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coming up because this has been talked about several times. V.I. wrote a letter that says that they would grant an easement, they have still not given the easement and I mean I have nothing against Mr. Huggett. I like the guy. He seems like a very nice person. Dr. Foulk has come and hes met with us on several occasions and I appreciate that. But can the Planning Commissioners be asked to vote on an approval that has such an obvious error in it? Okay. Let me talk about the potential shoreline gravesite thats issue 3 and all were asking for here is that a monitor be on site when the digging starts. Now, I dont know exactly whats meant by you know if something is found that the County will be notified immediately I think thats one of the conditions and maybe thats a standard condition but. There has been a ongoing discrepancy with whether or not the gravesite first of all is there and second of all is going to be inside the building footprint. Ms. Nagai herself spoke to me on the phone on Monday. Shes on Oahu babysitting her grandchildren. She asked me to speak on her behalf. We heard what Mr. Mooers said this morning and what Dr. Foulk said about how the tree is in the sideyard setback. And that may very well be but Ms. Nagai says an shes always said that the gravesite is south of the stumpandatthesamedistancefromtheshoreline.Now,southofthestumpisnotinthe sideyard setback. And you know the building footprint as it was explained to us by Dr. Foulk may very well encompass the gravesite. So we would ask that a condition be added that an archaeological monitor be required to be present prior to and during groundbreaking activities and that he be independent, a County employee I suppose not an architect hired by the project. I think thats a conflict of interest that should probably be taken care of. Now its not to say that I dont trust Mr. Huggetts architect but there have been discrepancies archaeologist, I dont, its not to say that I dont trust him but there have been discrepancies all along with where this gravesite may or may not be and I think it would just be better to have an independent third party person there. You know this is just for Ms. Nagai and her family and honestly it just respects her wishes and Im just speaking for her on this one. Issue 4, the driveway safety Mr. Haneys already spoken about that. You know the County has no standard for minimum driveway width and its a key safety issue. Theres not going to be anymore public hearings after this if the SMA permit is approved today and there would be no chances for us to speak so we think that a condition should be added to the application that the driveway meet the Department of Public Works recommendation or the minimum ITE recommendation both of which call for 24-feet wide one is 15-foot flares one is 20-foot flares. In any case a 20-foot wide driveway with no flares is not recommended by any engineering department. Of all the options we have for the driveway the one thats in the application is the least safe and you know if I can be so bold as to say that I think that on designing something that has to do with public safety we ought to be doing the engineering and following the engineers recommendations and then have the project meet the engineering recommendations. We are not to be going down and looking at the property and saying well what can they fit in. You know and in some ways I think thats probably why the flares arent in the application condition. So we do respectfully ask that a new condition or condition 3 be modified to require a driveway that is consistent with the ITEs minimum recommendation. This is also a driveway that will be consistent with the proposed ordinance by Virginia Isbell and is also for the most part consistent with the DPWs preferred recommendation. Finally, you know if you decide not to change the driveway design well you know thats your prerogative I suppose. I just want to say that we already know that the County Police withhold public information on traffic accidents to the public and we already know that a proposed driveway ordinance based on nationally recognized guidelines is about ready to be passed or at lease brought up for a vote after it sat around for quite some time at the Planning EXHIBIT A 15