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but we want you to know that it is a very dangerous intersection. Leopolino Road enters Hawaii Belt Road on an inside curve and where the speed limit is 55 miles per hour. J. HAUN:I think I can take over back again, thank you. I had time to look at the information that just came in day before yesterday about the sight distances today; and having reviewed it, it gives you new recommendations. Its a factual report about sight distances and this and that. Director Yuen did make a comment to you that it was unacceptable. I didnt see that in their report. Correct me if Im wrong, but you said something about it being shorter than standard sight distances. YUEN:The sight distance, the available sight distance is shorter than called for by modern engineering standards. J. HAUN:Was that in the report that they gave? Well, Im wondering where you got thatinformationbut-. SPRINGER:Ifyoucanproceedwithyourtestimony,please. J.HAUN:Okay,Imsorry.Iunderstand.Also,onethingaboutthatintersection also that has not been mentioned about why its so dangerous, besides Leopolino Road going into the inside of a curve on a 55 mile per hour road, is that Leopolino Road is downhill going to that point. So you can imagine all the tour buses and cars backing up on a downhill into this highway. Weve seen farm vehicles stalled out on this hill, right, you know, within 100 feet of the main highway and that could easily bog traffic. We did our own traffic count for an hour and a half on Monday morning. We also recorded video of all the cars and trucks that went through the intersection of the Hawaii Belt Road and Leopolino Road as evidence of our count. We counted a period of time from 9, I think its from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. that, their study also counted traffic. And their study counted the traffic on one day. And we counted about 15 percent more cars and trucks than the study counted on that one day they did their count. The traffic study does not foresee the rapid growth in traffic that is beginning now that C. Brewer has sold most of its land in the area. There are a lot of houses being built in the immediate area, and this growth will probably continue for many years. The traffic going to all the parcels of land above the garden is increasing. There are probably 50 to a 100 parcels above the garden. And the road directly across Hawaii Belt Road from Leopolino is the entrance to the 15 oceanfront lots, you can see that on the map. Also, the TIAR talks about buses carrying 8.5 passengers, its on page 3, and it explains that, that theyre talking about 15-passenger vans. So the traffic study doesnt talk about tour buses but yet their application says theyre going to have tour buses. So, you know, their traffic study isnt so good, I think. And, still, you dont have the feedback from the Department of Transportation on their traffic study. So, in summary, the traffic study is biased and has some major holes in it. As you probably know, the Planning Department has been working on an Ag Tourism Ordinance that describes a level of tourism in Ag areas that they believe would not need a special permit. 27EXHIBIT C