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S. MEEK: Pepeekeo Community Association. DOMINGO: Is that one of the reasons why you folks are asking for a deferral on the matter, so that you folks can further discuss this and -? S. MEEK: Well, actually, there’s actually another reason which I forgot to mention, Susan had mentioned. There are some of us actively looking for other sites. And they said why haven’t you come up with something already. Well, it has been taking a long time just to try and get a grip of what’s going on here. But there are some potential sites, I think, that could work. In fact, last night I was just talking to Richard Ha and he thinks he knows of a really good site that could possibly be used, but, you know, haven’t checked that out. But that’s one of the reasons also, finding alternate possible locations within that would be better suited. DOMINGO: But realistically when you, even if you find an alternative site and you’re looking for a place for them to develop, you know, they already have control of this land that they’re applying for rezoning for. I don’t know how they’ll ever be able to do it by just switching over to another site. Because then they’ll be saddled with one on the present lands being considered for rezoning and a new parcel that would then need to be going for rezoning and whatever requirements there may be to develop that site. It’s not realistic, yeah? I don’t know. Maybe you’ve got some answers to that. S. MEEK: Yeah, obviously I could answer that question. Obviously I don’t think it would be easy. But that site it really has a lot of problems. So we’re just trying to say we will do what we can to find an alternative site, if it’s possible. It might not be, but we’re just not saying. We’re trying to do everything we can to help everybody. DOMINGO: If they can mitigate the kinds of concerns you folks have, would you folks then support the project? S. MEEK: Well, if they took care of the road that would, of course, certainly help a lot. If they hooked into the sewer, that would certainly help quite a bit. However, there is the one remaining issue, and that’s an Urban spot zoning dense subdivision right in the middle of Ag land which would not be solved by any of those things. And not only does it encroach on the Urban but, as stated by the State Land Use Commission, should really be checked out. This subdivision being surrounded by agricultural lands will have health and safety issues involved; and that’s inside your packet. So, yeah, I’d say the minimum they’d have to mitigate these problems, put in turn lanes, hook up to the sewer, but there still are more issues beyond that. DOMINGO: Thank you very much. GRAHAM: Mr. Woodward? WOODWARD: I understand from reading several of the letters, and I think I have about 27 or 30 of them, that one of the concerns is that for a number of year local residents who have property right on the waterline have not been given County water, for whatever reason. There wasn’t enough of it, wasn’t meter available, something like that. Now all of a sudden it seems kind of strange to me that they can put in 30 new dwellings. I mean am I correct that the EXHIBIT D 18