Gimpel? Seeing none Id like to thank you for your testimony. GIMPEL:Thank you. ALAMEDA:Will the applicant please come back? Or its representative, Mr. Mooers? Hearing testimony and some of the discussion you have any additional comments or thoughts? MOOERS:Yeah, I would like to respond a little bit. ALAMEDA:Sure. MOOERS:I appreciate Mr. Gimpels comments as always he makes a strong case. Just to remind the Commission the resolutions that were grafted to support the change of zone to thisareareallydoonething,welltheyredesignedtoonethingandthatistopreservetheforest. And because it, there are forest restriction conditions that are pretty stringent in these that restrict the amount of the land that can be used for other than forest activities. The second thing that has been a policy of the Council has been to collect funds for the intersection improvements at Kaloko. And repeatedly we hear from Department of Transportation and from the community that this intersection needs improvement and I think the applicants will always stipulate to the fact that yes it does. And yet for all the comments that come from the Department of Transportation this improvement has never appeared on their STIP program, you know the State Transportation Improvement Program. And I would suppose that theyre not being disingenuous when they make the comment that its not a safe intersection I think what theyre saying is that there are other intersections that may be in more dire need of attention. Am I getting louder or? Could happen. So I think the policy has been then is to collect funds from these change of zone applications and apply them towards that intersection and I think that has been the policy. I would have to say that I probably agree with Mr. Gimpels statement regarding the level of improvements and I would echo the sentiment that I think signalization should be pursued for 2 reasons. One is I think it will help alleviate the wait for the intersection and the second thing I think what it will do is it will provide a pulse and traffic along Mamalahoa Highway for driveways and other unsignalized intersections that will create gaps in traffic where other people who would then be allowed to get out onto the highway. I have not had the privilege of seeing the study done by Mr. Fleming and the amount of work it does. Im a little surprised at the cost, having costed other intersections. Im looking at one on Kawaihae Road right now, a channelized intersection with no signal thats, our bids are coming in around $600,000. So I hope hes, his numbers are right. I dont, as I say Im not an engineer, Ive not seen or had the opportunity to look at those. But Im pleased that Star Market has fulfilled their obligation and has engineered improvements in making recommendations. Cause remember they were one of the applicants who agreed to do this, this study or this analysis at the intersection which is I think something that needs to be done. I did want to echo what Commissioner Graham said about the, theres no ohanas, were not looking at increasing the density. And the fact that we brought up both of these at once I will mention that the Gesling application, the four units are 4 CPR units that presently exist that are going to be converted into subdivided lots if the application is successful. I think that, thats all the response I would have now than the fact to say that the policy has been for the County to collect these funds and to use those funds, earmark them EXHIBIT C 7