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RHO: Just a short question on the Condition, I guess it’s E, that starts with a line out and then it ends with “The applicant shall pay $175,000 and then an additional $60,000 prior to final subdivision approval.” I wanted to know how that figure was determined. WATANABE: I think Mr. Yuen might be able to respond to your question. Would you care to respond, Mr. Yuen? YUEN: Well, only partially. This goes back to a discussion in roughly 1995; and at that time the Department of Public Works and the applicant met, actually the predecessor in title, met and decided that rather than the construction of these signals that these payments should be made; and that was agreed to. And at least as far as we know, at least as far as we have been able to determine so far the payments were not made. So we’re simply implementing what was agreed to in that letter. And I don’t know, you know, I can’t tell you what the basis for the actual dollar amount was. RHO: So that agreement for $175,000 and for $60,000 is binding? YUEN: Yes. It’s also a condition of the tentative subdivision approval. There was this agreement made in 1995. RHO: I guess I’m trying to look for some way of changing the figures. And let me just explain why it caught my attention. This thing, this application has been going on since 1993 I think, but I’m not positive. And from what I read, I mean, it seemed like the applicant has good reasons for the delay. But if they actually pay the $175,000 and the $60,000 today and then wait, not purposely, but let’s say purposely, wait until four years have elapsed because of other concerns that they have as applicants and as developers, I’m almost positive that that cost of the traffic light and whatever this is going to pay for is going to go up. So now you’re telling me that the agreement was made in 1995. We’re now in 2008, so I would wonder whether or not, whoever can tell us, can tell me, that $175,000 and $60,000 will cover the cost to install whatever by within the next five years. YUEN: Well, if I can -. Let me put this in another context. Jeff, could you put the location map on the -? DARROW: Sure. YUEN: And when, gee, this doesn’t go down to the intersection of Kukuau and Komohana, right? You can’t scroll this down? DARROW: No, sorry. YUEN: This is the slide as it is, okay. DARROW: Yeah, it just misses it. YUEN: Well, when this rezoning was originally approved Puainako Street wasn’t in. Actually Mohouli Street wasn’t in either but that’s sort of beside the point. And the access to EXHIBIT B 3