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Hamakua Coast now use the shoulder to turn into Sugar Mill. And coming from Hamakua we need to use extra caution that we don’t get hit from behind because the cars are going 60 miles plus behind us. No mention was made to have a traffic light put in that intersection.Since the Old Mamalahoa Highway is part of the scenic route in a way because the tourists don’t stop at no store and go up and say, oh, it’s all over scenic route let’s turn here, but they continue on. So in a sense it is part of the scenic route. Many of our tourists visit our island going on this scenic route. This is also added traffic and nothing of this was mentioned in the letter. As you know, we do not have a police substation in Pepeekeo. What effects will adding these homes have to the community with the shortage of police? Lastly, none of the existing families who live near the proposed area were interviewed as to what it is like now on a daily basis, or their opinions as to what it would be like with the possible 30 to 60 cars right there on the Old Mamalahoa Road? When reviewing the documents were all these facts taken into consideration? This is a letter I sent to the Police Department. When they wrote back they didn’t mention any of this, nothing. But they did say that they agree with my view that this project will impact traffic and/or public safety in the Pepeekeo area. Thank you for listening to me. I know it was long. GRAHAM: Thank you, Ms. Meek. Do we have any questions from Commissioners? Sir, go ahead. S. MEEK: My name is Steven Meek, Box 982, Pepeekeo. And I had given out some maps that I wanted passed out. I wonder if things got passed out. DARROW: Yes. S. MEEK: Okay. Cause I want to address the water first. I just have like three points. In the original letter from the Water Department they mentioned -. Up there you see there are three lots; and the middle lot would be for the self-help housing. The one closest to Sugar Mill Road is well outside the 1,000-foot barrier. But in their letter they say all three of those lots would have the potential to contaminate the water. So even though it’s outside of the 1,000 foot on the original letter they’re talking it still has the potential to damage the water supply. Now in subsequent clarification they have not said that it’s not true, but they’ve tried to clarify. But now one of the issues I have and I’m curious about, they’re talking about they have septic systems and their wells. I’m wondering how many of them are this dense of a nature, where there’s 30 being proposed right outside that 1,000-foot perimeter. And, also, as you can see on that map I gave you, I kind of put down the subdivision on a topographical map. And can you follow how that’s on there, Commissioners? And you can see that on the northern border of the proposed 30-lot subdivision, there’s a stream that actually flows right through there. Now the stream does not currently go all the way down to the ocean. It has been diverted. So now it runs on the northern part of the, and it has been diverted to the top of the eastern part of the lot. So you combine the high density, this type of drainage problem -. And I took some pictures a while back during the heavy rains and it becomes like a river. It’s a stream, as you can see on the map. It’s diverted and heads down towards the well. So the question is the Water EXHIBIT D 16