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SIRACUSA:And I know that I personally have found that I had to really gun the motor just to get all the way up. And if somebody were coming out at that point to, say, head down the hill towards the beach or something, it could have been, I could have stalled out. What bothers me a lot is that when youre coming down the hill its very curvy and its hard to control the car even in second gear. And Im afraid that additional traffic that would be generated by, say, eight guests and any number of people coming to the massage would be just enough extra traffic to create accidents, where before we had only close calls. Thats my big concern, is public safety. Would you like to address those concerns, please. REYNOSO:Yeah, I can address some of those. What, and I would invite you all at some point, you know, maybe drive by the house and see for yourselves what the grade is like. I thinkitsverysteepinitially.Werelocated.5miles,exactly.5milewhenyoucomeoffof Highway 130 onto Opihikao Road on the left side of the road. So we tell whoever comes to visit us, you know, check your odometer, its .5 miles; and they have no trouble finding it. We have enough clearing, I think, in the front outside of our fence that you have a very clear view looking up and then looking down, makai. And, you know, I know that public safety is an issue. But I feel like, you know, are we going to get penalized because the road is steep and winding and, you know, were going to get denied, you know, this kind of a living that weve chosen? SPRINGER:Thank you, Ms. Reynoso. Commissioner Siracusa. SIRACUSA:Yeah. I just want to say that if you were to move your driveway further down the road, you know, towards the entrance to the community, I thought it would be a lot safer. SPRINGER:Ms. Reynoso. REYNOSO:Yes, thank you. I would not have a problem with that, but I think the neighbors have an issue with the driveway being closer to their private road. And if people miss our driveway that theyre going to drive down the private road, which is an unpaved road; and it has been made very clear to us that they would prefer that we not have guests go down that road; and thats fine with me. I mean, I have no problem. I respect peoples privacy. But I think moving the driveway further, closer to the rural road might be a problem for the neighbors. SPRINGER:Maam, Ms. Reynoso, is that the Kamaili Uka Road? REYNOSO:Yes. SPRINGER:Thank you. Commissioner Siracusa, continue? SIRACUSA:No, its just that I have this vision of, you know, somebody coming out of the driveway getting ready to head makai and meanwhile somebody coming down at the same time from the Kalapana Highway and not being able to stop down in time and crash, bang, boom. 8EXHIBIT D