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GRAHAM:This agenda item, the General Plan Interim Amendments initiated by the Planning Director, I move that we continue this item until our next meeting, which is in Kona. ALAMEDA:Is there a second? WATANABE:Could I, I thought we were going to have an opportunity to ask question of the staff? ALAMEDA:Sure. WATANABE:Ive got only one and it, I guess, that was with regard to the extension of Kealakehe Parkway that is planned. And I was wondering if, you know, when we go to Kona you would have more information for us, available for us, so you could tell us, you know, like, or giveussomeideasonwherewereat,andhowfaralongintheprocess,andwhatkindof timeframes were looking at since the Palani Road bypass that is proposed in the General Plan is something that is certainly not near-term. YUEN:Before the Kona meeting, Ill look for more current information. I can give you basics on that. The overall master plan for the Villages of Laiopua project which is in the Kealakehe ahupuaa included a mauka-makai road, the Kealakehe Parkway, which is planned to go from Queen Kaahumanu Highway up to roughly Palani junction as the main spine access road for that whole project. The State started construction on it from Queen Kaahumanu going up and stopped where it stops now; and thats enough to do the Villages. Now the Villages themselves had some problems with going ahead because of a ceded lands lawsuit. And eventually most of the area has been turned over to Hawaiian Homes, and now Hawaiian Homes is continuing with the development of Kealakehe ahupuaa. The State did an environmental impact statement for the extension, the mauka extension of the road. So, and thats one of the prerequisites to actually doing it. So at this point the environmental impact statement has been done, it gives the general alignment, not an exact alignment. The project is not currently funded. I believe there is planning money, and Ill double check this part, planning money in whats called the STIP or the State-wide Transportation Improvement Program. And the planning money would just do things, Im not sure exactly what it would do for this road but typically it does things like archaeology, determining a more exact alignment. The next stage is design money; and design gives you your exact plans, you know, what the grades are, how wide, what the cuts are and gets you to the point where the project can be bid out. And then finally in order to build something you need the construction money for it. I believe this project only has, I believe, it was off the STIP for a while completely, and I believe it has planning money on the STIP, and Ill double check that. So its a long range project for funding. But given that it exists under, the State has, besides what you see as a Facilities Plan, the State has a long-range transportation plan that includes a number of roads. The Kealakehe Parkway extension is on the long-range transportation plan. It does make sense as a mauka-makai route; and so we did want to put it on a General Plan Facilities Map as a proposed future road. WATANABE:Yeah, it was more of a follow-up question because of some of the comments that, you know, like Fred Galdones had at the workshop, you know. And Im wondering how, you know, I know it takes time and everybody is trying to be patient but the 23EXHIBIT C