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The applicant has submitted a letter dated January 10, 2007 with the amended site plan deleting the Kekela access and showing only a single access point on Puainako with a right-in and a right- out access. This letter was distributed to the different agencies for revised comments. The Planning Department has received revised comments from the Department of Environmental Management, from the Police Department, the Fire Department, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and, more recently, the Department of Health and yesterday we did receive a late comment from the Department of Transportation. The revised comments from Department of Transportation has been submitted to the Planning Commission this morning. So those should be in your packet. Additionally, we have received letters from Tom and Brian Shiroma, and this morning we have received as well proposed changes from the applicant, as well as just received an e-mail from J. Keliipio, and that has just been passed out to the Commissioners. Are there any questions? GRAHAM:Commissioners,anyquestionsofMr.Darrow?Allright,wouldthe applicant come forward please. I want to swear you in first and, also, anyone in the audience that is preparing to testify on this particular application. If you would raise your right hand and Ill swear you in right now. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter before the Planning Commission today? TESTIFIERS:I do. GRAHAM:Thank you. Go ahead, sir, and state your name and address when you begin your testimony, if you would. GOMES:My name is Jon Gomes. Im the developer and my address is 900 Alewa Drive, Honolulu. GRAHAM:Go right ahead. Thank you. GOMES:Thank you. What -? GRAHAM:Basically if you have some presentation youd like to make to the Commission about what has transpired since the last time or anything youd like to fill in as a background on the project, cause we do have two new Commissioners. GOMES:Okay. We were deferred at the last meeting and made a recommendation that we would remove the access to Kekela Street to help alleviate any congestion at Kekela and Puainako. We circulated the new site plan to the various agencies and we received comments from everybody, from all the different agencies; and were okay with all the comments and with the resolution as its written now, with a few changes that we had proposed this morning. GRAHAM:Thank you. We have questions? Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA: Yes. This morning, only this morning, just a little while ago we received the memo from the Department of Transportation. Have you had a chance to look that over yet? GOMES:Yes, I have, this morning also. 2EXHIBIT A