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YUEN: No, it’s fine for the Commission – we are not asking for the Commission to take any action – if the Commission wants to have a discussion, that’s fine. And we’ll certainly -, we’re never going to say we are not interested in your opinion. Please. WOODWARD: Mr. Chairman. That was basically the question I have, is why are we discussing this, if we are not discussing this?I mean, why was this brought up? We’re really not being asked to make any action, so why is it here? YUEN: There is a wording of the Permit that talks about bringing it back to the Commission, if there are difficulties. We had a number of complaints about it. This is our -, our approach to the complaints is outlined in the recommendation. We investigated the question of whether the road had been built off of the easement; and it appears at this point that the road is on the easement. That was something that was resolved between the time we put this on the agenda and today. We decided to deal with the illegal dwelling as a separate violation and not tie it to the SMA Permit or the Special Permit. We had these complaints about the use of Union Mill Road. At the point when we put it on the agenda, it certainly had not been satisfactorily explained to us as to why Union Mill Road was used for this delivery. After getting the explanation, we decided to treat that, again, as a violation; and so there’s a separate citation on the violation. That’s not really for the Planning Commission. We just wanted to inform the Planning Commission that we are dealing with it as a violation, not asking for Commission-level action like revocation of the Permit or suspension of the Permit. We’ve issued a citation on that. So that’s my explanation on why it’s on the agenda and but why we are not asking for you to take any action. WOODWARD: Thank you, Mr. Director. WATANABE: Yes, Ms. Bowman. BOWMAN: I have a question. Can you -, the condition 6, I think, it was up there about the improvement of the road? Okay. So, “Access for the project from the Akoni Pule Highway shall be other than Union Mill Road. Access shall be via an access easement through either the Kamehameha Park or near Union Market. Said drive access shall be improved, meeting with the approval of the DOT. …. improve those portions …” So what they are doing – just for my clarification – what they are doing, improving that access at Union Market is what the Planning Department is requiring? YUEN: Right. They had to make an improved road across that easement adjoining Union Market, yes. BOWMAN: Right at the Highway. So -. YUEN: Right, and going in; because although there was a cane haul road in there, it needed to be improved to provide safe access to the users of the site in the future. And what they don’t have is -, right where they come to the Highway, they need approval from DOT for the section that’s in the Akoni Pule right-of-way. EXHIBIT B 18