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SCOTT:Yes, I submitted it last Friday. And if theCommission has had a chance to read it, I will try to keep my comment short. ALAMEDA:Go ahead. SCOTT:Basically Im the owner of an Alii Lani unit in the building that will be right next to the connector thats been proposed. First of all, in the event this is approved, Id like to ask, as I did in my written comment, that the developer be required to put some kind of landscaping or sound mitigation and nuisance mitigation barrier along that side to protect the property values of the Alii Lani, in conjunction with Alii Lanis Boards approval and any other government authorities. My main concern here is about flooding the chance of flooding from this large development. And as I understand it from having heard the consultants for the developer speak, the engineering forfloodcontrolsandmitigationmeasureswillbedoneafterthispermit.Thatseemstometobe by the way, I also own a unit at Casa de Emdeko, which is also down gradient that seems to me to be backwards. I would like to urge the Commission to require any engineering or flood mitigation measures to be done to the Commissions approval, and that that be a subject of the next public hearing; in other words that this matter be continued until after this kind of study has been done. Because I know nothing about engineering of flood mitigation measures but what I understand on the south side, one of the things thats going to be done is the whole flood plain is going to be channelized and where that comes out, Im not sure. Theres been mention of retention ponds to slow it down, to absorb it. How big will those be? Where will they be? Will they attract mosquitoes? Will they be cleaned out of silt periodically, or will the silt in the next big, big storm flow on down into the ocean or across our property? Its really impossible for a layperson to give a real go-ahead for this project not knowing the answers to these questions. So I would really urge that this matter be continued, and that this kind of study be required and made available to the public and to the publics consultants, so they can have a better chance to assess what is the danger of flooding from re-channelizing a whole storm system. And I also have concerns about traffic. I would say that perhaps the language I used in my written comment was a little strong I know that something is going to be developed there, and it may well be this project. But again its sort of a chicken-and-egg kind of thing; if the public doesnt really see the traffic study until after the approval is given, it has no chance to comment on whether the traffic mitigation measures are really going to be adequate or not. I would urge that this be continued and that the developer be required to submit its engineering plans or traffic mitigation plans, so that the public can properly assess what the impact is going to be on Alii Drive, which is my main concern. And basically I did have one issue, which is really more of importance to the overall water recipients there. I dont understand exactly the water supply system, but I did in reading the documents noticed a discrepancy where one government authority said that there would be 77 units of water, and another letter said that there would be 100 units of water but that 73 of them were already assigned to Kona Sea Villas, which by my math means there would only be 27 units of water left out of this allocation. So Im a little confused about this. And I only raise this, not that Im an owner of Kona Sea Villas, but because if everybody went short of water, my properties and all my neighbors will run short of water, too. So I just would like to make sure 7EXHIBIT C