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which will eliminate conflicts between the pedestrians and the vehicles, and then also to close Mamo Street. So those are the activities that are going on right now. WATANABE: Thank you. Do we have -? Yes, Commissioner Siracusa. SIRACUSA: Just a comment that they have the all-pedestrian crossings in Auckland, New Zealand and they work very well. People can even cross the street diagonally because the traffic stops in all directions. And I was very impressed with that when I was there and wondered why no one was ever doing it here in America. So thank you for thinking about that. THIEL: Well, we have two locations on the island, both one in Kona and one in Hilo, same thing, farmers market. I’m looking at both intersections with all cross-walk of pedestrian phase; and it will be the first one on the island. WATANABE: Thank you. Do we have any further questions? Well, I do have a question. I believe I read an article in the paper regarding potentially lowering the speed limit or extending the 25 mile an hour speed limit. I believe it’s on Kamehameha Avenue. Are you still considering that? THIEL: That didn’t come from me and I’m not considering it. The reason that there are concerns -. We received concerns from the police about people not slowing down prior to the high business area use and they were thinking of moving the speed limit reduction location further away from the business area in the hopes they get the people to slow down. The problem with doing that is there’s not a change in the geometrics of the road. There is a change in geometrics to the road now where the speed is reduced. But if we move it back we’re going to be trying to reduce the speeds on a very wide section of road. What I have done in order to address that, you’ll notice out there you’ll see zigzag stripes approaching that intersection. That is an attempt to get the people to be aware that something is changing and to slow down. We also are going to change the signage. We’re going to do as much as we can to get the speeds down without moving the zone. WATANABE: Yeah, I did notice those zigzag stripes yesterday. Mr. Alameda, did you have -? ALAMEDA: Thank you, yes. Just for piece of mind, so under your expertise then the development of this particular project, given the Wednesdays and Saturdays closure of Mamo Street and maybe the private parking in the back, that somehow the traffic, that this will mitigate traffic issues? THIEL: I’m trying to address the mitigation of the issues at current operations. ALAMEDA: Okay. THIEL: And, you know, I don’t know exactly the limits on this proposal because I think it’s going to extend or there’d be more days, but I am looking now at Wednesdays and Saturdays. EXHIBIT B 5