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ALAMEDA:Thank you. Maam, could you please state your name and address for the record. H. COSTELLO:Yeah, Helga Costello, HC1, Box 5677, Keaau 96749. ALAMEDA:Thanks, Helga. You can proceed with your testimony. H. COSTELLO:Yeah, I have, my concern also is the very increased traffic. Although th some of the roads leading up Laniuma Street, for instance, is paved to 39 Street now, its by no means a paved road like we know County roads and so on. Itswhat I would call an unimproved road. And my concern is the very increased traffic and in case of an accident involving any of these cars we as the Orchidland Estates owners will be held liable or might be held liable. And as a social security recipient, I dont think there is very much in my budget that I could afford to be paying for somebody who is involved in an accident and sues the community association. ALAMEDA:Okay. Any questions for Ms. Costello? Seeing none, could you please state your name and address for the record. thth J. COSTELLO:My name is Jim Costello. My physical address is 16-1570 40 Avenue in Orchidland Estates. Ive lived in Orchidland Estates for some 30 years; and if you want to know something about the neighborhood you could ask someone who has been there for a long time; and quite often they cantell you more than an outsider coming in that is just looking to develop a property or whatever. My first impression when I heardthat there was a church coming up to 38th Avenue was that it was a boondoggle of an idea. I strongly urge the applicant to work with the Orchidland Community Association that is trying to set precedence for the area. Many of us bought out there because it is agriculturally zoned land, and many of us are not looking forward to any changes in relation to that. I know that down on Kaloli Street and Paradise Park, many churches have come in. Their infrastructure it is quite different than ours in Orchidland.IstronglysuggestthatanyofthePlanningCommissionpeopletakeadriveupinto Orchidand and come back; and I think youll agree its a boondoggle of an idea to put a church up in that area. One of the things the Orchidland Community Association has asked in their last newsletter was that property owners that are bulldozing lots keep in consideration runoff and the rain drainage and strongly consider not bulldozing a whole 3-acre lot. The runoff and rain can affect the adjacent roads and what not. Although many lots have been bulldozed in Orchidland for agricultural purposes, I dont think there is a situation out there where we have a bulldozed lot that also has a parking area thats paved. The runoff from the park areas could possibly cause problems on adjacent lots or adjacent roads; and Id strongly asked if the applicants were to proceed with this that they be asked to have a study related to that runoff. With so much of the weather changes in the island, seeing the problems on Oahu and stuff, I think it would be smart to have the foresight here not to have those problems down the road. And, just briefly, Id ask the applicant to reconsider their location and to work closer down to the area by the highway. That would be more appropriate and their kokua would save a lot of problems that the neighbors are having to go through with this application and all this stress revolved around that application. And Im sure theyd be much more warmly welcomed by the Orchidland Community Association and by the neighbors if they would reconsider their location and perhaps get another lot. Thank you. 24EXHIBIT B