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those events is given a sheet of paper that specifically says, you may not turn left while headed down Palani into our church. So we are actively preventing left-hand turns. Secondly, the issue, or he suggested that we post a performance bond; we agree. In fact, we agree so much weÓve already done it. WeÓve done it through an escrow with the County, approved by Daryn Arai, in the amount to complete the project or complete all the major portions of the project. The money is there. The money is ready to be dispersed; itÓs actually in County-control right now. So thatÓs been done. IÓd like also to speak to the fact there has not been significant movement as suggested by Mr. Gimpel. WeÓve got very significant movement. And in fact, Hawaiian Tel has done virtually all their work. We are thankful to tell you we got a call just this morning; they told us that they would have all their trucks off the premises and all of the poles fully moved and work done by I th believe the date is April 10 Î although Bruce can attest to that. So again, IÓll close with saying this is an extremely important decision not in that itÓs a simple issue, itÓs the ramifications of the decisions that you make that will, again, disband a hundreds- and-hundreds of member church and impact hundreds of lives in our community. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. WOODWARD: Thank you, Mr. Detweiler. Any questions from the Commissioners? Commissioner Watanabe. WATANABE: I just wanted to thank you for clarifying whether you all had the funds or not, and the fact that youÓve, you know, posted a bond for that and the money is in the control of the County, I think, is helpful -. DETWEILER: Yes, sir. WATANABE: As well as the update on the progress that youÓve made. But I hope you realize that because of the notice issues this is more for the record and itÓs not likely itÓs going to be considered today. WOODWARD: Commissioner Bowman. BOWMAN: I thank you, too, for your testimony. I understand where you are coming from. But I also look at, the outreach that you are doing creates even more traffic, and with the road the way it is, you know, IÓm just very concerned because if -. And you can give people, I understand, you can give people papers to not turn left, but you know, you canÓt guaranty they are not. So IÓm really hoping that, you know, the requirements as far as the left turn and everything that needs to be done will be done. DETWEILER: And I agree with you, Madam Commissioner. And if I could also, this just outlines and underscores the need for this type of facility. We are bombarded on a weekly basis with requests from the community to use the facility for community building events; we have turned down every single one of them because we donÓt want to increase the traffic problem anymore. We have not taken on any new significant ministries that would impact traffic as a EXHIBIT A 6