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SPRINGER:Thank you. ALAMEDA:Thank you. Director? YUEN:On this question of when these things will be built up. Alii Parkway this would be Phase II, Phase I being Keauhou to Lako Street. To explain funding a little bit. Federal funding which normally big road projects like this are done with Federal funds, they pay for 80%. Theres a plan for how these funds get programmed called the STIP. The STIP has you know some projects will have design funding in the STIP that doesnt mean theyre going to get built right away, the only ones you can say are going to get built within the timeframe of the STIP are where theres construction funds programmed for the STIP. The current STIP goes fiscal year 06 to 08 and Phase II is definitely not on the STIP for construction. So we cant say that its going to be, we could say that its not going to be done in 06-08 time period but we cant say when its going to be done after that. Theres a lot of competition to get on this fundinglistbecausetheyaremorepotentialthatpeoplewouldliketoseebuiltfloatingoutthere than there is money in the STIP. Theres a statewide allocation. This island gets a percentage of that traditionally. It varies from year to year because of projects being ready to go on different islands at different times with over, over a several year period were not going to get more than our share. And if you were to look at it, much of the money goes not necessary for new highways but for enhancements to existing highways such as guardrails, bridge repairs, curve straightening, shoulder improvements and the like. So this is a long answer but there isnt a set time where we can say, we are going to have the funding in hand to do this through outside funding for the Phase II. ALAMEDA:Commissioner Springer any follow up before I go to Commissioner Siracusa? SPRINGER:Yes, thank you. Mr. Director when you talk about the commuting of worker residents to outlying areas. Say its a 1-hour commute out to Ocean View Estates from Kailua Kona at this time. If by loading the residential density in the Kailua area were creating a 1 hour commute time from Keahole Air-, from within the Kailua region. Im having a hard time seeing the benefit. Instead of a commute over great distance, a long time over great distance we seem to be increasing the potential for a long time commute over a short distance. Im just wondering if you can clarify that. YUEN:Well lets take the scenario. Lets take the person who, say you rent a house in Ocean View and they work at the McDonalds in Kailua Kona. Currently how do they get there? They drive 45 miles on Highway 11, they go through Kainaliu through the little crawl congesting that whole area. They drop, they made, once they get toward Kailua Kona, they have a couple of ways to get down to McDonalds but say they go down, say they make the first turn they can to go down Kuakini Highway and they come down Kuakini and get to McDonalds. Now, say their alternative is they get to buy or rent a place in this complex. Theyre right there. Theyre not adding any traffic to Kuakini to McDonalds, they were going to do that anyway but youre taking out 45 miles of driving that now they dont have to do. Theyre taking out 45 miles of other road that their car was going to come on if you didnt have them a place thats closer to be. So if you and this is what is happening today. It may not be that you, you know the EXHIBIT A 9