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TESTIFIERS:I do. ALAMEDA:Thank you. Could you please state your name and address for the record and we can start with you sir? LEVIN:All right. My name is Dr. Eugene Levin. I am the owner of Unit J-22, Kona Sea Villas, which is mauka of the proposed development. Im also the owner of Unit J-23, Kona Sea Ridge, which is just makai of the development. And I previously owned units at Alii Lani. So Im very familiar with the area and with this particular developer. My comments are strictly with respect to the mauka-makai road that connects the Alii Parkway to Kuakini Highway. I have no opinions or opposition to the general development other than these. Specifically I want to thank the developer for proposing to build a little piece of the Alii Parkway,whichweallhopewillcomeintoexistenceeventually.Itsimportantwithrespectto my comments to note that the General Plan for the Alii Parkway includes a connector to Kuakini. It loops up to the north of Kona Sea Villas and connects to Kuakini Highway in the plan, which we all hope will someday come to be. Now this new road that he is planning to put in, which is right next to the flood control channel and in fact pushes the flood control channel out of its normal pathway, would occur about 200 to 300 yards away south of where the proposed road is already planned for the Alii Parkway. So along Kuakini Highway within a few hundred yards, well have two major intersections added together with the additional traffic that has been described of 750 vehicle cars coming in per day. I dont want to re-engineer the thing for them or re-develop it, but it makes all kind of sense, if you are going to have this little piece of the Alii Parkway connect to Kuakini, that should be the access. So the Alii Parkway gets further along its development, people can say, yes, it really is so. However, there are some other considerations. That additional road, which is the mauka-makai connector connecting Kuakini to Alii Parkway to the south of Kona Sea Villas, is very steep; its in 7 percent grade. It has displaced the channel to control the flood. Presumably the channel is appropriately engineered to control normal flood conditions. We have noticed that althoughour average rainfall is relatively mild here in Kona we do have periods of very extreme rain and are getting worse. They may get worse still. Also, there is debris that flows down from the makai portion of this development, which could clog up the effectiveness of the drainage channel they are proposing. If that occurs, the excess water first goes onto this road this mauka-makai road at 7 percent grade, and comes roaring down at very high velocity to the units below, which happen to be including my Kona Sea Ridge, which Im very concerned with. So my primary point is that due to traffic consideration on Kuakini Highway, namely two major intersections within a few hundreds yard, but they are not necessary; the displacement of the flood control channel by this road, which is not necessary that the consideration of putting the road to the south of Kona Sea Villas should be re-examined both from a traffic and flood control perspective. That is my primary point. Thank you. ALAMEDA:Thank you, Mr. Levin. Any questions? We appreciate your testimony. Thank you very much. May I ask, maam, could you please state your name and address for the record? 13EXHIBIT C