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whether or not the project really affects the roads to the extent that it’s detrimental, I guess, is my best way to express it. So do you have any more, well, any comments besides what’s written in these documents about the roadways? ATTA: I don’t know about additional, and I do want to make a general statement, and I’d like to bring down our traffic engineer if there are any specific questions. But I guess the word “significant” or, is really the issue. I mean obviously any development will have some impact on the adjacent traffic area. Our proposed project is 65 units and based on certain occupancy and certain housing types there are certain factors about how much traffic it actually will generate. Some of the comments that we’re aware of are about existing conditions on Queen Kalama, Alii Drive and Laaloa connections to Kuakini, and the level of service on Kuakini right now being at E. We’re aware of those existing conditions. They exist with or without our project. And the worsening conditions probably will continue with or without our project. So when you talk about significance it’s, part of it is a question of different people have different measures. I think one of the, the concurrency requirements about significant impact is that you’re not supposed to connect up to a major roadway at a Level of Service E. And so the question is whether our project would raise any of the major streets in the area to a Level of Service E; and I don’t think based on our traffic engineer’s study it doesn’t do that. So, you know, that’s one measure. Somebody else may have a different measure. So, you know, because we don’t trigger that measure, we think that’s why we came to the conclusion that it’s not a significant impact. And so, you know, I think that’s my general answer. I don’t know if there’s a specific question that needs to be addressed that our traffic engineer can address. We are definitely looking at the, as I mentioned, we had a construction access and we’re close to a permanent access on the west road. If the west road, if that connection becomes our permanent access and which we think it will be, then the issues on Queen Kalama become, we think at least from our project impact, it will be a minor impact. It doesn’t change the fact that there is an existing problem there. WATANABE: Ms. Bowman? BOWMAN: I have a question. Going back to your water requirements and the first 50, and then if you suffice you will build the next 15. Will they be similar in character? ATTA: Yes. BOWMAN: Okay, thank you. WATANABE: Along those lines, while we’re on that, you did hand in the proposed Condition C which addresses that, yeah? ATTA: Yes. WATANABE: Which is Phase I consisting of a maximum of 50 lots. I believe these are the results from the discussions with Department of Water Works? ATTA: Yes, it is, yeah. EXHIBIT B 14