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CARR:Thank you. Commissioner Iwashita may I go back up to the board sir to respond to this. GRAHAM:Sure. CARR:Again you know and I appreciate what your concerns are Commissioner Iwashita and the other members of this Commission and the Planning Department because what you have today in looking at Kona and I mean south of Henry Road is the missing linkages and connectivity between mauka-makai and north-south roadway systems which has caused a major problem today in gridlock. I can appreciate that. Im, were an advocate of responsible planning and urban development and I think this is whats happened or transpired over the decades with Kona area. And going south of Henry Road is an exemplification sometimes you need to plan long term. And I think all of your concerns are so that this doesnt repeat itself again. In addressingthatwehaveprovidedforthenorth-southcorridorsthatareplannedforthefuture. Thats either subject to the adjacent landowners either north or south of us and their intentions to either urbanize their property or to develop it, come before the commission or for the County or the State to look at some condemnations in order to make those connections. With respect to what has already transpired with this piece of property and this community and the adjacent uses? Again as I said earlier this is an urban piece. Its a 108 acres urban. There are actually people advocating a more urban community meaning single-family homes, 7500 square foot lots more multi-family, more need for affordable housing because were close to town. But one of the problems is and we had 2 meetings with the Malulani Gardens Association. And you hear their concerns because they live here now; they live in this community. And so obviously theyre concerned about any impact on traffic. But their problem right now is that they got a gated community here, which they really like having gated. And the gate is very close to this Malulani Drive right-of-way. And their concerns about the additional traffic is to how it will impact their neighborhood. One of the unfortunate things if I go back is that if you could, if your hind sites always 20/20. But had this entrance been moved up further, further mauka or had this gate been located further in the entrance so theres a longer ramp for cueing just like-. As consistent with this condition now on the amendment that within any right-of-way no gate as well as having the turnaround be located no less than 60 feet within the public right-of-way. That would have addressed their concerns. There wouldnt be as much of a problem today. Now for us to do on a 108 acres even a lower density community of 10,000. Homes with 10,000 square foot lots okay. You would still be looking at approximately 3, 300 houses right? And that would have, that much more of an adverse impact to their community as well as the existing infrastructure and transportation and vehicle access that we have today. I mean its kind of like the babys born. What can we do here that will not severely or adversely impact the community but can yet make economic sense that addresses needs of the community such as the Salvation Army and what their needs are? As well as some affordable housing components. So given what we have and that it is the urban designation. We took what we felt was the least impact with 1 acre plus lots or the rural setting than an urban setting. And like I said earlier if I recall I think the lands mauka above us is not even within the urban boundary and really have no control on the mauka-makai access here. Again we will be designing our collector road to County dedicable standards up to this first terminus of this intersection here that will provide for the north-south connections. And then the future north-south connection here further upland of the EXHIBIT E 13